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Chomsky: "Direct participation in creativity"
Znet Article, January, 09 2010
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
In the middle of September, Noam Chomsky was one of the guests of honor for La Jornada’s twenty-fifth anniversary
Weisbrot: Media Battles in Latin America Not About "Free Speech"
Znet Article, January, 08 2010
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
For at least a month now in Ecuador there has been a battle over regulation of the media. It has been in the front pages of the newspapers most of the time, and a leading daily, El Comercio, referred to the fight as one for "defense of human right...
Emersberger: Review of Newspeak in the 21rst Century
Znet Article, January, 01 2010
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
Medialens is a UK based website founded by David Edwards and David Cromwell that critiques media that progressives are inclined to respect such as the Guardian, the Independent and the BBC...
Bond: Countering critics of a cap-and-trade critique
Commentary, December, 16 2009
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Eight million people viewed Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff video since December 2007, and her new nine-minute Story of Cap and Trade received 400,000 hits in the two weeks after its December 1 launch.
Emersberger: The Canadian Press Disappears Honduras
Znet Article, December, 09 2009
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
Even the Canadian press noticed when, on June 28, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was driven out of his house at gunpoint by soldiers and forced onto a plane to Costa Rica. The Honduran Congress promptly read out a forged letter of resignation an...
Cromwell: The Silence Of The BBC 100 - BBC Trust Chairman Responds To 'Newspeak'
Znet Article, December, 06 2009
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
When has a BBC journalist so much as raised an eyebrow while channelling US-UK propaganda about the "peace enforcement operation" in Afghanistan or Iraq? It is unimaginable that a Newsnight presenter would declare such claims "the kind of Newspeak...
Herman: Our Terrorist as Militant; Stop the Mad Bomber; David Rohde on Uncovering One Bone
Zmag Article, December, 01 2009
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
More mainstream media doublespeak
Cook: Guest Media Alert: A Comparative Review Of Flat Earth News And Newspeak
Znet Article, November, 21 2009
Jonathan Cook
Cook's ZSpace page
In this Guest Media Alert, Cook attempts the truly Herculean task of dissecting and comparing the key arguments in Nick Davies’s book ‘Flat Earth News’ and our own recently published ‘Newspeak in the 21st Century.’ The results are enthra...
Wainwright: Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge launched
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Hilary Wainwright
Wainwright's ZSpace page
An international coalition has launched Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge as a response to the recent agreement of the European Commission on the “protection†of Internet access, brought under the pressure of the lobbi...
Edwards: The BBC's Jeremy Paxman On Iraq - "We Were Hoodwinked"
Commentary, November, 12 2009
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
In an interview last week, Jeremy Paxman - leading interviewer on BBC 2's flagship Newsnight programme - claimed that he had been "hoodwinked" by US government propaganda prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003...
Sinclair: Book review: Newspeak in the 21st Century by David Edwards and David Cromwell
Znet Article, November, 03 2009
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
Book review: Newspeak in the 21st Century by David Edwards and David Cromwell
Barsamian: Dateline: Middle East
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
David Barsamian
Barsamian's ZSpace page
An interview with Lebanese journalist Rami Khouri
Billet: A Heartbeat and a Guitar
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
A new book by Antonino D'Ambrosio on Johnny Cash
Weisbrot: When the Media Is a Big Part of the Problem
Znet Article, October, 23 2009
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
What kind of a public debate can we have on the most vital issues of the day in the United States? A lot depends on the media, which determines how these issues are framed for most people.
Edwards: The Cockroach Test
Commentary, October, 18 2009
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
News that philosopher Alain de Botton had been hired as Heathrow's "writer in residence" generated minor ripples across the media pond, including occasional murmurs of disapproval. Journalists momentarily failed to repress their awareness that tru...
Edwards: The Balance Of Power - Exchanges With BBC Journalists - Part 1
Znet Article, October, 16 2009
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Journalists who criticise powerful interests can be attacked for their ‘bias’, for revealing their prejudices. On the other hand, as we will see in the examples below, almost no-one protests, or even notices, the lack of balance in patriotic a...
Schechter: A Media Failure Compounds the Financial Failure:
Commentary, October, 10 2009
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
We know that Wall Street has not learned much from the crash it helped instigate. We know that our government, whatever its stated desire to clean up the markets and reform the financial behemoths, lacks the willingness and perhaps the clout to re...
Evans: Newspeak in the 21st Century - A Must Read for Freethinkers
Znet Article, October, 05 2009
Mark Evans
Evans's ZSpace page
A critical (but hopefully constructive) review of Media Lens new book - Newspeak in the 21st Century.
Schechter: Russian Tv And Me, Michael Moore, And Using Capitalism To Challenge Capitalism: Oh, The Ironies!
Commentary, October, 05 2009
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
When the CBS suits shuttered WBCN in Boston, the radio station I used to work for, one more institution that at time was known for offering critical and independent news was snuffed out.
Edwards: The War Dance
Znet Article, October, 03 2009
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
The IAEA, which met in Vienna on September 18, adopted a resolution expressing concern about "Israeli nuclear capabilities" and called on agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei to work on the issue. The motion was adopted by 49 votes to 45, with 16 absten...
