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:…
Watching the corporate media report the ‘financial crisis’ is instructive. From the perspective of power, it is important that a steadying hand…
Introduction One of the major events of the twentieth century, with reverberations that reach today, is the dropping of the atomic bomb…
On October 10, the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News led with the story that a High Court Judge had found nine “errors” in…
On October 10, the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News led with the story that a High Court Judge had found nine “errors” in…
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