Archive for the category ‘MEDIA’


Corporate Media: The Real Fake News Specialists
John Andrews | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Corporate Media: The Real Fake News Specialists)
Fake News about “Fake News”: The Media Performance Pyramid
Media Lens | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Fake News about “Fake News”: The Media Performance Pyramid)
The New York Times’ Biased Obituary of Fidel Castro
Matt Peppe | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The New York Times’ Biased Obituary of Fidel Castro)
Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda)
NYT Advocates Internet Censorship
Robert Parry – Consortium News
November 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on NYT Advocates Internet Censorship)
Donald Trump and the Media’s ‘Epic Fail’
Rachel Oldroyd – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
November 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Donald Trump and the Media’s ‘Epic Fail’)
US Elections: Western Media Stopped Reporting and Began Shaping Opinion
Gefira – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on US Elections: Western Media Stopped Reporting and Began Shaping Opinion)
Fukushima Cover Up
Robert Hunziker | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Cover Up)
Yemen Vote – The Responsibility to Protect Profits
Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Yemen Vote – The Responsibility to Protect Profits)
Dilma Rousseff: Brazil’s Media Trying to Destroy Lula
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Dilma Rousseff: Brazil’s Media Trying to Destroy Lula)
Bugger the Journalism: The Slow Death of Critical Thinking in Australia
Jake Lynch – New Matilda
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Bugger the Journalism: The Slow Death of Critical Thinking in Australia)
Inside the Invisible Government: War, Propaganda, Clinton & Trump
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Compare the Coverage of Mosul and East Aleppo and It Tells You a Lot about the Propaganda We Consume
Patrick Cockburn – The Independent
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Compare the Coverage of Mosul and East Aleppo and It Tells You a Lot about the Propaganda We Consume)
Freedom of the Press Faces Judicial Harassment in Brazil
Mario Osava – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 24th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Freedom of the Press Faces Judicial Harassment in Brazil)
The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role of Independent Media
Sarah Aziza | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 24th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role of Independent Media)
Journalist Amy Goodman Shouldn’t Be Arrested for Covering Dakota Pipeline Story
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
October 17th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Journalist Amy Goodman Shouldn’t Be Arrested for Covering Dakota Pipeline Story)
The NYT’s Neocon ‘Downward Spiral’
Robert Parry – Consortium News
October 10th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The NYT’s Neocon ‘Downward Spiral’)
NGOs: Grassroots Empowerment or Tool of Information Warfare?
Daniel Deiss, J.Hawk and Edwin Watson | South Front – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on NGOs: Grassroots Empowerment or Tool of Information Warfare?)
The Internet Was Just Taken Over by a Global Monopoly, and No One Even Noticed
Claire Bernish | Activist Post – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Internet Was Just Taken Over by a Global Monopoly, and No One Even Noticed)
Washington Post Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Washington Post Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer))
Brazil’s Big Media Ignores Temer’s Confession — Except Estadão Columnist Who Falsely Claimed Video Was Altered
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Brazil’s Big Media Ignores Temer’s Confession — Except Estadão Columnist Who Falsely Claimed Video Was Altered)
North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW !
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime)
Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low
Art Swift | Gallup – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low)
Is Privacy Necessary?
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Is Privacy Necessary?)
Reading between the Lines: Dialoguing with Text to Squeeze Out Truths
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Reading between the Lines: Dialoguing with Text to Squeeze Out Truths)
The Financial Times: Megaphone for Mass Murder
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 5th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
The Internet Should Be a Public Good
Ben Tarnoff – Jacobin Magazine
September 5th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Provoking Nuclear War by Media
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 29th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Provoking Nuclear War by Media)
The Man behind the Viral ‘Boy in the Ambulance’ Image Has Brutal Skeletons in His Own Closet
Brad Hoff | The Canary – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 29th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
The Dumbed-Down New York Times
Robert Parry – Consortium News
August 29th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Dumbed-Down New York Times)
Can War Reporting Be a Feminist Project?
