https://znetwork.org/category/topic/media/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:07:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/topic/media/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/francesca-albanese-is-a-powerful-voice-for-justice-which-is-why-the-israel-lobby-is-trying-to-silence-her/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/francesca-albanese-is-a-powerful-voice-for-justice-which-is-why-the-israel-lobby-is-trying-to-silence-her/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:10:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1295160 Mark Twain and Winston Churchill are both purported to have once said that a lie can travel half-way around the world before truth has had a chance to put its pants on.  On February 7, Francesca Albanese, the current UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestine, gave a short presentation by video conference to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/francesca-albanese-is-a-powerful-voice-for-justice-which-is-why-the-israel-lobby-is-trying-to-silence-her/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-few-hopefully-non-redundant-ruminations-on-epstein-chomsky-and-us/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-few-hopefully-non-redundant-ruminations-on-epstein-chomsky-and-us/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1295129 Jeffrey Epstein was a horrifying but oddly “talented” specimen of humanity. He had some combination of “qualities” that facilitated his assembling an intimidating array of contacts and a huge armory of financial assets. Visit Wikipedia to see his “list of connections.” It is surreal. Epstein is also the central subject of massive media attention. Since [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-few-hopefully-non-redundant-ruminations-on-epstein-chomsky-and-us/feed/ 15 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-in-new-york-reporters-face-prison-for-criticizing-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-in-new-york-reporters-face-prison-for-criticizing-israel/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1295145 Attacks on press freedoms have come thick and fast under Donald Trump’s second tilt at the presidency, whether deporting a visa holder for writing an op-ed criticizing Israel or his various lawsuits against news outlets whose coverage displeased him. But not all of the attacks have come from the Trump administration. In fact, at least [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-in-new-york-reporters-face-prison-for-criticizing-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lies-of-omission-as-fresh-american-war-crimes-loom/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lies-of-omission-as-fresh-american-war-crimes-loom/#respond Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:49:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1295049 The US has amassed the largest military force in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq almost 23 years ago and is poised once again to commit mass murder and gleefully perpetrate an astonishing amount of war crimes. Yesterday a huge number of planes, from fighter jets to air-to-air refuelling tankers to command and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lies-of-omission-as-fresh-american-war-crimes-loom/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/doj-released-much-more-on-epsteins-israel-ties-but-media-still-arent-much-interested/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/doj-released-much-more-on-epsteins-israel-ties-but-media-still-arent-much-interested/#respond Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:19:28 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1295026 Late last month, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) published 3.5 million pages about convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. On top of the grotesque and horrifying photos and emails that appear to offer more evidence of systemic and widespread child abuse, the Epstein files revealed further allegations of his ties to Israel and its intelligence agency Mossad. The Epstein/Israel [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/doj-released-much-more-on-epsteins-israel-ties-but-media-still-arent-much-interested/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bad-bunny-good-neighbor/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bad-bunny-good-neighbor/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:36:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294600 For thirteen minutes on the most-watched stage in American culture, Bad Bunny made the United States feel expansive, uncontained, Caribbean rhythm–centered, and alive with a sense of belonging that crossed borders without asking permission. As a Venezuelan-American, I felt chills from the very first second to the last. I was a child again, asleep across [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bad-bunny-good-neighbor/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leading-papers-call-for-destroying-iran-to-save-it/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leading-papers-call-for-destroying-iran-to-save-it/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:25:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294611 The United States has no right to wage war on Iran, or to have a say who governs the country. The opinion pages of the New York Times and Washington Post, however, are offering facile humanitarian arguments for the US to escalate its attacks on Iran. These are based on the nonsensical assumption that the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leading-papers-call-for-destroying-iran-to-save-it/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-defence-of-noam-chomsky/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-defence-of-noam-chomsky/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294571 I know what you’re thinking. You’ve seen the headlines. You’ve read the emails. Noam Chomsky — the 97-year-old linguist, the man who spent six decades holding the powerful to account — was friends with Jeffrey Epstein. Close friends. “Deep and sincere and everlasting” friends, according to one email released in the latest DOJ tranche. His wife Valeria [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-defence-of-noam-chomsky/feed/ 6 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-assessment-of-noam-chomsky-on-the-jeffrey-epstein-files/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-assessment-of-noam-chomsky-on-the-jeffrey-epstein-files/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:44:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294534 The second batch of documents allegedly belonging to Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire convicted child abuser, serial rapist, and human trafficker whose suicide in prison in 2019 was deemed suspicious, was released by the US Department of Justice on January 30. Epstein was known for his close relationships with the super-privileged, including high-level politicians such as [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-assessment-of-noam-chomsky-on-the-jeffrey-epstein-files/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chomsky-epstein-saga-some-additional-reflections/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chomsky-epstein-saga-some-additional-reflections/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:28:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294527 