Alendo oyendera mizinda yaku Spain ngati Córdoba, Toledo ndi Sevilla ali ndi mwayi wochokapo ola limodzi kapena kuposerapo ku 'Museum of the Inquisition', yomwe nthawi zina imadziwika kuti 'Gallery of Torture'. Pafupifupi ma euro atatu, alendo amatha kuwona zida zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupachika, kupha, kunyonga ndi kudula ziwalo za anthu m'dzina la Mulungu.
Zimakhala zokopa kudzitsimikizira tokha kuti izi ndi zotsalira zakale, zoopsa zomwe sizingachitike tsopano. Koma kodi Nyengo Zamdima zinathadi? Noam Chomsky Ndemanga:
'Mmodzi mwa tsoka la Palestina ndikuti alibe thandizo lapadziko lonse lapansi. Pazifukwa zomveka - alibe chuma, alibe mphamvu. Kotero iwo alibe maufulu. Ndi momwe dziko limagwirira ntchito - ufulu wanu umagwirizana ndi mphamvu zanu ndi chuma chanu.'
Ndi mmene dziko limagwirira ntchito. Ndimonso mmene dziko la m’zaka za m’ma Middle Ages linkagwirira ntchito. Mlembi Wachilendo waku UK, Lord David Cameron (Baron Cameron wa Chipping Norton), posachedwa adapereka chiweruzo pa nkhondo ku Ukraine pamsonkhano wa atolankhani ku Washington:
'Ndi mtengo wabwino kwambiri wandalama… Pafupifupi theka la zida zankhondo zaku Russia isanayambe nkhondo zawonongeka popanda kutayika moyo umodzi waku America. Izi ndi ndalama zothandizira chitetezo cha United States.'
Malinga ndi Purezidenti wa Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, anthu aku Ukraine 31,000 akhala anaphedwa mu mkangano. Akuluakulu aku US akuti 70,000 afa, pomwe Russia akuti yapha 444,000. Kodi imfa zimenezi 'ndi zamtengo wapatali'?
Ndipo bwanji za 50,000 Russia Akuti ndi BBC kuti wamwalira? Kodi zilibe kanthu? Ndi iko komwe, chitukuko cha ku Ulaya chiyenera kuti chinazikidwa pa chiphunzitso cha Kristu chakuti tiyenera kukonda, osati ‘mnzathu’ kokha koma ‘mdani’ wathu. Pa Channel 5 yaku Britain, katswiri wa BBC Jeremy Vine anapereka malingaliro osiyana ndi Bill, woyimba foni kuchokera ku Manchester:
'Bill, Bill, chowonadi chankhanza ndi chakuti, ngati mutavala yunifolomu ya Putin ndi kupita kukamenyana ndi nkhondo yake, mwinamwake mukuyenera kufa, sichoncho?'
Kwina konse, Wolemekezeka Kwambiri ndi Wolemekezeka Justin Welby, Archbishop wa Canterbury, Ndemanga Iran itabwezera ku bomba la Israeli ku Damasiko, Syria, kupha anthu 16, kuphatikiza akuluakulu awiri ankhondo aku Iran:
'Kuukira kwa Israeli ndi Iran sabata ino kunali kolakwika. Anaika miyoyo ya anthu wamba pachiswe ndipo anakulitsa mikangano yoopsa yomwe inali kale m'derali. Ndikupempherera mtendere ndi chitetezo wa anthu a Israyeli panthaŵi ino ndikupempha onse aŵiri kuti adziletse, achitepo kanthu mwamtendere ndi mwamtendere.' (Kutsindika kwathu)
Ngati Khristu akanachita ndemanga zandale, akadalengeza onse aku Iran ndi Aisrayeli akuukira molakwa, ndipo iye akanapempherera ‘mtendere ndi chisungiko’ cha anthu a Israyeli ndi Iran, komanso Palestine.
Cameron Anayankha pa nkhani yomweyi:
'[Zinali] chinthu chosasamala komanso chowopsa kuti Iran ichite, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti dziko lonse lapansi likuwona. Maiko onsewa omwe mwanjira ina adadabwa, chabwino, mukudziwa, chikhalidwe chenicheni cha Iran ndi chiyani? Kumeneko kuli zakuda ndi zoyera.”
Nthawi yomweyo anafunsidwa kuti: 'Kodi dziko la Britain likanachita chiyani ngati dziko lodana ndi dziko linalanda nduna zathu?'