Rafia Zakaria – The Nation
August 29th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Can War Reporting Be a Feminist Project?)
Twitter Censors What Israeli State Attorney Asks It To
Jews for Justice for Palestinians – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Twitter Censors What Israeli State Attorney Asks It To)
Google Slammed for Removing Palestine from Its Maps
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 8th, 2016 ( 2 Comments »)
The Blog That Disappeared
Roxane Gay – The New York Times
August 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Blog That Disappeared)
New Panama Papers: Secret Offshore Deals Deprive Africa of Billions in Natural Resource Dollars
Will Fitzgibbon - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
August 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on New Panama Papers: Secret Offshore Deals Deprive Africa of Billions in Natural Resource Dollars)
‘Fraud’ Alleged in NYT’s MH-17 Report
Robert Parry – Consortium News
July 25th, 2016 ( 2 Comments »)
‘RT Broadcast Halt in Argentina Is All-Out Psychological Onslaught on Latin America’
Adrian Salbuchi – Russia Today
June 13th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘RT Broadcast Halt in Argentina Is All-Out Psychological Onslaught on Latin America’)
Anatomy of a Propaganda Blitz: “Hitlergate”
Media Lens – Dissident Voice
May 23rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Anatomy of a Propaganda Blitz: “Hitlergate”)
Conspiracy Theories, Disinformation Agents, and the CIA
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2016 ( 5 Comments »)
Edward Snowden: The Media Isn’t Doing Its Job
Emily Bell | Columbia Journalism Review – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Edward Snowden: The Media Isn’t Doing Its Job)
Anatomy of a Propaganda Blitz
Media Lens – Dissident Voice
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Anatomy of a Propaganda Blitz)
NYT Photographer Mauricio Lima, 2016 Pulitzer Winner, Denounces Globo and the “Coup” in Brazil
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on NYT Photographer Mauricio Lima, 2016 Pulitzer Winner, Denounces Globo and the “Coup” in Brazil)
How Can We Keep Press Freedom from Withering Away?
Farhana Haque Rahman – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on How Can We Keep Press Freedom from Withering Away?)
2016 World Press Freedom Index: Leaders Paranoid about Journalists
Reporters Without Borders – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on 2016 World Press Freedom Index: Leaders Paranoid about Journalists)
You’re More Likely to See an Oil Industry Ad than a Climate Report on CNN
Xian Chiang-Waren, Grist – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on You’re More Likely to See an Oil Industry Ad than a Climate Report on CNN)
Amid Media Megamergers, a Mosaic of Community Media Thrives
Amy Goodman and Denis Moyhihan – Democracy NOW!
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Amid Media Megamergers, a Mosaic of Community Media Thrives)
AP Investigation: Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?
Robin Mcdowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza, AP –TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on AP Investigation: Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?)