This is a follow up post to, “A Response To Greg Grandin’s Chomsky-Epstein Article” published on Feb 6, 2026. Valeria Chomsky’s statement on the Chomsky Epstein saga is out, and should confirm what any rational person should have known. The Chomskys did not know about Epstein’s horrific crimes until after his arrest, and when they [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chomsky-epstein-saga-some-additional-reflections/feed/ 5 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/official-statement-from-valeria-chomsky-regarding-jeffrey-epstein/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/official-statement-from-valeria-chomsky-regarding-jeffrey-epstein/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:52:19 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294491 As many are aware, my husband, Noam Chomsky, now 97, is confronting significant  health challenges after suffering a devastating stroke in June 2023. Currently, Noam is  under 24/7 medical care and is completely unable to speak or engage in public  discourse.  Since this health crisis, I have been entirely absorbed in Noam’s treatment and recovery, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/official-statement-from-valeria-chomsky-regarding-jeffrey-epstein/feed/ 17 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-response-to-greg-grandins-chomsky-epstein-article/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-response-to-greg-grandins-chomsky-epstein-article/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:47:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294411 Let me begin with a few general statements about the latest attacks on Chomsky. It is a sickening spectacle to witness private emails sent by Chomsky to a close, personal friend being used to attack him. Imagine the sordid details about a financial dispute between you and your children getting exposed to the public when [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-response-to-greg-grandins-chomsky-epstein-article/feed/ 8 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1294406 From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving on to current affairs and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/newly-released-epstein-files-reveal-further-ties-to-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/newly-released-epstein-files-reveal-further-ties-to-israel/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:57:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294367 The release of more than 3 million new files connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein reveals further connections between the convicted sex criminal and the state of Israel. Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, is mentioned numerous times in the files, with him and his wife seemingly maintaining a close relationship with the financier [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/newly-released-epstein-files-reveal-further-ties-to-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:39:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294259 Two journalists—former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort—were arrested by federal agents for their role in covering an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul church. According to Deadline (1/30/26), a “Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that Lemon was facing ‘conspiracy to Deprive Rights, and …interfering by force of someone’s First Amendment rights,’” meaning “Lemon could [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-corporate-media-journalists-are-stepping-up-and-speaking-up-about-ice/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-corporate-media-journalists-are-stepping-up-and-speaking-up-about-ice/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:10:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294239 As millions around the world, fresh off watching real-time footage of federal law enforcement murdering Renee Good, saw federal agents murder Alex Pretti, CBS viewers got a headline (1/24/26): “Person Dead After Shooting in Minneapolis Involving Federal Immigration Agents.” You can check your calendar; it is 2026. And yet corporate media still think we’ll fall for that passive [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-corporate-media-journalists-are-stepping-up-and-speaking-up-about-ice/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-bbc-pushes-the-case-for-an-illegal-war-on-iran-with-even-bigger-lies-than-trumps/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-bbc-pushes-the-case-for-an-illegal-war-on-iran-with-even-bigger-lies-than-trumps/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:58:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294228 Here is another example of utterly irresponsible journalism from the BBC on tonight’s News at Ten. Diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley starts by credulously amplifying a fantastical death toll of “tens of thousands of dead” from recent protests in Iran – figures provided by regime opponents. Contrast that with the BBC’s constant, two years of caution [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-bbc-pushes-the-case-for-an-illegal-war-on-iran-with-even-bigger-lies-than-trumps/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-mass-leftist-media-to-fight-the-distortions-and-lies-of-legacy-media/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-mass-leftist-media-to-fight-the-distortions-and-lies-of-legacy-media/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:25:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294090 We seem to be in the midst of a widening crack in the edifice that supports US ideology – denial. Even the most oblivious pundits have been crawling out from under their wormy rocks to confess that, yes, Trump is a fascist. One of the latest is Jonathan Rauch, whose brand new piece, aptly titled, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-mass-leftist-media-to-fight-the-distortions-and-lies-of-legacy-media/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/being-there-in-venezuela/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/being-there-in-venezuela/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:12:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294001 I have now been in Caracas for 48 hours and the contrast between what I have seen, and what I had read in the mainstream media, could not be more stark. I drove right through Caracas, from the airport through the city centre and up to posh Las Mercedes. The next morning I walked all [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/being-there-in-venezuela/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-trump-uses-military-to-threaten-democracy-nyt-declares-military-needs-more-resources/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-trump-uses-military-to-threaten-democracy-nyt-declares-military-needs-more-resources/#respond Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:02:37 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293868 The New York Times published a seven-day series of editorials (12/8/25–12/14/25) meant to examine, as the initial piece put