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December 4, 2013

UK police threaten Guardian editor with terrorism charges over Snowden leaks

British police have launched an investigation into whether the Guardian committed “potential” terrorism offenses by publishing the incriminating NSA and GCHQ documents leaked earlier this year by Edward Snowden. Continue reading

UK

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December 3, 2013

Red-herring ‘inquisition’: Guardian editor robustly defends Snowden leaks to UK MPs

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger strongly defended his newspaper’s publication of the Snowden leaks in response to a hostile grilling by a UK parliamentary committee Tuesday, as MPs attempted to show that national security was breached. Continue reading

Media, UK

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December 3, 2013

‘Information vampires’ hoping to charge press outlets for publishing Snowden leaks

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the officials wanted the Guardian to destroy all the information from Snowden despite the fact the data had already been disseminated to different news organizations around the world. Rather than working to correct the growing surveillance state lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are dragging their feet and exploring… Continue reading

UK

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November 16, 2013

Police State UK: UN envoy ‘shocked’ by UK’s ‘unacceptable’ persecution of The Guardian over Snowden leaks

A senior United Nations official responsible for freedom of expression has warned that the UK government’s response to revelations of mass surveillance by Edward Snowden is damaging Britain’s reputation for press freedom and investigative journalism. Continue reading

UK

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November 4, 2013

Media Fabrications and the War on Syria: How the Western Press Parrots Israeli Propaganda By Phil Greaves

In a report titled “Hezbollah shows strain of Syria war”, The Guardian’s Middle East Editor Ian Black, explains to the reader that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah “sounds more troubled than defiant when he talks about the Syrian war these days”. Black doesn’t offer the reader a link to Nasrallah’s latest speech to check, nor… Continue reading

Propaganda

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November 3, 2013

Police State UK: New threats against the Guardian newspaper and Snowden in Westminster debate By Chris Marsden

Tthe [parliamentary] debate sponsored by three MPs underscored the degree to which all three main parties are intent on suppressing evidence of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). The debate—called by Julian Huppert of the Liberal Democrats, Conservative Dominic Raab, and the Labour Party’s Tom Watson—renewed… Continue reading

UK

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October 22, 2013

Media Lens: Journalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald By David Edwards

Modern thought control is dependent on subliminal communication. Messages influencing key perceptions are delivered unseen, unnoticed, with minimal public awareness of what is happening or why. Continue reading

Media Lens

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October 22, 2013

Police State UK: The witch-hunt of Britain’s Guardian newspaper By Julie Hyland

Raids on newspaper offices, the forced destruction of computer drives and threats to arrest journalists are actions more commonly associated with military dictatorships. But this is exactly what has been meted out against the Guardian, with threats of worse to come. Continue reading

Media

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October 19, 2013

Police State UK: Guardian faces parliamentary investigation over Snowden revelations By Chris Marsden

Britain’s Guardian newspaper is facing an investigation by at least one parliamentary committee, in line with demands made by Prime Minister David Cameron, concerning the exposures of Edward Snowden, the whistleblower from America’s National Security Agency (NSA). Continue reading

Media, UK

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September 5, 2013

British court ruling on data seized from Miranda paves way for his criminal prosecution By Jordan Shilton

Britain’s high court ruled Friday that the government could continue to examine data seized from David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glen Greenwald, when he was detained at Heathrow airport earlier in August. The order will remain in force until a full judicial hearing scheduled for late October. Continue reading

UK

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August 28, 2013

Britain’s Independent newspaper defends state spying apparatus By Robert Stevens

The publication August 23 by Britain’s Independent newspaper of an article by its defence correspondent Kim Sengupta reveals the reliance of the UK government on the complicity of the media in concealing its secretive and illegal activity. Continue reading

UK

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August 24, 2013

Snowden ‘not the source’ of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian

The Guardian insists that the latest leaks published by the Independent revealing a UK-backed internet-monitoring station in the Middle East were not from Snowden. “I have never provided any journalistic materials to the Independent,” the paper cites him. He speculated that the UK government intentionally leaked the materials to create the impression that the release… Continue reading

Media, Propaganda, UK

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August 22, 2013

Miranda detention: UK’s actions ‘incompatible’ with Human Rights Convention – Council of Europe

The Guardian’s partial legal victory over the UK government’s seizure of documents still bodes badly for press freedom and is incompatible with EU convention, Daniel Holtgen, Director of Communications at the Council of Europe told RT. Continue reading

Liberties, Media, UK

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August 21, 2013

Guardian editor says newspaper forced to destroy hard drives By Thomas Gaist

In a comment published Monday, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger wrote that he and other Guardian journalists were faced with unofficial threats of legal action by the British government, and therefore were forced to destroy hard drives containing material from whistle blower Edward Snowden. Continue reading

UK

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August 20, 2013

The Guardian: Downing St. involved in ‘Snowden materials’ destruction order

The effort to seize or destroy the Snowden-related documents held at the Guardian’s London office was handled by senior Whitehall officials, who answered directly to Number 10 Downing Street, Rusbridger said during an interview with BBC News on Tuesday. Continue reading

Liberties, UK

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July 25, 2013

“Progressive” Mainstream Media Supports the Destabilization and Balkanization of Syria By Phil Greaves

Since the onset of the Syrian crisis, Martin Chulov of the Guardian has continuously been one of the most prominent “journalists” whose coverage, to put kindly, has been skewed beyond any recognition of objective journalism. Continue reading

Syria

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June 21, 2013

British government moves to censor media coverage of spying operations By Robert Stevens

D-Notices are official requests to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects on the grounds of “national security”. They are issued by the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee, which operates between government departments dealing with intelligence and national security, and the media. Continue reading

Media, National Security State, UK

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October 23, 2012

Media Lens: Bad Pharma, Bad Journalism By David Cromwell

‘Drugs are tested by the people who manufacture them, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that are flawed by design, in such a way that they exaggerate the benefits of treatments. Continue reading

Media Lens

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May 23, 2012

Media Lens: A Private Conversation – The Leveson Inquiry, Corporate Journalism And Elite Collusion

Advertising revenue is almost the life-blood of the press. Although the figure has fallen in recent years, today it constitutes around 60 per cent of newspapers’ total income, including ‘quality’ titles like the Guardian and the Independent. Continue reading

Media Lens

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February 4, 2012

Media Lens: Snow, White And The Two Daves – The Guardian Responds

Our most recent media alert, Silence Of The Lambs, created a small ripple in the Guardian universe. We had asked why even the paper’s most radical journalists, Seumas Milne and George Monbiot, are silent on the propaganda role of the liberal media, particularly the Guardian, in propping up power. Continue reading

Media Lens

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