Syrian Independent Media Offers Bold Challenge to Extremism
Julia Taleb – Waging Nonviolence
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Syrian Independent Media Offers Bold Challenge to Extremism)
When Newspapers Die and Reporters Go Bad
Peter White – CounterPunch
April 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on When Newspapers Die and Reporters Go Bad)
Why We’re Never Told Why We’re Attacked
Joe Lauria – Consortium News
April 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Why We’re Never Told Why We’re Attacked)
Cable News Devotes 30 Seconds to Mass Arrests Protesting Political Corruption
Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani – The Intercept
April 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Cable News Devotes 30 Seconds to Mass Arrests Protesting Political Corruption)
‘Who’s Funding This?’ CIA & MI5 Whistleblowers Question Credibility of Panama Papers Coverage
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘Who’s Funding This?’ CIA & MI5 Whistleblowers Question Credibility of Panama Papers Coverage)
Chomsky and Pilger Back teleSUR Against Macri’s Attack in Argentina
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Chomsky and Pilger Back teleSUR Against Macri’s Attack in Argentina)
Revealed: How Associated Press Cooperated with the Nazis
Philip Oltermann – The Guardian
April 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Revealed: How Associated Press Cooperated with the Nazis)
Western Media Ignoring Reality on the Ground in Syria
Eva Bartlett – Russia Today
March 14th, 2016 ( 2 Comments »)
Manipulations & Mind Games: The Secret Battle to Control How We Think
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. – New Dawn Magazine
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Manipulations & Mind Games: The Secret Battle to Control How We Think)
The Media Are Misleading the Public on Syria
Stephen Kinzer – The Boston Globe
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Media Are Misleading the Public on Syria)
Why Sean Penn’s El Chapo Meeting Was an ‘Epic Insult’ to Imperiled Mexican Journalists
Peter Holley – The Washington Post
January 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Why Sean Penn’s El Chapo Meeting Was an ‘Epic Insult’ to Imperiled Mexican Journalists)
BRICS Not Content to Leave West with Mass Media Monopoly
Danielle Ryan – Russia Today
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on BRICS Not Content to Leave West with Mass Media Monopoly)
Asian Scholars Crafting a Non-Adversarial Approach to Journalism
Kalinga Seneviratne - InDepthNews
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Asian Scholars Crafting a Non-Adversarial Approach to Journalism)
British Amputee Soldier Bold Statement Defending Muslims
Chris Herbert – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on British Amputee Soldier Bold Statement Defending Muslims)
Four Examples of Mainstream Media Fabricating News to Push for War
Dylan Charles, Waking Times – The Conscious Reporter
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Four Examples of Mainstream Media Fabricating News to Push for War)
Paris and Beirut: Journalism’s Selective Compassion
Des Freedman – Open Democracy
November 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Paris and Beirut: Journalism’s Selective Compassion)
When the News Reads You Back: Why Journalists Need to Stand Up for Reader Privacy
Josh Stearns – Freedom of the Press Foundation
November 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on When the News Reads You Back: Why Journalists Need to Stand Up for Reader Privacy)
UK: This Surveillance Bill Threatens Investigative Journalism
Gavin Millar – The Guardian
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on UK: This Surveillance Bill Threatens Investigative Journalism)
New York Times Ignores Root Cause of Violence in Palestine. Dismisses Israeli State Terror against an Entire Population
Stephen Lendman - Global Research
November 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on New York Times Ignores Root Cause of Violence in Palestine. Dismisses Israeli State Terror against an Entire Population)
Putin and the Press: The Demonology School of Journalism
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Putin and the Press: The Demonology School of Journalism)
The World Needs Investigative Journalism
David Cay Johnston – Al Jazeera
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The World Needs Investigative Journalism)
Rupert Murdoch Is Deviant Scum
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Rupert Murdoch Is Deviant Scum)
The Western Media Is Dying and Here’s Why
Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook
October 5th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Western Media Is Dying and Here’s Why)
The Power of False Narrative
Robert Parry – Consortium News
October 5th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Power of False Narrative)
Murdoch Purchases Nat Geo for Infotainment Synergy
Chris Lehmann – Al Jazeera America
September 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Murdoch Purchases Nat Geo for Infotainment Synergy)
NYT Claims U.S. Abides by Cluster Bomb Treaty: The Exact Opposite of Reality
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on NYT Claims U.S. Abides by Cluster Bomb Treaty: The Exact Opposite of Reality)
Missing from Reports of Yemeni Carnage: Washington’s Responsibility
Jim Naureckas – Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
September 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Missing from Reports of Yemeni Carnage: Washington’s Responsibility)
The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know
Prof. James F. Tracy - Global Research
August 31st, 2015 ( Comments Off on The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know)
Jorge Ramos Commits Journalism, Gets Immediately Attacked by Journalists
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
August 31st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Jorge Ramos Commits Journalism, Gets Immediately Attacked by Journalists)
Russia and China Want to Radically Change How the Internet Is Used
STRATFOR – Business Insider
August 17th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Russia and China Want to Radically Change How the Internet Is Used)
What the Mainstream Media Got Wrong about Gaza
Qossay Alsattari – Foreign Policy In Focus
August 10th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
Wartime Journalism: Mohammed Omer on Gaza
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 10th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Wartime Journalism: Mohammed Omer on Gaza)
Journalists around the World Stand Up in Support of Netzpolitik after Outrageous ‘Treason’ Investigation
Trevor Timm – Freedom of the Press Foundation
August 10th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Journalists around the World Stand Up in Support of Netzpolitik after Outrageous ‘Treason’ Investigation)
NBC News Releases the Long-Awaited Trailer for Its Summer Horror Film about ISIS
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on NBC News Releases the Long-Awaited Trailer for Its Summer Horror Film about ISIS)
Peace Journalism – A Global Debate
Meah Mostafiz – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
CNN to Broadcast Corporate Propaganda as News?
