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Dimaggio: Free Market Fantasies
Znet Article, August, 28 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Anyone who has listened to right wing radio, Republican rhetoric, or to Rush Limbaugh â?Âdittoheadâ? true believers should be familiar with the â??free market can solve all Americaâ??s problemsâ? rhetoric that keeps returning to the fore...
Shannon: Islamophobia and the Great “Ground Zero Mosque” Myth
Znet Article, August, 26 2010
Deric Shannon
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This piece is an examination of the media-generated "Ground-Zero Mosque" myth and what it means for the Left in the USA.
Bennis: Afghanistan after the Wikileaks War Logs
Audio, August, 26 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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Interview about the impact of the Wikileaks documents and the new financial input for the American troops in Afghanistan.
Pilger: Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected
Commentary, August, 19 2010
John Pilger
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On 26 July, 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.
Solomon: Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War
Commentary, August, 17 2010
Norman Solomon
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It’s already history. In mid-August 2010, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan launched a huge media campaign to prevent any substantial withdrawal of military forces the next summer.
Jamal: Wikileaks and the Imperial Press
Commentary, August, 15 2010
Mumia Abu Jamal
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The release of some 70,000 + files from the Afghanistan War has been treated by most corporate media as, at best, a minor irritant, and worst, an act of treason.
Dimaggio: WikiLeaks in Context
Znet Article, August, 14 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Enough time has now elapsed to evaluate whether there has been public fallout from the Wikileaks revelations regarding the war in Afghanistan.
Curren: Power Without Responsibility: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain
Book, August, 13 2010
Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society. How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? And what is the relationship between media and power in society? In this major new boo...
Chomsky: WikiLeaks and Coverage in Press
Video, August, 04 2010
Noam Chomsky
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Chomsky compares media reaction to Wiki leaks and a recent report on Fallujah...
Dimaggio: Polarized Politics, American Style
Znet Article, July, 28 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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The Pew Research center reports in its July national survey results that the public believes the Democratic Party is more to the left than Republicans are to the right.
Spannos: Gaza Tunnels to Cape Cod
Commentary, July, 24 2010
Chris Spannos
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Woods Hole is a village in the township of Falmouth, just a short ferry ride across from Martha’s Vineyard, with a proud reputation that far exceeds its size.
Dimaggio: On the Co-optation of “Progressive” Politics: Assessing Public Opinion on “the Left’s” Political Agenda
Znet Article, July, 20 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Conservative political officials and right wing media have long sought to turn “liberal” into a seven letter dirty word. Glenn Beck rails against the “progressive” agenda in his conspiracy theories – echoed by most reactionary media pundits – tha...
Fisk: They're All Groveling and You Can Guess the Reason
Znet Article, July, 19 2010
Robert Fisk
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Only a week after CNN's Octavia Nasr and the British ambassador to Beirut, Frances Guy, dared to suggest that Sayyed Hassan Fadlallah of Lebanon was a nice old chap rather than the super-terrorist the Americans have always claimed him to be, the g...
Edwards: Tectonic Tilting
Znet Article, July, 19 2010
David Edwards
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English football’s Premier League is a farce...
Weisbrot: Life Imitates Art
Znet Article, July, 18 2010
Mark Weisbrot
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It's nice when you make a documentary about how the major media outlets misrepresent reality, and the media response to the film proves your point. In fact, the media's response to Oliver Stone's "South of the Border," which I wrote with Tariq Ali...
Young: Good Left, Bad Left
Znet Article, July, 17 2010
Kevin Young
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Faced with a tide of protest in Latin America against the US and US-allied leaders, the US government has tried to limit its loss of control over the hemisphere. One strategy for doing so has involved promoting what it considers the "good," respo...
Cromwell: BBC = Bin And Bypass Complaints
Commentary, July, 10 2010
David Cromwell
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Robert Fisk wrote last week in the Independent of how an unnamed friend of his, "a Very Senior Correspondent of the BBC", responded to a recent challenge. Fisk could no longer recall whether it "was about the BBC's grovelling coverage of Israel or...
Fisk: Fighting Talk: The New Propaganda
Znet Article, July, 09 2010
Robert Fisk
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Journalism has become a linguistic battleground – and when reporters use terms such ‘spike in violence’ or ‘surge’ or ‘settler’, they are playing along with a pernicious game, argues Robert Fisk.
Pilger: The Charge Of The Media Brigade
Commentary, July, 08 2010
John Pilger
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The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the execution of a man on death row in Utah for 25 years...
Young: Honduras, Iran, and the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, July, 05 2010
Kevin Young
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Government repression in Iran and Honduras in the summer of 2009 was at least roughly comparable. Consistent and honest news media could thus be expected to devote at least roughly comparable levels of attention and indignation to the two cases. I...
