Media
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PRC Action Alert: Direct Bias showed on BBC on Flotilla crime
In most of its coverage BBC depended on Israeli sources whilst the Palestinian side has been ignored. PRC suggests that such coverage harm the image of BBC and could classify it as an alternative for some Israeli media outlets. Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel’s Eyes
On May 31, the Israeli military attacked a flotilla of boats full of civilians attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. Reports indicate that at least nine and as many as 16 of the activists on board were killed, though details remain sketchy due to Israel’s censorious limitations on media coverage. Much of… Continue reading
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BBC Shameful Reporting of Israeli Army Murder of Aid Activists
In their ‘reporting’ of the Israeli army’s killing of Free Gaza activists last night, the BBC revealed the exceptional depth of their pro-Israel stance, even when 16 civilians carrying humanitarian aid are murdered by the Israeli army in a completely illegal attack which was an act of piracy since the ships were in international waters. Continue reading
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‘A battle for the high seas. And the high ground’ By Lauren Booth*
After calls to newsrooms across the UK it is clear to me that the first ever sea bound fleet of international aid to Palestine is not of itself a big enough story for our media – until if fails. On Israel’s terms. The BBC has been taking some 200 calls in an hour from viewers… Continue reading
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Reuters Busted for Indecent Exposure on Venezuela By Ramón Santiago
In their report, ‘ANALYSIS-Venezuela car industry gridlock as dollars run out,’ Reuters pays another shill to tell another half-story about Venezuelan affairs. In this ‘analysis’ they shamelessly expose their indecency as a major news broker in western media. I’m writing this critique for Axis of Logic to call Reuters on what they pass off as… Continue reading
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The taboo that isn’t: Mother Jones on population
Mother Jones is a once-radical now-liberal magazine that promises ‘smart fearless journalism.’ An example of what that means is the main headline on the cover of the current issue: ‘Who’s to Blame for the Population Crisis?’ Sadly, there’s not much new here … the usual retailing of scary statistics, with a particular focus on the… Continue reading
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Police arrest photographer for displaying Cameron “wanker” poster
David Hoffman said five police burst into his terrace home in Bow after a neighbour complained about the Class War poster in his ground-floor window. He said the officers told him he had broken the Public Order Act and threatened to return and arrest him if he displayed it again. Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: Lost on the Fearless Plain
The investing class has put thousands of billions into movies, TV and other media to keep the hologram lit up over the past six decades. Which is to say, keep the public in an entertained stupor, awed, mislead, and most importantly, distracted. But the payoff probably runs in the trillions. Continue reading
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The “Evil Guys List”? “Free Journalism” in the Service of US Foreign Policy: The Role of Reporters without Borders By F. William Engdahl
An organization calling itself Reporters Without Borders (RWB; French: Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) has just named Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, China’s President Hu Jintao, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to their list of Forty Worst Predators of Press Freedom for 2010. Most significant about their list of… Continue reading
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Washington’s Invented Honduran Democracy
As a result of the alarming series of murders of journalists now occurring in Honduras, President Bernard J. Lunzer of The Newspaper Guild Communications Workers of America (representing thousands of working journalists in the U.S. and Canada) joins with Larry Birns, the director of the Washington-based Council in Hemispheric Affairs, in denouncing the slaughter of… Continue reading
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Did Banned Media Report Foretell of Gaza War Crimes? By Jonathan Cook
Shraga Elam, an award-winning Israeli reporter, said Mr Blau’s suppressed article might also have revealed the aims of a widely mentioned but unspecified “third phase” of the Gaza attack, following the initial air strikes and a limited ground invasion, that was not implemented. He suspected the plans involved pushing some of Gaza’s population into Egypt… Continue reading
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The Battle for Net Neutrality: Corporate Takeover or Opportunity? By Megan Tady
On Tuesday, April 6th a federal court decision put the Internet, and your ability to use it, in jeopardy. It’s a major setback for free speech online and for the prospects of connecting the entire country to broadband. Continue reading
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NYT Bronner Tries A Less Biased Path to Reporting on Palestine –and Trips Up
Bronner makes several big mistakes. First, he ignores the long history of Palestinian nonviolent struggle against colonization, beginning in the 1930’s, and characterizes current nonviolent protest against the Occupation in the West Bank as a “new approach.” And second, he credits the movement entirely to the efforts of Fatah political leadership and the business community Continue reading
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COMCAST 1, CITIZENS 0 IN NET NEUTRALITY COURT BATTLE, WARS WAR ON, MY CALL FOR ACTION
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. Continue reading
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Media Mutes General’s Afghan Admission
‘We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat,’ McChrystal said during a recent video-conference to answer questions from troops in the field about civilian casualties. Continue reading
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Lies, Damn Lies, and the Media By David Swanson
We need independent media. Is that not yet crystal clear? The strongest grassroots community organization in the country, ACORN, has been swatted away like a fly through the endless airing of fraudulent, badly edited, and irrelevant, but salacious video clips. Elected officials or electoral candidates succeed or fail at the whim of the media cartel.… Continue reading
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New website threatens the success of paywalls?
A new website discovered by The Guardian’s Digital Content Blog, BreakthePaywall!, has arisen to counter the paywalls that news organisations are investigating to increase their revenue from online news. Continue reading
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The New ‘Forgotten’ War By Dahr Jamail
“Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al-Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy American and… Continue reading
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Has The Washington Post gone too far?
By hiring former Bush administration speechwriter Marc Thiessen — the second former Bush speechwriter to whom it has given a regular column — The Washington Post has crossed the line. Thiessen is a serial misinformer. And he shouldn’t be rewarded with the audience or credibility that a regular column provides. Continue reading
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Leaked Zionist strategy Paper to counter BDS – MUST READ!
Here is a leaked copy of the Zionist plan to attack the Boycott and Divestment Campaign Against Israel’s Occupation and to strategy to shut down the debate on the Palestinian issue and to shift it discussion of anti-Semitism and not Israel’s illegal Occuption and illegal settlements and human rights violations. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 