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Media control and intimidation a reality for 5.5 billion, says WAN-IFRA2011-10-20
This year, 44 journalists have already been murdered, says the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which launched a review of press freedom around the world during World Ne...
Sources Select Resources
Allegations Against Russia Less Credible Every DaySwanson, David
Article
2017
Counterpunch
Swanson calls into question the US government-driven media accusations that the Russian government had direct involvement in swaying the 2016 US election for Trump, and exames the motivations behind t...
An alternative media listGetting the news - and getting behind the news
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2014
Connexions
A selective list of English-language alternative media.
American Media Ignore Major Murdoch News Corp ScandalRupert's Misdeeds
Washington, Linn Jr.
Article
2013
CounterPunch
America’s corporate news media love highlighting David-besting-Goliath stories…except apparently, when the fallen Goliath is major media mogul Rupert Murdoch – the billionaire owner of America’s caust...
Anatomy of a Propaganda Blitz - Part 1Article
2016
Media Lens
We live in a time when state-corporate interests are cooperating to produce propaganda blitzes intended to raise public support for the demonisation and destruction of establishment enemies. Here we w...
Antiwar.com vs. the Decline of American JournalismRaimondo, Justin
Article
2017
Antiwar.com
What is the "alternative" media? If we look at the phrase itself, it seems to mean the media that presents itself as the alternative to what we call the "corporate media," i.e. the New York Times, the...
Apple and the Guardian: Partners in a Death SpiralCook, Jonathan
Article
2018
Dissident Voice
This report on Apple CEO Tim Cook's visit to a UK school to promote the company's new coding curriculum for schoolchildren could hardly be a better illustration of the way the Guardian newspaper serve...
The BBC's 'Bogeyman' Narrative on Hugo ChavezArticle
2013
News Unspun
The changes in Venezuela, and throughout Latin America, over the past decade: the development of peaceful, democratic alternatives to the policies of neoliberalism; standards of living improved for mi...
Beyond the drossPilger, John; Platt, Steve
Article
2010
Red Pepper
Pilger and Platt discuss the state of journalism.
Beyond the drossPilger, John; Platt, Steve
Article
2010
Red Pepper
Pilger and Platt discuss the craft of journalism.
Big Loser in Wente Plagiarism? Globe's ReputationWillcocks, Paul
Article
2016
The Tyee
Margaret Wente has been busted, again, for plagiarism. The paper's response, again, has been wholly inadequate. The first scandal, in 2012, damaged the Globe's credibility, largely because of the way ...
Big media versus the people Halimi, Serge
Article
2015
Le Monde diplomatique
A look how "Big Media" shapes public attitudes, the economy, culture, leisure and education, and how governments have developed close relationships with the press in a way which has not been in the pu...
Blair: Bombing Iraq Better. AgainCromwell, David; Edwards, David
Article
2014
Media Lens
The authors critique the British media's coverage of a new essay by Tony Blair which attempts to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Breaking the Media Blackout in Western SaharaZurutuza, Karlos
Article
2015
Inter Press Service
Zurutuza describes how the Moroccan authorities repress journalists and media coverage of occupied Western Sahara.
Brexit and the new hostility to participatory democracySparrow, Jeff
Article
2016
Overland
The reaction to Brexit illustrates the desperate need for the Left to return to first principles. For, as the result broke on social media, a remarkable number of progressives directed their anger not...
Brothers-in-Arms: Capitalism and Corporate JournalismArticle
2010
Medialens
An essential role of corporate journalism is to shore up public confidence in an unjust, crisis-riven financial and economic system. Although plenty of gloom and doom is permitted, especially in the f...
Business journalists go on the attack; demonize Atlantic seasonal workersFillmore, Nick
Article
2013
National business journalists and columnists have bought into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s demeaning view that folks in the Atlantic region are backward and have a defeatist attitude. Framed in dis...