C. Robert Gibson – Al Jazeera America
July 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on CNN to Broadcast Corporate Propaganda as News?)
New Social Media Platform Dubbed “The People’s Site” by Anonymous
True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 29th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
NYT’s Orwellian View of Ukraine
Robert Parry – Consortium News
June 29th, 2015 ( Comments Off on NYT’s Orwellian View of Ukraine)
Net Neutrality Rules Go into Effect
Mario Trujillo and David McCabe, The Hill – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Net Neutrality Rules Go into Effect)
Noam Chomsky: Buzzfeed and Vice Are ‘Distorting Free Media’ with Native Advertising
Mary-Ann Russon – International Business Times
June 8th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Noam Chomsky: Buzzfeed and Vice Are ‘Distorting Free Media’ with Native Advertising)
Judith Miller’s Comeback
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
June 1st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Judith Miller’s Comeback)
More Than a Newsman – Behind the Media’s Assault on Seymour Hersh
Shamus Cooke - CounterPunch
May 25th, 2015 ( Comments Off on More Than a Newsman – Behind the Media’s Assault on Seymour Hersh)
My Second World Press Freedom Day [May 3] in an Egyptian Jail
Abdullah Elfakharany – Middle East Eye
May 4th, 2015 ( Comments Off on My Second World Press Freedom Day [May 3] in an Egyptian Jail)
How Western Media Would Cover Baltimore if It Happened Elsewhere
Karen Attiah – The Washington Post
May 4th, 2015 ( Comments Off on How Western Media Would Cover Baltimore if It Happened Elsewhere)
145 PEN Writers (Thus Far) Have Objected to the Charlie Hebdo Award – Not Just 6
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
May 4th, 2015 ( Comments Off on 145 PEN Writers (Thus Far) Have Objected to the Charlie Hebdo Award – Not Just 6)
Cowardly Firing of Australian State-Funded TV Journalist Highlights the West’s Real Religion
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
May 4th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Cowardly Firing of Australian State-Funded TV Journalist Highlights the West’s Real Religion)
Assange: How ‘The Guardian’ Milked Edward Snowden’s Story
Julian Assange - Newsweek
April 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Assange: How ‘The Guardian’ Milked Edward Snowden’s Story)
YouTube at 10: The Archive of Now
Mark Little – Al Jazeera
April 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on YouTube at 10: The Archive of Now)
Most Europeans ‘Totally Distrust’ Mainstream Media Coverage of Ukraine Crisis – Poll
End the Lie – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Most Europeans ‘Totally Distrust’ Mainstream Media Coverage of Ukraine Crisis – Poll)
The Google/China Hacking Case: How Many News Outlets Do a Original Reporting on a Big Story?
Jonathan Stray – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 20th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Google/China Hacking Case: How Many News Outlets Do a Original Reporting on a Big Story?)
