One of the defining features of the corporate media is that Western crimes are ignored or downplayed. The US bombing of a…
The ‘free press’ requires compliant journalists willing to disseminate elite-friendly messages about global ‘peace’, ‘security’ and ‘prosperity’
Sadly, the fear of offending the powerful pro-Israel lobby remains a major factor in British politics
The current system of planet-crushing propaganda relies on a mere faƧade of overall ‘balance’, ‘reasonableness’ and ‘range of views’
When someone with interesting things to say is granted a high-profile media platform, it is wise to listen to what is being…
In our May 13 media alert we highlighted how the state, and a compliant media, relentlessly raise fears of the 'shadows and…
When a senior UN climate official warns that the world is 'heading for a heart attack' (The Times, September 23, 2013), there…
In a 2010 alert, 'Beyond Hiroshima – The Non-Reporting Of Fallujah's Cancer Catastrophe', we noted the almost non-existent media response to the…
Reports of Washington's anger directed at surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate a basic truth about power. Noam Chomsky has expressed it as…
Sometimes we get so sick of the phrase 'history in the making' that the brain tends to switch off. What is it…
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