Media
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Julian Assange, de Wikileaks: “C’est un combat entre moi et Hillary (Clinton)”
5 November, 2010 Julian Assange may seek asylum in Switzerland (in French) Julian Assange, de Wikileaks: “C’est un combat … Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Statement on Media and Mobs By Arundhati Roy
A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate and vandalized property. They shouted slogans against me for my views on Kashmir, and threatened to teach me a lesson. The OB Vans of NDTV, Times Now and News 24 were… Continue reading
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About those packages By Ann Althouse
Last night, I was listening to the podcast of the day’s Rush Limbaugh show, in which he was seeing the news in real time and reacting out loud. He started where I did: the timing so close to the election. But he didn’t censor himself. And this is what I love about Rush. He keeps… Continue reading
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What’s so Funny about Outsourcing? By John Feffer
What were NBC executives thinking? The unemployment rate remains near double digits, and many Americans have simply stopped looking for work. And what does the network premier this fall but a sitcom called Outsourced about an American manager sent to run a call center in India. The jokes revolve around funny names, unappetizing food, Sikh… Continue reading
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Wikileaks: garbage in, garbage out
It goes without saying that there’s lots of good information in the latest Wikileaks document dump. First-hand reports by the soldiers involved of killing of civilians at checkpoints, for example. But there’s also more than a fair dose of ‘garbage in, garbage out,’ because the source for all the material is the U.S. military, and… Continue reading
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The secret war between Wikileaks and the Pentagon, (and some media outlets) By Danny Schechter
Wikileaks introduced the significance of their immense treasure trove of secrets on their website this way: “The 391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Calls on Internet Activists to Mirror ‘Insurance File’
In a tweet ‘Now is a good time to mirror this WikiLeaks ‘insurance’ backup’, the whistle-blower organisation Wikileaks — which is currently the target of threats from the U.S. Pentagon after having leaked close to 100,000 ‘Afghanistan Diaries’ files — has within the last hour called on Internet, human rights and transparency activists to download… Continue reading
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US Media and Afghan War
In Afghanistan, one of the biggest campaigns run by the American military is taking place around Kandahar. You wouldn’t know it if you rely on American media to follow the story. Now joining us from Oakland, California, to talk about US media coverage of the Afghan war is Reese Erlich. He’s the author of the… Continue reading
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The Top Censored Stories From 2009-2010 by Project Censored
Not only does it cover the most under-reported stories the corporate media ignore, but this year’s Censored Deja Vu, Junk Food News and News Abuse, Signs of Health, and FAIR’s 10th anniversary of Fear and Favor in the News Room. A full Truth Emergency section debuts this year for “Censored 2011? to address State Crimes… Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: Washington's "Regime Change Hit List": Iran versus Honduras Part 1 by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson
It would be hard to find a better test of the integrity of the establishment U.S. media than in their comparative treatment of Iran and Honduras over the past couple of years (2009-2010). Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: Washington’s “Regime Change Hit List”: Iran versus Honduras Part 1 by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson
It would be hard to find a better test of the integrity of the establishment U.S. media than in their comparative treatment of Iran and Honduras over the past couple of years (2009-2010). Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: The Facts About Ahmadinejad’s UN Speech By Jack A. Smith
On Sept. 25, the Times published a correction: “A headline on Friday with an article about an incendiary speech in the United Nations General Assembly by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran summarized his remarks about the Sept. 11 terror attacks incorrectly. In his speech, Mr. Ahmadinejad asserted various theories about the origin of the attacks,… Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: The Facts About Ahmadinejad's UN Speech By Jack A. Smith
On Sept. 25, the Times published a correction: “A headline on Friday with an article about an incendiary speech in the United Nations General Assembly by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran summarized his remarks about the Sept. 11 terror attacks incorrectly. In his speech, Mr. Ahmadinejad asserted various theories about the origin of the attacks,… Continue reading
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Media Complicity in Financial Crimes By Danny Schechter
When I discovered that dodgy lenders and credit card companies pumped more than $3 billion into media advertising, which inflated the housing bubble between 2002 and 2007, I thought I had my answer. Yet, even I, as savvy as I thought I was, missed an important link which was hidden in plain sight — who… Continue reading
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Fears for South Africa's Press Freedom By Chris Stein
‘The broad language of the POI Bill would criminalise information-gathering methods essential to investigative journalism,’ Ayesha Kajee, executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI), told IPS. ‘It would chill the practice of this field of journalism essential to keeping the government accountable to the public.’ Continue reading
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From Mairead Maquire Re: BBC Panorama programme on the Mavi Marmara
Sadly, the Panorama programme did not see the true significance of this historic journey and missed an opportunity for the media to fulfil its responsibility to ‘tell the truth and nothing but the truth’. They choose instead to try to demonize the passengers on the from the word go MV ‘Mavi Marmara’ by trying to… Continue reading
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BBC News – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape
wedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation. Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the charges were ‘without basis’. Continue reading
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BBC News – Filmmaker Moore gives to fund for Wikileaks accused
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has donated $5,000 (£3,900) to help defend Army Spc Bradley Manning, the man suspected of giving classified documents to the website Wikileaks. Continue reading
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Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected By John Pilger
Wikileaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented. In file after file, the brutalities echo the colonial past. From Malaya and Vietnam to Bloody Sunday and Basra, little has changed. Continue reading
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