Not Fit to Print: When Good Design Goes Bad
Anna Flagg and Moiz Syed, AJ+ On the News - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Not Fit to Print: When Good Design Goes Bad)
Even America’s ‘Media Watchdogs’ Hide U.S.’s Ukrainian Nazification & Ethnic Cleansing
Eric Zuesse – Washington’s Blog
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Even America’s ‘Media Watchdogs’ Hide U.S.’s Ukrainian Nazification & Ethnic Cleansing)
When Free Speech Becomes Dead Silence – The Israel Lobby and a Cowed Academia
Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on When Free Speech Becomes Dead Silence – The Israel Lobby and a Cowed Academia)
Iranians Are Much Talked About on Sunday Morning TV, but Never Heard From
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Iranians Are Much Talked About on Sunday Morning TV, but Never Heard From)
Journalism as Subversion
Chris Hedges – Truthdig
March 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Journalism as Subversion)
Iraq and the Media: A Critical Timeline
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting-FAIR – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Iraq and the Media: A Critical Timeline)
How The Guardian Told Me to Steer Clear of Palestine
David Cronin, Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on How The Guardian Told Me to Steer Clear of Palestine)
CNN Is Beating the Drums of War
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on CNN Is Beating the Drums of War)
The Sinister Treatment of Dissent at the BBC
Nick Cohen – The Guardian
March 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Sinister Treatment of Dissent at the BBC)
The “Snowden is Ready to Come Home!” Story: A Case Study in Typical Media Deceit
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
March 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The “Snowden is Ready to Come Home!” Story: A Case Study in Typical Media Deceit)
The Federal Communications Commission Approved Net Neutrality
Inae Oh – Mother Jones
March 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Federal Communications Commission Approved Net Neutrality)
The Atlantic Ignores Muslim Intellectuals, Defines “True Islam” As ISIS
Murtaza Hussain – The Intercept
February 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Atlantic Ignores Muslim Intellectuals, Defines “True Islam” As ISIS)
World Press Freedom Index 2015: Decline on All Fronts
Reporters Without Borders – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on World Press Freedom Index 2015: Decline on All Fronts)
Why I Have Resigned from the Telegraph
Peter Oborne – Open Democracy
February 23rd, 2015 ( 3 Comments »)
The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory
Robert Parry – Consortium News
February 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory)
Chapel Hill Shooting: Three Young Muslims Have Been Executed, but the Media Ignored It Because of Religion
Sabbiyah Pervez – The Independent
February 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Chapel Hill Shooting: Three Young Muslims Have Been Executed, but the Media Ignored It Because of Religion)
Wretched US Journalism on Ukraine
Robert Parry – Consortium News
February 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Wretched US Journalism on Ukraine)
Net Neutrality, Back by Popular Demand
Amy Goodman – Truthdig
February 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Net Neutrality, Back by Popular Demand)
Messenger of the Gods
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 26th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Messenger of the Gods)
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Develops Its Own Version of Reddit’s AMA and Twitter’s Blue Checkmark Verification
Jeremy Scahill – The Intercept
January 26th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Develops Its Own Version of Reddit’s AMA and Twitter’s Blue Checkmark Verification)
In Solidarity With a Free Press: Some More Blasphemous Cartoons
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
January 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on In Solidarity With a Free Press: Some More Blasphemous Cartoons)
Remembering Victims of Terror–And Forgetting Some Others
Jim Naureckas - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
January 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Remembering Victims of Terror–And Forgetting Some Others)
Fear of Government Spying ‘Chilling’ Writers’ Speech Worldwide
Lauren McCauley – Common Dreams
January 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Fear of Government Spying ‘Chilling’ Writers’ Speech Worldwide)
The New York Times and Washington’s “Propaganda Bubble” on Ukraine
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The New York Times and Washington’s “Propaganda Bubble” on Ukraine)
Plagiarism Is the New Pornography
Curtis Brown – Al Jazeera
January 5th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Plagiarism Is the New Pornography)
North Korea/Sony Story Shows How Eagerly U.S. Media Still Regurgitate Government Claims