it, “what’s gone wrong with the US military” and “how we can create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.” These editorials serve as little more than propagandistic, jingoistic and Sinophobic [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-trump-uses-military-to-threaten-democracy-nyt-declares-military-needs-more-resources/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-dangerous-attack-on-free-speech-matt-taibbi-sues-for-defamation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-dangerous-attack-on-free-speech-matt-taibbi-sues-for-defamation/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293732 In November of last year, in an egregious abuse of defamation law, former progressive journalist  (and current right wing influencer) Matt Taibbi launched a lawsuit–presently ongoing–claiming to have been defamed by leftist journalist Eoin Higgins (and Higgins’s publisher Hachette Book Group), ludicrously alleging “reputational and financial damages”, according to the official legal complaint, “in excess [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-dangerous-attack-on-free-speech-matt-taibbi-sues-for-defamation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-for-a-fox-hunt/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-for-a-fox-hunt/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:20:39 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293657 Millions of Americans have taken to the streets to resist Trump’s hijacking of democracy. That’s a start, but it’s not enough. Our challenge is to fight the misinformation campaigns that are dividing us. Fox News is an obvious starting point. Fox News is Trump’s propaganda machine that gins up his followers by feeding the MAGA [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-for-a-fox-hunt/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/venezuela-war-is-peace/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/venezuela-war-is-peace/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293508 After declaring his second presidential victory on 6 November 2024, Donald Trump said of his first term: ‘You know, we had no wars for four years. We had no wars. Except we defeated ISIS, we defeated ISIS in record time. But we had no wars. They said, “He will start a war.” I’m not going to start [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/venezuela-war-is-peace/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/takebacktiktok-from-ellison-let-palestine-live/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/takebacktiktok-from-ellison-let-palestine-live/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:02:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293399 CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans call on TikTokers across the world to flood the platform for Palestine to #TakeBackTikTok from billionaire Larry Ellison, the media mogul soon to control TikTok’s US app. “We don’t have Ellison’s billions, his private Hawaiian island or his cushy ties with Trump, but we do have people power [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/takebacktiktok-from-ellison-let-palestine-live/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/think-you-saw-state-sanctioned-murder-you-failed-medias-rorschach-test/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/think-you-saw-state-sanctioned-murder-you-failed-medias-rorschach-test/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:05:20 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293364 Millions have seen the video, but some reports suggest that you should not believe your eyes that saw ICE agents murder Renee Nicole Good as she attempted to slowly move her car away from them. What you are instructed to believe, according to Donald Trump (USA Today, 1/7/26), and those in media who obey him, is that Good was [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/think-you-saw-state-sanctioned-murder-you-failed-medias-rorschach-test/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-isnt-a-mistake-which-is-why-the-media-cant-tell-you-the-truth-about-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-isnt-a-mistake-which-is-why-the-media-cant-tell-you-the-truth-about-gaza/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:55:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293361 The Voice of Hind Rajab, a devastating dramatised retelling of Israel’s slow-motion murder of a five-year-old in Gaza, arrives in UK cinemas next week. Please take the opportunity to see it. The vast majority of Americans were denied such an opportunity when it was released there last month. Here’s what happened to the film in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-isnt-a-mistake-which-is-why-the-media-cant-tell-you-the-truth-about-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:15:57 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293325 The Washington Post, which exists mainly to serve the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing the wealth of billionaires is a bad idea (FAIR.org, 12/11/19). Its recent editorial (1/1/26) warning California not to institute a tax on extreme wealth—headlined “California Will Miss Billionaires When They’re Gone”—illustrates that when you’re telling the boss exactly what [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/attitude-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/attitude-2/#respond Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:05:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293179 Charles Dickens wrote, “Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” It was an advisory. An attitude. Your neighbor might write, “Nothing is possible. People suck. It is what it is. Paste on a smile. Take a selfie. Make the best of it.“ It is an advisory. Another attitude. You might go with one of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/attitude-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-making-of-a-maga-martyr/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-making-of-a-maga-martyr/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:12:21 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293119 In the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump quickly took up the cause of a 35-year-old veteran named Ashli Babbitt. “Who killed Ashli Babbitt?” he asked in a one-sentence statement on July 1, 2021.  “An innocent, wonderful, incredible woman, a military woman,” Trump said during a Fox [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-making-of-a-maga-martyr/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jacques-baud-and-the-demise-of-the-eu-as-a-liberal-project/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jacques-baud-and-the-demise-of-the-eu-as-a-liberal-project/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:55:14 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293082 In late 2025, the European Union imposed sanctions on Jacques Baud, a retired Swiss colonel and former senior strategic analyst for NATO. The justification was openly ideological. Baud was accused of acting as a “mouthpiece” for pro-Russian propaganda and of disseminating “conspiracy theories” about the war in Ukraine. No criminal offence was alleged, and no [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jacques-baud-and-the-demise-of-the-eu-as-a-liberal-project/feed/ 1