The Button, the Wall and the Myth of NationsKoehler, Robert
Article
2018
Counterpunch
North Korean sanctions, the border wall with Mexico, and the "toxic" role of nationalism with regards to international relations and domestically in the US are discussed.
The Comic Book Simplicity Of PropagandaArticle
2014
Media Lens
The referendum campaign on Scottish independence heightened many people's awareness of the pro-elite bias of the 'mainstream' news media. The grassroots power of social media in exposing and counterin...
Coming Attraction: Carleton Journalism ReviewNews Release - June 1977
Article
1977
July 1977 will see the appearance of a new and exciting Canadian journalism review: the Carleton Journalism Review.
A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and NewspeakCook, Jonathan
Article
2009
Medialens
A comparative review of two recent books about the media, one a mainstream view, the other using the propaganda model of media control.
Confessions of a Media CriticArticle
1984
Sources
Barrie Zwicker says that with the planet in crisis it isn't time for 'business as usual', least of all in journalism.
Confessions of an Alleged Russian Propagandist: A Pentagon Hit?Lindorff, Dave
Article
2016
CounterPunch
While our corporate media don't talk about it, the US does run a vast propaganda operation, which includes the spawning and spreading of, guess what?, fake news stories! This kind of thing has gone on...
Connexions Library: Arts, Media, Culture FocusWebsite
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on media, culture, and art.
'A Conspiracy Of Silence' - HSBC, The Guardian And The Defrauded British PublicArticle
2015
MediaLens
Journalist Nafeez Ahmed has delved deeper into the HSBC scandal, reporting the testimony of a whistleblower that reveals a 'conspiracy of silence' encompassing the media, regulators and law-enforcemen...
'A Conspiracy Of Silence' -- HSBC, The Guardian and the Defrauded British PublicArticle
2015
MediaLens
An investigator and anonymous whistleblower talk about the suspicious lack of coverage and attention to the HSBC tax evasion scandal. This article talks about the scandal itself and criticizes the Bri...
Conundrum - Syriza, Democracy And The Death Of A Saudi TyrantArticle
2015
Media Lens
It's always a tricky moment for the corporate media when a foreign leader dies. The content and tone need to be appropriate, moulded to whether that leader fell into line with Western policies or not.
Corporate Media: the Enemy of the PeopleStreet, Paul
Article
2018
Counter Punch
We on the Left don't need to reflexively and absurdly jump to the defense of imperial criminals at the instigation of that (well, yes) "enemy of the people" the U.S. corporate and so-called mainstream...
Covering Israel-Palestine: The BBC's Double StandardsAn Exchange With The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
Article
2008
Medialens
The priorities of the news media mean that the more Palestinians are killed, the less importance their deaths have to news organisations. Conversely, the fewer Israelis killed the more seriousness the...
The Death and Life of Great American NewspapersMcChesney, Robert W.; Nichols, John
Article
2009
The Nation
Journalism is collapsing, and with it comes the most serious threat in our lifetimes to self-government and the rule of law as it has been understood here in the United States.
The Death of the Fourth Estate8000 Channels With One Corporate Message
O'Connor, Billy
Article
2014
CounterPunch
According to a recent Gallup survey, only 40 percent of Americans believe what they read in newspapers. After scanning today’s tabloids, one only wonders why the percentage is that high.
Demonizing the Victims of KatrinaCoverage painted hurricane survivors as looters, snipers and rapists
Yassin, Jaime Omar
Article
2005
Extra!
Hurricane Katrina led many media reporters and commentators to reveal themselves and their deep-seated prejudices.
Diemer, UlliConnexipedia Article
Article
2010
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Canadian socialist publisher, writer, and archivist.
Don't Blame the Media for the Charleston MurdersFeatherstone, Liza
Article
2015
Observer
Featherstone argues that blaming the media for the Charleston Murders is an easy way to avoid doing any real thinking.
8 key questions and answers about the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandalSilverman, Craig
Article
2012
Poynter
After a disconcerting summer that saw prominent American journalists accused of plagiarism and fabrication, Canada is currently in the throes of its own high-profile ethics scandal. A series of concer...