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
January 5th, 2015 ( Comments Off on North Korea/Sony Story Shows How Eagerly U.S. Media Still Regurgitate Government Claims)
Fox Affiliate Apologizes to Editing Protesters’ Chants to Say ‘Kill a Cop’
Walter Einenkel, Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Fox Affiliate Apologizes to Editing Protesters’ Chants to Say ‘Kill a Cop’)
Egypt’s Freedom of Repression
Khaled Diab – Al Jazeera
December 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Egypt’s Freedom of Repression)
The 2014 P.U.-litzers
FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2014 ( Comments Off on The 2014 P.U.-litzers)
U.S. TV Provides Ample Platform for American Torturers, But None to Their Victims
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
December 22nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on U.S. TV Provides Ample Platform for American Torturers, But None to Their Victims)
8,000 Channels with One Corporate Message – The Death of Media, the Fourth Estate
Billy O'connor – CounterPunch
December 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on 8,000 Channels with One Corporate Message – The Death of Media, the Fourth Estate)
War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 8th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
On Media Outlets That Continue to Describe Unknown Drone Victims as “Militants”
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
November 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on On Media Outlets That Continue to Describe Unknown Drone Victims as “Militants”)
The Sunday Shows Are Completely Infatuated With War
Andrew Jerell Jones – The Intercept
November 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Sunday Shows Are Completely Infatuated With War)
Behind The Barbarism: Misreading Online Militant Magazines
Rafia Zakaria – Al Jazeera America
November 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Behind The Barbarism: Misreading Online Militant Magazines)
Media Blackout as U.S. Sponsors Genocide in Southeastern Ukraine
Eric Zuesse - Global Research
November 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Media Blackout as U.S. Sponsors Genocide in Southeastern Ukraine)
Mainstream Media Silences Debate on US New Wars
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Mainstream Media Silences Debate on US New Wars)
Journalism and Reality
Robert Parry – Consortium News
November 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Journalism and Reality)
When Is a Corporate Media Group Too Powerful?
Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on When Is a Corporate Media Group Too Powerful?)
The Myth of the Free Press
Chris Hedges – Truthdig
November 3rd, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
The Decline of Journalism from Watergate to ‘Dark Alliance’
Nick Schou – Al Jazeera America
October 27th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Decline of Journalism from Watergate to ‘Dark Alliance’)
‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead
Greg Grandin – The Nation
October 20th, 2014 ( Comments Off on ‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead)
The Sordid Contra-Cocaine Saga
Robert Parry – Consortium News
October 13th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Sordid Contra-Cocaine Saga)
Journalism in the Age of Surveillance
Listening Post – Al Jazeera English
October 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Journalism in the Age of Surveillance)
Hung Out to Dry
Georg Hodel – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Hung Out to Dry)
The CIA/Main-Stream-Media Contra-Cocaine Cover-up
Robert Parry – Consortium News
October 6th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Managing a Nightmare: How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb
Ryan Devereaux – The Intercept
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Managing a Nightmare: How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb)
How Former Treasury Officials and the UAE Are Manipulating American Journalists
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on How Former Treasury Officials and the UAE Are Manipulating American Journalists)
The Purpose and the Pretence – Bombing Isis
Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Purpose and the Pretence – Bombing Isis)
The Lesson Hollywood Cannot Teach Us
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Lesson Hollywood Cannot Teach Us)
Formal Complaint to the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Susan Dirgham – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Formal Complaint to the Australian Broadcasting Commission)
Carney Still White House ‘Propagandist’ Now Posing as Tie-Less CNN Analyst
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 15th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Carney Still White House ‘Propagandist’ Now Posing as Tie-Less CNN Analyst)
Should Journalists Trust Themselves to Figure Out Which Sources Are Trustworthy?