Yankho lomvetsa chisoni la Cameron:
'Chabwino, tikanatenga, mukudziwa, tikanachitapo kanthu mwamphamvu kwambiri.'
Mwachilengedwe, 'ife' tikanachita zomwezo kapena zoyipitsitsa, koma ndi chizindikiro choyipa cha "chilengedwe chenicheni" cha Iran pamene 'iwo' achita. 'Oipa' alibe ufulu ngakhale kudziteteza pamene akuukiridwa ndi 'Wabwino'. Kuganiza kwanthawi yayitali.
'Wakupha' Ndi 'Wankhanza' - Tilting The Language
Munthawi zopanda pake, nthawi zina timalota zotsegula yathu Media Lens Chamber of Propaganda Horrors, Hall of Media Infamy. Lingakhale danga la mphanga lodzaza ndi zitsanzo za zida zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyonga ndi kudula Choonadi.
Gawo lapadera lidasungidwa kuti lifotokozere nkhani zachitetezo cha BBC Frank Gardner, yemwe analemba posachedwapa za Israeli:
'Inayankha zigawenga zakupha za Hamas za 7 October ... ndipo anakhala miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yotsatira akumenya Gaza Strip.'
Kuukira kwa Hamas kunali 'kwakupha', ndiye, Israeli akungomenya "kumenya" komwe kwapha anthu pafupifupi 30. 'Kumenya' nthawi zambiri kumakhala kuvulaza koma osati kupha. Mawuwa sali ofanana ndi kupha anthu. Kodi kugwiritsa ntchito chinenero mokondera kumeneku kunangochitika mwangozi, kapena mwadongosolo?
Chilungamo ndi Zolondola pa Kufotokozera (FAIR) Ndemanga pophunzira mosamala za New York Times, Washington Post ndi Wall Street Journal:
'Poyang'ana zizindikiro zonse, 77% ya nthawi yomwe mawu oti "wankhanza" adagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokoza wochita masewerawa, adatchula anthu a Palestina ndi zochita zawo. Izi zinali 73% ya nthawi ya Times, 78% pa Post ndi 87% ku Journal. 23% yokha ya nthawiyo inali "yankhanza" pofotokoza zochita za Israeli…'
The Intercept inanena pa memo yomwe idawukiridwa yomwe idawulula kuti New York Times 'inalangiza atolankhani ofotokoza za nkhondo ya Israeli ku Gaza Strip kuti aletse kugwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "kupha anthu" ndi "kuyeretsa fuko" komanso "kupewa" kugwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "gawo lolandidwa" kufotokoza malo a Palestina'. The Intercept anawonjezera kuti:
'Memo imalangizanso atolankhani kuti asagwiritse ntchito mawu akuti Palestine "kupatulapo nthawi zambiri" komanso kuti asiyane ndi mawu akuti "misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo" kufotokoza madera a Gaza omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu a Palestina omwe anathamangitsidwa m'madera ena a Palestina nthawi ya Israeli yapitayi- Nkhondo za Aarabu. Maderawa akuzindikiridwa ndi bungwe la United Nations monga misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo ndipo amasungiramo anthu zikwi mazana ambiri othawa kwawo.'
Memo idalembedwa ndi mkonzi wa Times standards Susan Wessling, mkonzi wapadziko lonse Philip Pan, ndi owathandizira awo. Nyuzipepala ya Times Newsroom, yomwe idapempha kuti tisatchulidwe 'powopa kubwezera,' idati:
"Ndikuganiza kuti ndi mtundu wazinthu zomwe zimawoneka ngati akatswiri komanso zomveka ngati mulibe chidziwitso cha mbiri yakale ya nkhondo ya Palestine-Israel. Koma ngati mukudziwa, zidzaonekeratu mmene Aisiraeli anapepesa.'
Chamber of Propaganda Horrors yathu ikhoza kukhala ndi chiganizo chovuta kukhulupirira chochokera ku BBC lipoti ndi Lucy Williamson, yemwe amawerenga ngati chinachake kuchokera mufilimuyi 'Dr. Strangelove':
'Ngati mukufuna kupanga mapu a njira yopita ku boma la Palestine lathanzi, logwira ntchito, mwina simukanayambira pano.'
