Articles by Bryce Greene

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USA: How to Hide and Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths
Bryce Greene | Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Aug 2023

1 Aug 2023 – A ‘Costs of War’ study estimates that the USA’s 9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia and Syria with 40–60 million people displaced from their homes. “Pax Americana”

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Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine
Bryce Greene | FAIR - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jul 2023

30 Jun 2023 – Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks that produce research of interest to them. The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a report from the Quincy Institute demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the US national discourse.

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Ukraine’s ‘Press Freedom’ Score Increases Despite Martial Law, Banned Media
Bryce Greene | Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting FAIR - TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 May 2023

9 May 2023 – Now you know why Ukraine is fighting for “our values” – meaning something terrible has happened to those “our values.”

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What You Should ‘Really’ Know about Ukraine
Bryce Greene | FAIR Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Feb 2022

As tensions began to rise over Ukraine, US media produced articles attempting to explain the situation: “Ukraine Explained” (New York Times, 12/8/21) and “What You Need to Know About Tensions Between Ukraine and Russia” (Washington Post, 11/26/21). But to truly understand this crisis, you would need to know much more than what these articles offered.

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What You Should Really Know about Ukraine
Bryce Greene | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Jan 2022

28 Jan 2022 – These “explainer” pieces are emblematic of Ukraine coverage in the rest of corporate media, which almost universally gave a pro-Western view of US/Russia relations and the history behind them. Media echoed the point of view of those who believe the US should have an active role in Ukrainian politics and enforce its perspective through military threats.

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As Bolivian Regime Delays Elections a Third Time, Media Continue to Ignore Coup
Bryce Greene | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Aug 2020

6 Aug 2020 – When a country’s military oust a sitting president by force, that is a military coup. Referring to it simply as a “resignation”–as in the Washington Post’s 11/10/19–fails to capture the nature of the overthrow. Describing Morales’ ouster as merely happening “amid widespread unrest” is a way of telling readers: “This sort of thing happens all the time in this part of the world. No need to look into it.”

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NYT Blames Maduro for Healthcare Horror, Downplays US Role
Bryce Greene | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Apr 2020

The New York Times (10 Apr 2020) published an article describing the horrendous shape of the Venezuelan healthcare system. The piece fumbled the most important aspect of the story: how and why the system is as bad as it is. In true “manufacturing consent” fashion, it downplayed the US role in destabilizing the Venezuelan economy, and instead pointed to President Nicolás Maduro’s “authoritarianism” as the primary cause of the crisis.

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