Reg Chua - (Re)Structuring Journalism
September 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Should Journalists Trust Themselves to Figure Out Which Sources Are Trustworthy?)
Rare Insights from Inside Journalism in China: Dai Qing
Dai Qing – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
September 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Rare Insights from Inside Journalism in China: Dai Qing)
Media Should Be Challenging Arguments for War, Not Baying for Blood
Dan Froomkin – The Intercept
September 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Media Should Be Challenging Arguments for War, Not Baying for Blood)
The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with Agency before Publication
Ken Silverstein – The Intercept
September 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with Agency before Publication)
The U.S. Owns the Narrative on Ukraine – Return of the Evil Empire
Ason Hirthler - CounterPunch
September 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The U.S. Owns the Narrative on Ukraine – Return of the Evil Empire)
Should Twitter, Facebook and Google Executives Be the Arbiters of What We See and Read?
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
August 25th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Should Twitter, Facebook and Google Executives Be the Arbiters of What We See and Read?)
Half-truths, Omissions and Distortions: Palestine, Israel and CNN
Robert Fantina - CounterPunch
August 25th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Half-truths, Omissions and Distortions: Palestine, Israel and CNN)
U.S. Military Bans The Intercept
Ryan Gallagher – The Intercept
August 25th, 2014 ( Comments Off on U.S. Military Bans The Intercept)
Images of Gaza and the Erasure of History
Ludek Stavinoha – Open Democracy
August 25th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Images of Gaza and the Erasure of History)
You Can Get Hacked Just by Watching This Cat Video on YouTube
Morgan Marquis-Boire – The Intercept
August 18th, 2014 ( Comments Off on You Can Get Hacked Just by Watching This Cat Video on YouTube)
Bulldozing the Truth: Atrocities and the War on Investigative Journalism
John Kendall Hawkins - CounterPunch
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Bulldozing the Truth: Atrocities and the War on Investigative Journalism)
Objectivity vs. Neutrality on Gaza
Suhail H. Patel – Open Democracy
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Objectivity vs. Neutrality on Gaza)
London Times Refuses to Run Elie Wiesel Ad Denouncing Hamas’ Human Shields
JTA - Haaretz
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on London Times Refuses to Run Elie Wiesel Ad Denouncing Hamas’ Human Shields)
‘I’m Not a Spy:’ Reporters Reveal Surveillance Fears
Hamish Boland-Rudder - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on ‘I’m Not a Spy:’ Reporters Reveal Surveillance Fears)
If a Genocide Falls in the Forest
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on If a Genocide Falls in the Forest)
The Secret Report That Helps Israel Hide Facts
Patrick Cockburn – The Independent
August 4th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Secret Report That Helps Israel Hide Facts)
Students Offered Grants If They Tweet Pro-Israeli Propaganda
Ben Lynfield – The Independent
August 4th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Beyond Propaganda: Discourse of War and Doublethink. “When the Lie Becomes the Truth”
Jean-Claude Paye and Tülay Umay - Global Research
July 28th, 2014 ( 2 Comments »)
When BBC Calls, Don’t Answer
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on When BBC Calls, Don’t Answer)
Overcoming the Media Blockade in Gaza
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
July 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Overcoming the Media Blockade in Gaza)
Google Doesn’t Want You to Limit Its Ability to Follow You around the Internet
Dan Gillmor – The Guardian
July 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Google Doesn’t Want You to Limit Its Ability to Follow You around the Internet)
NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza after Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
July 21st, 2014 ( Comments Off on NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza after Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children)
Nomads of the Digital Age
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
July 14th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Nomads of the Digital Age)
On US TV, Israel Is ‘Striking Back’
Peter Hart – Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on On US TV, Israel Is ‘Striking Back’)
Some Deaths Really Matter – The Disproportionate Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Killings
Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Some Deaths Really Matter – The Disproportionate Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Killings)