Mwina sizikayambira kuti? Kuyambira pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya chiwonongeko cha mafuko, ndi anthu wamba mamiliyoni aŵiri akuvutika ndi njala, ndi ana akufa ndi njala kwenikweni, ndi makumi a zikwi za ana kuphedwa, ndi Gaza kukhala mabwinja? Ndizovuta kuganiza mozama kwambiri kapena mwaluntha kuwonera mopanda kumva. Mtolankhani wa BBC Jeremy Bowen anawonjezera ku lingaliro la surreal:
'Lingaliro losatsutsa chisankho cha Ramadan kuthetsa nkhondo ndikuyesanso anthu a ku America kukankhira kumbuyo pazomwe akutsutsa kuti athandiza Israeli kuchita.'
Kodi ndi 'mlandu' kuti US yapereka mabiliyoni a madola a mizinga ndi mabomba popanda zomwe Israeli sakanatha kupha anthu? Kodi pali njira iliyonse yomwe US ingathe 'kukankhira kumbuyo' mfundo yosatsutsika imeneyi? The Guardian akufotokozedwa momwe US idagwirira ntchito molimbika kuti ipewe kuyang'anira Congress:
"A US akuti adagulitsa zida zopitilira 100 ku Israeli, kuphatikiza mabomba masauzande ambiri, kuyambira pomwe nkhondo idayamba ku Gaza, koma operekawo adathawa kuyang'aniridwa ndi congressional chifukwa chilichonse chinali pansi pa dola yomwe ikufuna kuvomerezedwa.
'Boma la Biden… lakhala likusunga zida zachete koma zochulukirapo kuti zithandizire m'malo makumi masauzande a mabomba omwe Israeli adaponya pamphepete mwa nyanja, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwankhondo zophulitsa kwambiri m'mbiri yankhondo.'
Zogulitsa zobisikazi zikuphatikiza ndi $320m mu zida za bomba zomwe zidagulitsidwa mu Novembala ndi zipolopolo zamatanki 14,000 zogula $106m ndi $147.5m ya fuse ndi zida zina zofunika kupanga zipolopolo za 155mm mu Disembala.
Poyankha nkhani zaposachedwa za kuperekedwa kwa zida zambiri ku Israeli, Edward Snowden atumizidwa pa X:
'chabwino koma musiya kutumiza zida zokwana madola mabiliyoni khumi ndi asanu' kwa anyamata omwe amangogwidwa akudzaza manda ndi ana ambiri mpaka kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha wapadziko lonse atatha, sichoncho?
'...chabwino?'
Chifukwa sitikukhalanso mu Nyengo Zamdima, sichoncho?
Kudikirira Mabomba a Hiroshima
Anthu nthawi zambiri sazunzidwa m'magulu a Azungu, koma kodi ndife osasamala?
Kanema wa Christopher Nolan 'Oppenheimer' adayamikiridwa kumwamba. Idalandira mayina 13 pa Mphotho ya Academy, ndikupambana ma Oscars asanu ndi awiri, kuphatikiza Chithunzi Chabwino Kwambiri, Mtsogoleri Wabwino Kwambiri, Wochita Zabwino Kwambiri ndi Wothandizira Wothandizira Wabwino Kwambiri. Inapambananso mphoto zisanu za Golden Globe.
Ndipo komabe filimuyi ndi yochititsa manyazi pamakhalidwe. Imayang'ana pa moyo wa katswiri wa sayansi ya sayansi Robert J. Oppenheimer, ndipo makamaka, ndithudi, pa ntchito yake yofunika kwambiri popanga zida za atomiki zoyamba. Zotsatira zake zinali kugwetsa moto wa nyukiliya kwa anthu wamba ku Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki ku Japan komwe kudapha anthu pakati pa 129,000 ndi 226,000.
Izi zinali zigawenga zoyamba zauchigawenga wa zida za nyukiliya, zomwe ndi zauchigawenga zazikulu kwambiri zomwe sizinachitikepo padziko lonse lapansi. Ngakhale kukayikira kwamakhalidwe komwe kumayambitsa "Manhattan Project" panthawiyo komanso kuyambira kale mufilimuyi, chiwonetsero chazowopsa zomwe Oppenheimer adapanga pa anthu wamba sichikupezeka konse. Mmodzi uyu, wolemekezeka ndemanga kuchokera kwa wowonera wachikulire waku Japan yemwe adanenedwa ndi Guardian akunena zonse:
"Ndinali kuyembekezera kuti bomba la Hiroshima liwonekere, koma sizinachitike," adatero Mimaki, 82.'
