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David Cromwell
David Cromwell studied natural philosophy and astronomy and did a PhD in solar physics. He worked for a spell with Shell in the Netherlands and afterwards took up a research position in oceanography in Southampton. He left that in 2010 to work full-time on Media Lens where he is an editor. He is the author of Why Are We The Good Guys? (Zero Books, 2012); co-author, with David Edwards, of two Media Lens books: Guardians of Power (Pluto Books, 2006) and Newspeak In the 21st Century (Pluto Books, 2009); author of Private Planet (Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2001); and co-editor, with Mark Levene, of Surviving Climate Change (Pluto Books, 2007).
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media March 11, 2009 NEWSPEAK – A New Media Lens Book And…
PART 1 – IN THEORY Hectoring And Censoring – And Climate Catastrophe Last week, Guardian News & Media (GNM) published ‘Living Our…
On the afternoon of Thursday 28 February, 2008, a group of Palestinian boys were playing football on some open ground near their…
Since starting Media Lens in 2001, we have learned that corporate journalists are very often ill-equipped, or disinclined, to debate vital issues…
Last month, a senior UK government adviser warned of the real risk of a devastating rise in global temperatures of 4 degrees…
The media reported last week that at least 22 people, including five Palestinian children, had been killed during Israeli ‘incursions’ into Gaza.…
The horrific shooting of eight young people at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem last Thursday was followed by saturation media coverage. International…
Attacking The Prisoners Israel has drawn international criticism for its latest series of onslaughts against the ‘prison’ of Gaza, the crowded home…
Exchange With The Independent’s Hamish McRae In Part One, we noted an observation made by Hamish McRae, economics columnist at the Independent:…