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ZNet Article We wonder if the Guardian would have described the Iranian assassination of scientists on US or Israeli streets as ‘goading’. -
- Sunday, Oct 23, 2011
ZNet Article Western media support for the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, in the wake of the al-Qaeda attacks of 11 September, was steadfast from the beginning -
- Friday, Aug 19, 2011
ZNet Article Politicians will only pursue progressive policies if they are put under significant public pressure to do so; not because the News of the World has closed -
- Sunday, Oct 10, 2010
ZNet Article Following Israel’s capture of the West Bank in 1967, along with other territories including East Jerusalem, Israel has built and expanded Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land. -
- Saturday, Jul 10, 2010
Commentary 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... -
- Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010
Commentary In December, BBC news online had posted these two brief ‘balanced’ reports of the US-led killing of the Afghan... -
- Sunday, Feb 28, 2010
Commentary Since November last year, the public has been bombarded with the story of stolen emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, revealing a supposed "scandal" of scientific malpractice, stupidly and lazily named "climateg... -
- Thursday, Jan 14, 2010
Commentary Ignoring or downplaying Western crimes is a standard feature of the corporate Western media. On rare occasions when a broadcaster or newspaper breaks ranks and reports 'our' crimes honestly, it is instructive to observe the response from the rest ... -
- Sunday, Dec 06, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Saturday, Sep 19, 2009
Commentary On August 26, the Guardian newspaper published an article titled, 'US takes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear programme in one massive gamble.' -
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
ZNet Article Earlier this month, the UN announced the results of an inquiry into attacks on its buildings and personnel in Gaza. -
- Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009
ZNet Article At the end of 2007, a thorough assessment by the United States concluded that Iran’s nuclear weapons programme had already halted in 2003. The National Intelligence Estimate was the consensus view of all 16 US spy agencies...
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- Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009
Blog Post We are delighted to announce that a new Media Lens book, "NEWSPEAK in the 21st Century," will be published by Pluto Press in the autumn.
But we urgently need your support if Media Lens is to keep going. -
- Friday, Nov 28, 2008
ZNet Article Last week, Guardian News & Media (GNM) published 'Living Our Values', an independently audited account of the company's annual performance on sustainability issues. GNM, which encompasses the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk, claims to ha... -
- Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008
ZNet Article On the afternoon of Thursday 28 February, 2008, a group of Palestinian boys were playing football on some open ground near their homes in the Gaza Strip. At around 3.20pm, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at the boys, killing four of them insta... -
- Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008
Commentary Since starting Media Lens in 2001, we have learned that corporate journalists are very often ill-equipped, or disinclined, to debate vital issues with members of the public. -
- Sunday, Sep 14, 2008
ZNet Article Last month, a senior UK government adviser warned of the real risk of a devastating rise in global temperatures of 4 degrees Celsius... -
- Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008
ZNet Article The media reported last week that at least 22 people, including five Palestinian children, had been killed during Israeli 'incursions' into Gaza. The Israeli military 'operations' were 'sparked' by a Hamas ambush that had left three Israeli soldie... -
- Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008
ZNet Article The horrific shooting of eight young people at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem last Thursday was followed by saturation media coverage. International statesmen lined up with condemnations of the attack and condolences for the victims and their fami... -
- Tuesday, Mar 04, 2008
ZNet Article Israel has drawn international criticism for its latest series of onslaughts against the 'prison' of Gaza, the crowded home to 1.4 million Palestinians. Since last Wednesday (February 27), 112 Palestinians have died under Israeli air attacks and '... -
- Sunday, Feb 17, 2008
Commentary Public spending and public investment continued to grow, rather than shrink as in Russia... -
- Monday, Feb 11, 2008
Commentary Watching the corporate media report the 'financial crisis' is instructive. From the perspective of power, it is important that a steadying hand is applied to the tiller of news and commentary on the crisis, and the global economy itself. -
- Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008
ZNet Article One of the major events of the twentieth century, with reverberations that reach today, is the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945... -
- Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007
Book Preface
Introduction: Survival Means Renewal, Mark Levene and David Cromwell - Both University of Southampton
Part I The Big Picture
1. The Case for Contraction and Convergence, Aubrey Meyer
Part II The State and its Apparatus
2. Th... -
- Thursday, Oct 18, 2007
ZNet Article On October 10, the BBC's Ten O'Clock News led with the story that a High Court Judge had found nine "errors" in Al Gore's climate film, 'An Inconvenient Truth', which the UK government has been sending to schools around the country. As a result, b... ZNet Article On October 10, the BBC's Ten O'Clock News led with the story that a High Court Judge had found nine "errors" in Al Gore's climate film, 'An Inconvenient Truth', which the UK government has been sending to schools around the country. As a result, b... -
- Friday, Oct 12, 2007
Book Can a corporate media system be expected to tell the truth about a world dominated by corporations? ZNet Article An Equitable Sharing of Resources?We are led to believe that Western societies are free and open. In many respects this is true: freedom of speech and the right to protest still exist, albeit within ever-tighter constraints. At root, however, much... -
- Thursday, Sep 13, 2007
ZNet Article News media this week are devoting huge swathes of coverage to the report by General David Petraeus, the top US military commander in Iraq, on the impact of the so-called 'surge' of US troops. The surge boosted the number of US troops in Iraq earli... -
- Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007
ZNet Article The first truth of American foreign policy is that it is formulated to maximise corporate profits and state power. The second truth is that it is perennially sold to the public as a mission to spread freedom, democracy and human rights. The third ... - All Most Recent Content
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- Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007
Book Preface
Introduction: Survival Means Renewal, Mark Levene and David Cromwell - Both University of Southampton
Part I The Big Picture
1. The Case for Contraction and Convergence, Aubrey Meyer
Part II The State and its Apparatus
2. Th... -
- Friday, Oct 12, 2007
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