Ngakhale BBC kufufuzidwa maganizo a ochita mafilimu ku Hiroshima, 'kutalika kwa mamita okha' kuchokera pamene bomba linaphulika, kulephera kochititsa mantha kwa filimuyi sikunatchulidwe.
Poganizira, nyumba yathu yosungiramo zinthu zakale imatha kutchedwa, Museum Of Media Madness. Chifukwa chake, BBC inanena pa kukana kwa okonza zochitika, European Broadcasting Union (EBU), kuletsa Israeli ku Eurovision Song Contest. A EBU adayankha kuti:
'Timakhulupirira kwambiri kuti Eurovision Song Contest ndi nsanja yomwe nthawi zonse iyenera kudutsa ndale, kulimbikitsa mgwirizano ndikubweretsa omvera padziko lonse lapansi.'
BBC imati imakonda kunena za 'mbali zonse za nkhaniyi', koma idayiwala kunena kuti dziko la Russia laletsedwa kupikisana nawo nyimbo kuyambira 2022 pazifukwa zomwe adachita. osati 'kudutsa ndale' - kuwukira kwawo ku Ukraine.
Martin Österdahl, woyang'anira wamkulu wa EBU ku Eurovision, adafunsidwa kuti afotokoze zotsutsanazi. Iye Anayankha kuti zochitika ziwirizi zinali 'zosiyana kotheratu'. Zoonadi - Milandu ya Israeli ku Gaza ndi yoipa kwambiri kuposa milandu ya Russia ku Ukraine. Österdahl wamba:
'Ife sitiri bwalo lothetsera mkangano wa ku Middle East.'
Mauthenga azama media ndi ndale omwe akufuna kutsutsa nkhanza zomwe zikulamulira siziwotchedwa amoyo, koma amaikidwa m'ndende zachitetezo chapamwamba monga Julian Assange, kumenyedwa mumsewu ngati George Galloway, ndikukakamizika kupita ku ukapolo monga Edward Snowden. Otsutsa sangaponyedwe ndi zipatso zowola ndi ndiwo zamasamba m'matangadza, koma amatero ndi kuzunzidwa kosalekeza ndi zoulutsira mawu pofuna kuwanyozetsa.
Mu Guardian, a John Crace adalonjera nkhani yoti Galloway wabwerera kunyumba yamalamulo, ndi a Chidutswa dzina:
'Ego yafika: George Galloway akusangalala polumbira ngati MP'
Crace analemba kuti:
'Kulikonse kumene iye apita, chimphona chake chili pamaso pake. Mofanana ndi anthu ambiri amene amalankhula monyanyira, chitsiru chokhacho chimene amamuchitira - amene ali ndi vuto losaona - ndi iye mwini.'
Iye anawonjezera kuti:
'... pali zambiri zokhuza Galloway zosakonda. Kudzikuza kwake ndikodabwitsa. Aphungu ambiri amadziona kuti ndi odzikuza, koma George sali pagulu. Sizinalowe m'maganizo mwake kuti sakulondola pa chilichonse.'
Asanachitike chigonjetso cha Galloway, nkhani ya Guardian Ndemanga:
'"Zowopsa zonse": Galloway ndi Danczuk akonzekera kukankhira ku Rochdale - Aphungu awiri omwe kale anali a Labor abwerera kudzazunza chipanichi chomwe chatchedwa "kusankhidwa kopitilira muyeso kopitilira muyeso"'
Monga takambirana nthawi zambiri, ili ndi lingaliro lofunikira, osati la Galloway kokha, koma kwa onse otsutsa omwe akutsutsa momwe zinthu ziliri - iwo (ndi ife) tonse ndi 'okonda nthabwala' oopsa. Chifukwa chake, BBC adawona wa Galloway, 'maverick wandale':
'Kwa otsutsa ake ndi otsutsa, iye ndi wodzitukumula woopsa, munthu amene amayambitsa magawano.'
Ndi kuchuluka kwa aphungu a Tory ndi Labor omwe ali pansi (ndi kuphatikiza) Sunak ndi Starmer osati odzikuza oopsa? Ndi zikwizikwi za aphungu omwe, zaka khumi pambuyo pa zaka khumi, ali pamzere kuti adzavotere nkhondo za US-UK zomenyera nkhondo zoyamba, kuti achitepo kanthu. zimachulukitsa kugwa kwanyengo, osati odzitukumula oopsa? Inde iwo ali, koma iwo sanalembedwe mwanjira imeneyo. Kudzikuza kokha komwe kumawonedwa ngati 'koopsa' ndi makina athu atolankhani a boma ndi komwe kumawopseza kupha anthu, kupha anthu komanso kudzipha.
