Media Watch

“… media professionals have long played a crucial role in the protection of private power by maintaining the illusion that members of the public are offered an ‘ímpartial' and wide selection of facts, opinions and perspectives from which any individual can derive his or her own well-informed world view.” - David Cromwell, Why Are We The Good Guys? Reclaiming Your Mind From the Delusions of Propaganda

 

Suggested reading:

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23 May

Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East by Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle, 22 May 2013

Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters by Sarah Lazare, Yes! 16 May 2013

Al Jazeera deletes its own controversial Op-Ed, then refuses to comment by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, 21 May 2013

Problematic protection: the law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan by Torunn Wimpelmann, openDemocracy, 21 May 2013

'Council democracy' - reform must begin with the local by Ivo Mosley, openDemocracy, 22 May 2013

Is Your Town in Transition? by Jessica Stites, In These Times, 20 May 2013

Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Energy Is Putting Power Back in the Hands of the People by Heeten Kalan, AlterNet, 20 May 2013

Emigration story by far the most important of modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole, The Irish Times, 21 May 2013

Government zealously protects the wealthy in Ireland's Wild West tax haven by Vincent Browne, The Irish Times, 22 May 2013

Tapping The Resistance In Greece by Hilary Wainwright, ZNet, 22 May 2013

How the Government Targeted Occupy by Lisa Graves, In These Times, 21 May 2013

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22 May

Climate Policies Must Break Free From Big Oil by David Cronin, CounterPunch, 22 May 2013

Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 19 May 2013

Monetising the… ECB: The latest insult to be added to Greece's multiplying injuries by Yanis Varoufakis, 20 May 2013

Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system by Guy Standing, The Guardian, 21 May 2013

Afghan Voices Tell the Tales of Human Lives Cut Short by US War by Kathy Kelly, Common Dreams, 21 May 2013

Noam Chomsky: Obama Was Willing To Start Nuclear War To Kill Bin Laden by Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story, 18 May 2013

The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act by Holly Williams, The Independent, 18 May 2013

The Invention of the White Race by Jeffrey B. Perry, CounterPunch, 21 May 2013

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21 May

Blasts and shootings claim 90 lives in Iraq as sectarian violence rises by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 20 May 2013

This is Syria's great chance for change by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 20 May 2013

EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions boosts jihadist groups by Julian Borger and Mona Mahmood, The Guardian, 19 May 2013

France follows Israel's script by David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 17 May 2013

Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, 20 May 2013

Does Woodward Know Watergate? by Robert Parry, Consortiumnews, 20 May 2013

Corporations Are Stealing Billions, While the Confused, Screwed Citizenry Turn On Each Other by Robert Reich, AlterNet, 20 May 2013

Not Your Grandma's Wooden Nickel by Julia Pergolini, In These Times, 19 May 2013

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns by Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch, 20 May 2013

Why “African-American” is a Patronizing, Even Racist Term by M.G. Piety, CounterPunch, 20 May 2013

Spain's attacks on fighting back by Judith Sunderland, openDemocracy, 17 May 2013

Support for 15-M protest movement grows, says new opinon poll by Fernando Garea, El País in English, 19 May 2013

The Great Gatsby's world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition by Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian, 20 May 2013

Study: Human Disaster Looms if Global Temps Rise 4ºC by Jon Queally, Common Dreams, 20 May 2013

‘We Would All Like Climate Sensitivity To Be Lower But It Isn't' Says Lead Scientist Of New Study by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, 20 May 2013

Operation Total Eradication of NGOs by Vladimir Ryzhkov, The Moscow Times, 21 May 2013

Beyond a boundary by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 19 May 2013

A book in progress [Part 8]: Dante, poet of the secular by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 18 May 2013

Equality and the godless by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 16 May 2013

Decartes' ghost by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 12 May 2013

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20 May

Al Jazeera management orders Joseph Massad article pulled in act of pro-Israel censorship by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 19 May 2013

Brinkmanship in Syria boosts risk of regional war with Israel by Nicholas Blanford, The Daily Star, 18 May 2013

Syria: the threats, costs, claims and lives by Phyllis Bennis,  openDemocracy, 16 May 2013

Where else but Northern Ireland would a killer on a school board even be mooted as a possibility? by Robert Fisk, The Independent, 20 May 2013

The moral case on tax avoidance is overwhelming - and we all know Google wants to do the right thing by Owen Jones, The Independent, 19 May 2013

Rise Up or Die by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, 19 May 2013

The Republican wolves are out for Obama but they are yet to draw blood by Gary Younge, The Guardian, 19 May 2013

Julian Assange reveals GCHQ messages discussing Swedish extradition by Giles Tremlett and Benn Quinn, The Guardian, 20 May 2013

International Crisis Group Against Venezuela by Mark Weisbrot, MR Zine, 18 My 2013

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19 May

Syria has no reason to use chemical weapons by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 19 May 2013

Secret Agent 000 by Eric Margolis, EricMargolis.com, 18 May 2013

Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb by Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian, 17 May 2013

Economic Development and Rana Plaza by Richard D. Wolff, MR Zine, 16 May 2013

For what, exactly, are we borrowing billions? by Brian M. Lucey, 18 May 2013

¿Comer insectos para acabar con el hambre? por Esther Vivas, Público, 18 de mayo de 2013

NHS: Poles, paracetamol and the myth of health tourism by Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 17 May 2013