Eight reasons why the latest Syria chemical weapons attack allegations are almost certainly complete nonsenseGowans, Stephen
Article
2018
gowans.wordpress.com
A discussion on the chemical attack in Douma, Syria, and why the allegations are likely false.
Farewell to the GuardianDiemer, Ulli
Article
2017
When a newspaper has arrived at the point of praising war criminals while deluding itself that it is holding the powerful to account, I know that it’s not a newspaper that I want to keep receiving.
Frame of Reference and Journalistic IntegrityPetersen, Kim
Article
2014
Dissident Voice
A criticism of the article, "Journalism and the Illusion of Objectivity" by Michael Holtzman, challenging Holtzman's claims on the nature of objectivity and bias in reporting.
Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2010
Connexions Information Sharing Services
A media relations guide for organizers and activists.
Guardian sinks into gutter on Corbyn - againCook, Jonathan
Article
2016
Jonathan Cook
Jeremy Corbyn today launched a review into the Labour party's supposed "anti-semitism crisis" -- in fact, a crisis entirely confected by a toxic mix of the right, Israel supporters and the media. I ha...
The Guardian, White Helmets, and Silenced CommentHayward, Tim
Article
2018
Tim Hayward
The Guardian recently published an article claiming that critical discussion of the White Helmets in Syria has been 'propagated online by a network of anti-imperialist activists, conspiracy theorists ...
Guardian's day of shame, and the dark depths of liberal McCarthyismHilley, John
Article
2017
Zenpolitics
The liberal 'resistance' to Donald Trump has revealed a service media now plumbing its own dark, reactionary depths. A Guardian editorial has welcomed back to public prominence none other than George ...
Half of UK sees The Sun tabloid as 'negative influence'Mandhai, Shafik
Article
2017
Aljazeera
Half of Britons see one of the UK's largest tabloids, The Sun, as a negative influence on society, according to a new poll.
How A-historical Journalism Serves PowerA Calendar of Infamy
Norton, Ben
Article
2013
Counter Punch
Contemporary journalism has a horrendous habit of considering history superfluous.
How The Guardian Undermines Jeremy Corbyn and the LeftBey, Daniel
Article
2016
teleSur
teleSUR spoke to David Cromwell and David Edwards, co-editors of Media Lens, about The Guardian and corporate media's bias against Labour party leader Jeremy Cobyn.
How the Guardian became the West's PravdaCook, Jonathan
Article
2018
Dissident Voice
Cook says that the British newspaper The Guardian has become a mouthpiece for the establishment.
How the System Got Trumped: Cambridge Analytica's Electoral Psyops CampaignProyect, Louis
Article
2018
CounterPunch
Available from Cinema Libre Studios, "Trumping Democracy" provides the key to understanding how we have ended up with the most unpopular president in history.
The Ideal of a Free Media Died Long AgoCook, Jonathan
Article
2018
Dissident Voice
Should the media include positive editorial content secretly paid for by major corporations, as London's Evening Standard newspaper has begun doing, according to new revelations?
Most of us instantly...
If U.S. Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?Snowden Coverage
Cohen, Jeff
Article
2013
CounterPunch
The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the same outlets that missed the Wall Street meltdown and cheer-led the Iraq invasion h...
The Illusion of DebateConsensus for the People that Matter
Hirthler, Jason
Article
2014
CounterPunch
A recent article in FAIR reviewed the findings of its latest study on the quality of political “debate” being aired on the mainstream networks. It studied the run-up to the military interventions in b...
The Illusion of Democracy Liberal Journalism, Wikileaks And Climate Deceptions
Cormwell, David
Article
2012
MediaLens
In an era of permanent war, economic meltdown and climate ‘weirding’, we need all the champions of truth and justice that we can find. But where are they? What happened to trade unions, the green move...
