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Media Lens: Demolishing Lebanon – Part 1
The rules are clear but never discussed – corporate reporters are free and happy to declare their personal views insofar as they accord with state interests, but not when they conflict. To criticise the powerful is to be ‘biased’ and ‘crusading’. To support the case made by power is to be ‘measured‘, ‘objective’ and ‘balanced’.… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Disappearing Genocide – The Media And The Death Of Slobodan Milosevic
20 March 2006 — Media Lens “If we don’t know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives. But if we know some history, if we know how many times presidents have lied to us, we will not be fooled again.” (Howard Zinn, historian) Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Dark Heart of Robin Cook’s ‘Ethical’ Foreign Policy – Part 1
22 August 2005 — Media Lens August 6 And The Barbarians Of The Dark Ages Every death is a tragedy to be mourned. August 6 marked the 60th anniversary of the agonizing deaths of 140,000 Japanese people in the city of Hiroshima. In her article, ‘Eight Hundred Metres From The Hypocentre,’ Yamaoka Michiko described her Continue reading
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War Inc. – A $300 Billion Dollar Business By William Bowles
Up until the late 19th century, almost all wars were fought with mercenary armies but WWI changed all that. Once war became industrialised and seriously large-scale, relying on relatively small armies, hired from countries far and wide, was no longer practical, nor was it politically acceptable given the appeals to ‘patriotism’ emanating from the ruling… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 