Iceland's elections: A shattered fairy tale by Laurie Penny, New Statesman, 8 May 2013

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18 May

Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, 17 May 2013

The Biggest Obama Scandals Are Proven and Ignored by Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 17 May 2013

Benghazi, Petraeus, and the CIA by Horace Campbell, CounterPunch, 17 May 2013

Reagan and Argentina's Dirty War by Robert Parry, Consortiumnews, 17 May 2013

Secret files reveal Anti-Defamation League spied on Noam Chomsky by Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 17 May 2013

Women of the Wall by Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom, 18 May 2013

Exit Europe from the left by Bob Crow, The Guardian, 17 May 2013

Keeping up with Teresa Forcades, a nun on a mission by Giles Tremlett, The Guardian, 17 May 2013

Revealed: Devastating impact of 'bedroom tax' which forces huge leap in hardship handouts for tenants by Charlie Cooper, The Independent, 18 May 2013

Burning Tar Sands = 'Unsolvable' Climate Crisis: Hansen by Jacob Chamberlain, Common Dreams, 17 May 2013

Unsubscribe: Threat of 'Koch Hate' Spawns 'People's Takeover' by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, 17 May 2013

"Apocalyptic Journalism" and Why We Need Reporters to Face the Reality of Our Crumbling Society by Robert Jensen, AlterNet, 8 May 2013

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17 May

The Truth About America's Secret, Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill, Noam Chomsky and Amy Goodman, AlterNet, 16 May 2013

The Fabricated Threat of Iran by Johannes Hautaviita, Al Akhbar English, 15 May 2013

The EU: Israel's Faithful Brother in Arms by Bruno Jäntti, Al Akhbar English, 13 May 2013

Zionist myths: Hebrew versus Jewish identity by Moshé Machover, Weekly Worker, 16 May 2013

The Nakba is a past and a present, a continuous and developing process of Zionist colonization by Ben White, Middle East Monitor, 15 May 2013

The Mavi Marmara Murders by Craig Murray, 16 May 2013

Just a Crook? Pentagon Papers Lawyer Thinks Obama Is Worse Than Nixon by Michael H. Miller, The New York Observer, 14 May 2013

European Silence Over Bradley Manning by David Cronin, CounterPunch, 16 May 2013

A New Era for Labor? by Laura Flanders, CounterPunch, 16 May 2013

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, A Democracy of the Wealthy,  TomDispatch, 16 May 2013

Pentagon 'Rewrites Constitution' Affirming Endless War by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, 16 May 2013

Climate research nearly unanimous on human causes, survey finds by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, 16 May 2013

We need to talk about masculinity by Laurie Penny, The Guardian, 16 May 2013

The Left vs. the Liberal Media by Neil Clark, The American Conservative, 15 May 2013

Apuntes para una estrategia de cambio por Vicenç Navarro, Público, 16 de mayo de 2013

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16 May

'Recessions can hurt, but austerity kills' by Jon Henley, The Guardian, 15 May 2013

Why Europe Can't Just “Fix” Youth Unemployment by Jérôme E. Roos, ZSpace, 15 May 2013

The Eurozone crisis: no way back by Georg Vobruba, openDemocracy, 15 May 2013

Return to national currencies? Not so fast! by Trevor Evans, openDemocracy, 15 May 2013

A republican call for a basic income by Daniel Raventos and Julie Wark, openDemocracy, 15 May 2013

"Interview with Francisco Louçã, Economist and Leading Member of Portugal's Left Bloc" by Mark Bergfeld, MR Zine, 13 May 2013

Spain's Indignados Movement at the Crossroads by Tom Gill, CounterPunch, 15 May 2013

Arcadi Oliveres: "La voluntad de protesta del 15-M sigue activa y con propuestas concretas de acción" por Alex Gil, Público, 15 de mayo de 2013

Two years on from the “indignant” occupation of Sol, what now for 15-M? by Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, El País in English, 14 May 2013

España es el país donde los pobres más sufren la crisis por Thilo Schafer, La Marea, 15 de mayo de 2013

The major sea change in media discussions of Obama and civil liberties by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, 15 May 2013

Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom, Democracy Now! 15 May 2013

Tomgram: David Vine, Baseworld Profiteering, TomDispatch, 14 May 2013

Despite Horrific Repression, the U.S. Should Stay Out of Syria by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, 15 May 2013

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott by Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle, 16 May 2013

"Now that the SOB is Dead..." A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan about Afghanistan by Greg Palast, gregpalast.com, 10 May 2013

Don't be fooled by Ukip's charm, it is xenophobic and creates fear by Yasmin Alibhai Brown, The Independent, 12 May 2013

Have MPs learnt a thing since 2009? Their greed suggests not by Peter Oborne, The Telegraph, 15 May 2013

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To find older articles, go to the archive. There are separate contents pages for articles by Michael Albert, Tariq Ali, Ramzy Baroud, Phyllis Bennis, Jean Bricmont, David Chandler, Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn, Mark Curtis, Robert Fisk, Susan George, Misha Glenny, Glenn Greenwald, Edward Herman, Diana Johnstone, Naomi Klein, Gabriel Kolko, Moshé Machover, Kenan Malik, István Mészáros, John Pilger, Hannu Reime, Arundhati Roy, Edward Said, Jeremy Seabrook, Gary Younge and Howard Zinn

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