Tiyenera kuyenda kutali ndi 'mainstream' kuti tiwerenge malingaliro oyenera a Galloway. Kazembe wakale waku Britain Craig Murray Ndemanga:
'Ndimamudziwa George Galloway moyo wanga wonse wauchikulire, ngakhale kuti sitinagwirizane pakati pa nthawi yomwe ndinali kuchoka ku ukazembe. Ndikumudziwa George bwino kwambiri kuti angamulakwitse kuti ndi Yesu Khristu, koma wakhala kumbali yoyenera kumenyana ndi nkhondo zoopsa zomwe gulu lonse la ndale lakhala likutsogolera. Mphatso zake zachilengedwe zomveka bwino komanso zodziwika bwino sizingafanane, ndi luso lowonjezera la kupanga mawu osavuta.
'… Koma pamaso pa anthu George ndi nthabwala, wokoma mtima komanso wodziwa. Iye wakhala akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ndale moyo wake wonse, ndipo ndi wokhulupirira kwambiri mu ndondomeko ya demokarasi monga njira yomaliza yomwe magulu ogwira ntchito adzatha kuyang'anira njira zopangira. Iye ndi wachikale kwambiri ndi waulemu wa socialist.'
Sitikugwirizana kwambiri ndi malingaliro a Galloway pakupanga mafuta opangira mafuta komanso kusintha kwanyengo - kwenikweni, adatiletsa pa X pomutsutsa mwamphamvu koma mwaulemu pankhaniyi. Komabe, n’zoonekeratu kwa ife kuti maganizo a Murray pa Galloway ndi omveka bwino.
Neon-Lit Dark Age
Mu 'Dziko Latsopano Lolimba Mtima Lobwereranso', Aldous Huxley analemba:
'Wozunzidwa ndi malingaliro sadziwa kuti ndi wozunzidwa. Kwa iye, mipanda ya ndende yake ndi yosaoneka, ndipo amadzikhulupirira kuti ali mfulu.' (Huxley, 'Brave New World Revisited', archive.org, 1958, p.109)
Izi ndi zoona kwa atolankhani amakampani. Kubwereka mopanda malire kuchokera ku zofalitsa zotsutsa zowona, pempho lobwerezabwereza la Guardian limapempha owerenga kuti athandizire chitetezo chake cholimba cha Choonadi. Mdani wolengezedwa:
'Magulu a maloya ochokera kwa anthu olemera ndi amphamvu akuyesera kutiletsa kufalitsa nkhani zomwe sakufuna kuti muwone.
'Magulu olandirira alendo omwe ali ndi ndalama zowoneka bwino omwe atsimikiza mtima kusokoneza zowona pazanyengo ndi sayansi ina yokhazikitsidwa.
' Maiko aulamuliro mosasamala za ufulu wa atolankhani.
'Osewera oyipa akufalitsa nkhani zabodza pa intaneti kuti awononge demokalase.
'Koma tili ndi chinachake champhamvu kumbali yathu.
'Takupezani.
'The Guardian imathandizidwa ndi owerenga ake ndipo munthu yekhayo amene amasankha zomwe timasindikiza ndi mkonzi wathu.'
Iwo 'anakupezani' ambiri a inu, osati m'njira yabwino. Chiwopsezo chenicheni cha chowonadi m'nthawi yathu ino, mwachiwonekere, ndikuti kukulitsa phindu, kudalira zotsatsa zamakampani monga Guardian. sangathe ndipo sadzatero nenani chowonadi cha dziko lolamulidwa ndi mabungwe akulu akulu. Chikhumbo cholengezedwacho ndi chinyengo, njira yotsatsa yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito anthu opusa.
Chowonadi ndi chakuti 'zambiri' zofalitsa ndi ndale tsopano zagwidwa m'njira yoposa china chilichonse chomwe tidawonapo kale. Padziko lonse lapansi, zosankha zandale zakhazikitsidwa mosamala ndikusefedwa kuti zitsimikizire kuti anthu wamba sangathe kutsutsa nkhondo zopanda malire, kutsimikiza mtima kuika patsogolo phindu pazochitika zanyengo pamtengo uliwonse. Ntchito ya makina osindikizira a makampani ndikuyesa kuti zosankhazo ndi zenizeni, kuonetsetsa kuti makoma a ndende amakhala osawoneka.
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