Jailing of Al-Jazeera Journalists: A Proxy in the War between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Robert Fisk – The Independent
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Jailing of Al-Jazeera Journalists: A Proxy in the War between Qatar and Saudi Arabia)
Facebook Denies Emotion Contagion Study Had Government and Military Ties
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Facebook Denies Emotion Contagion Study Had Government and Military Ties)
US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by New York Times Reporter James Risen
Thomas Gaist, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 9th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Greenwald: ‘I Wanted a Debate about Journalism’
Deutsche Welle – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 2nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Greenwald: ‘I Wanted a Debate about Journalism’)
NYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative
Robert Parry – Consortium News
June 2nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on NYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative)
EU Court Backs ‘Right to Be Forgotten’: Google Must Amend Results on Request
Alan Travis and Charles Arthur – The Guardian
May 19th, 2014 ( Comments Off on EU Court Backs ‘Right to Be Forgotten’: Google Must Amend Results on Request)
William Worthy, a Reporter Drawn to Forbidden Datelines, Dies at 92
Margalit Fox – International New York Times
May 19th, 2014 ( Comments Off on William Worthy, a Reporter Drawn to Forbidden Datelines, Dies at 92)
Journalism Is the Novel of Reality
Antonio Castillo – New Matilda
May 12th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Journalism Is the Novel of Reality)
Twisting Putin’s Words on Ukraine
Robert Parry – Consortium News
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Twisting Putin’s Words on Ukraine)
How to Keep the Internet Open and Free
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship – Common Dreams
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on How to Keep the Internet Open and Free)
New York Times Covers Up Fascist Atrocity in Odessa
Barry Grey, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on New York Times Covers Up Fascist Atrocity in Odessa)
Another Pulitzer for Reporting Classified Info
Cora Currier – Columbia Journalism Review
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Another Pulitzer for Reporting Classified Info)
The Ukraine Crisis and the Political Lies of the Media
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Ukraine Crisis and the Political Lies of the Media)
A Vindication for the Public: The Guardian and Washington Post Win the Pulitzer Prize
Edward Snowden – Freedom of the Press Foundation
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on A Vindication for the Public: The Guardian and Washington Post Win the Pulitzer Prize)
New York Times Tries to Whitewash Publication of Faked Ukraine Photos
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on New York Times Tries to Whitewash Publication of Faked Ukraine Photos)
Brazil’s ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ a Victory for Web Freedom
Lauren McCauley – Common Dreams
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Brazil’s ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ a Victory for Web Freedom)
The New York Times Wrestles with Israel’s Gag Orders
Haaretz – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 21st, 2014 ( Comments Off on The New York Times Wrestles with Israel’s Gag Orders)
Controlling the Lens: The Media War Being Fought Over Ukraine between the Western Bloc and Russia
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Global Research
April 21st, 2014 ( Comments Off on Controlling the Lens: The Media War Being Fought Over Ukraine between the Western Bloc and Russia)
American Media Distorts Venezuelan Protests
Nathalie Baptiste – Foreign Policy In Focus
April 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on American Media Distorts Venezuelan Protests)
How Australia’s “Media Watch” Lost its Teeth, Backing the War on Syria
Prof. Tim Anderson – Global Research
April 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on How Australia’s “Media Watch” Lost its Teeth, Backing the War on Syria)
A Very Serious Problem With Very Serious Journalism
Julia Carrie Wong – The Nation
March 31st, 2014 ( Comments Off on A Very Serious Problem With Very Serious Journalism)
Microsoft Tightens Privacy Policy after Admitting to Reading Journalist’s Emails
Alex Hern – The Guardian
March 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Microsoft Tightens Privacy Policy after Admitting to Reading Journalist’s Emails)
Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance
Micah Lee – Freedom of the Press Foundation
March 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance)