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Solomon: Beyond the Hype
Znet Article, July, 20 2009
Norman Solomon
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Media eulogies for Walter Cronkite -- including from progressive commentators -- rarely talk about his coverage of the Vietnam War before 1968. This obit omit is essential to the myth of Cronkite as a courageous truth-teller.
Zirin: Sexism on Centre Court
Znet Article, July, 09 2009
Dave Zirin
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On Saturday, at Wimbledon's Centre Court, Serena and Venus Williams extended their generational dominance of women's tennis in electric fashion. They went head to head for the twenty-first time and Serena took an 11-10 lead in their sibling rivalr...
Strauss: Bamboozled Nation and the Power Elite
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
George Strauss
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Obama's manufactured pixel dust.
McIntosh: What Would Buffy Do? Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
McIntosh
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Buffy vs Edward is essentially a remixed video answer to the question “What Would Buffy Do?†My re-imagined story was specifically constructed as a response to Edward, and what his behavior represents in our larger social context for both men ...
Emersberger: The Canadian Press Whitewashes Canada, Colombia and "Free Trade"
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Joe Emersberger
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On November 21, 2008 Canada's government under Stephen Harper finalized a trade agreement with the Colombian government of Alvaro Uribe. Last month, the Canadian parliament was expected to ratify the deal (Bill C-23) but the work of Colombian and ...
Suggett: Chávez Hosts TV Series of Socialist Theory
Znet Article, June, 17 2009
James Suggett
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On Thursday evening Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez hosted the first of what will be a series of special episodes of his weekly presidential talk show, "Hello, President." The focus of these episodes is the theory of socialist change, in contras...
Vltchek: World Can't Be Changed Without Fighting Western Propaganda
Znet Article, June, 17 2009
Andre Vltchek
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Sometimes I am chased by nightmares: I am in the middle of some bombed out refugee camp, maybe in Congo (DRC) or in some other desperate country at the periphery of media interests. Children are running around with swollen bellies, clearly sufferi...
Gibler: Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon
Znet Article, June, 15 2009
John Gibler
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Before dawn on Friday, June 5, an estimated 650 Peruvian National Police and Special Forces officers attacked several thousand Awajun and Wambis indigenous people at their roadside blockade on the Fernando Belaunde Terry highway.
Solomon: Words and War
Commentary, June, 09 2009
Norman Solomon
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It takes at least tacit faith in massive violence to believe that after three decades of horrendous violence in Afghanistan, upping the violence there will improve the situation.
Cotton: What do Nigeria and Ireland have in common? Shell, gas and trouble.
Znet Article, June, 03 2009
Miriam Cotton
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Analysis of Irish media's coverage of the activities of the oil and gas exploration giant, Shell,in respect of the Corrib Gas dispute taking place in the North West of Ireland - with specific reference to the violent attack on Goldman Environment ...
Chomsky: The Torture Memos
Zmag Article, June, 01 2009
Noam Chomsky
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A routine use of torture by the U.S., from its founding until today
Edwards: The Left-Wing Media Fallacy- Jeremy Bowen, The BBC, And Other National Treasures
Commentary, May, 23 2009
David Edwards
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It is a mistake to imagine that media corporations are impervious to all complaints and criticism. In fact, senior editors and managers are only too happy to accept that their journalists tend to be 'anti-American,' 'anti-Israel,' 'anti-Western,' ...
Goodman: Yoo's Views Make Philly News
Znet Article, May, 21 2009
Amy Goodman
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of that city's two major daily newspapers, is in the news itself these days after hiring controversial former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo as a monthly columnist.
Cromwell: Beholden To The Big Powers: Israel, Gaza And The UN
Znet Article, May, 19 2009
David Cromwell
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Earlier this month, the UN announced the results of an inquiry into attacks on its buildings and personnel in Gaza.
Street: “America’s Soulâ€: A History Lesson for Paul Krugman
Znet Article, May, 07 2009
Paul Street
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Being seriosuly Left can make for some lonely wandering in the wilderness of dominant U.S. corporate media. It’s terrible, of course, to hear one right-wing talk radio or television host after another denounce some recent conservative White Hou...
Baker: Outsourcing Top Management: The Lesson of Fiat-Chrysler
Znet Article, May, 04 2009
Dean Baker
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The media coverage of the auto bailouts has focused on the need for union autoworkers to take big pay cuts, causing them to once again miss the real story. The Fiat-Chrysler deal shows that the pay problem is at the top, not the bottom. At the end...
Herman: Civilian Plane Shoot-Downs & International (In)Justice
Zmag Article, May, 01 2009
Edward Herman
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Party line media filtering of terror acts (ours & theirs)
Winter: A Pandemic of Fear and Greed: Media and Swine Flu
Znet Article, April, 30 2009
James Winter
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Hysteria created by the mainstream media leads governments to introduce inoculation programs which maime and kill. Meanwhile, those in business/government such as Rumsfeld profit at the public expense.
Pilger: Obama's 100 Days -- The Mad Men Did Well
Commentary, April, 29 2009
John Pilger
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The BBC's American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the "smart" people of Madison Avenue, who knew the truth, led to countless deaths. Advertising a...
Edwards: Protesting War - An Exchange With The BBC's Diplomatic Editor, Mark Urban
Znet Article, April, 25 2009
David Edwards
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On April 15, we wrote to Mark Urban, the Diplomatic Editor of the BBC‘s Newsnight programme. Urban was formerly defence correspondent at the Independent. He served in the British Army, for nine months as a regular officer and four years in th...