The Imaginary Cuban Troops in SyriaPeppe, Matt
Article
2015
Dissident Voice
Fair-and-balanced Fox News reported on Wednesday that "Cuban military operatives reportedly have been spotted in Syria, where sources believe they are advising President Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers and...
In Mexico, Finally, a Revolt Against the MediaBonilla, Isadora; Giordano, Al
Article
2012
Narco News
The summer will determine if the “I Am 132” moment becomes a movement and that’s why “Mexican Spring” is a poor choice of words for it.
In Run-Up to Vote to End Yemen War, MSNBC Remains Totally SilentMSNBC outflanked from the left by Breitbart
Johnson, Adam
Article
2018
FAIR
Johnson expresses concern about the lack of MSNBC coverage of the role of the USA in the conflict in Yemen since 2015.
Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To WorkEdwards, David
Article
2012
Medialens
The media response to Assange’s asylum request tells us much about the default brutality and reflexive herdthink of elite corporate journalism. The crucial importance of his achievements, of his cause...
Indictment of Russians over US election meddling is case of pot calling the kettle black Maloof, F. Michael
Article
2018
RT (TV-Novosti)
WorldNetDaily writer and former US Department of Defense official F. Michael Maloof recalls past US foreign policy adventures in light of claims of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential el...
Intellectual Cleansing Part 1Article
2008
Medialens
Keeping the media safe for big business.
Intellectual Cleansing: Part 2Former Guardian and Observer Journalist Jonathan Cook Responds
Article
2008
Medialens
Most ambitious journalists start out on a daily local newspaper owned by one of a handful of large media groups. There one quickly feels all sorts of institutional constraints on one's reporting. As a...
Intellectual Cleansing: Part 3Article
2008
Medialens
The tendency to self-deception appears to be greatly increased when we join as part of a group. Groups create a sense of belonging, a "we-feeling", which can provide even greater incentives to reject ...
Iranians Are Much Talked About on Sunday Morning TV, But Never Heard FromGreenwald, Glenn
Article
2015
The Intercept
Over the last couple months, the Sunday morning TV shows -- NBC's Meet the Press, CBS's Face The Nation, ABC's This Week, Fox's News Sunday, and CNN's State of the Union -- have focused on a deal with...
Israel Calls a Man Its Soldiers Killed a 'Terrorist': Until They Realized He Was an Israeli JewGreenwald, Glenn
Article
2015
The Intercept
The Jerusalem Post today describes the killing of a man by two IDF soldiers after, the soldiers claim, he was acting erratically and tried to grab one of their guns. When he was fatally shot by the ID...
The Issue is Not Trump, It is UsPilger, John
Article
2017
Counter Punch
Until real politics return to people's lives, the enemy is not Trump, it is ourselves.
Jonathan Cook - Response to Intellectual Cleansing Part 1Cook, Jonathan
Article
2008
Medialens
However grateful we should be to the tiny minority of dissident writers, their relegation to the margins of the commentary pages of Britain's 'leftwing' media serves a useful purpose for corporate int...
Journalism and 'the words of power'Fisk, Robert
Article
2010
Al Jazeera
More and more today, we journalists have become prisoners of the language of power.
JournalismSources.comWebsite
2017
Sources
A portal featuring news, articles, and resources about journalism, press freedom, free speech, censorship and related topics. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A sea...
Journalistic Malpractice at the Post and the TimesRejecting the Offer of Evidence of US War Crimes
Lindorff, David
Article
2013
Counterpunch
Wikileaks source Bradley Manning is evidence that the USA’s two leading news organizations, the Washington Post and the New York Times, are not willing to report critically of the government.
Journalists and civil society must join forces to engage the public with health newsFadope, Cece
Article
2014
International Journalists' Network
A call for journalists to reach out to a broader audience and "team up" with civil society in orer to force attention onto topics that matter. "Exploring ideas that move the audience to think and act....
Killing Granny with the Laziness BiasDouglas, Susan J.
Article
2009
In These Times
While it is often the case that the majority of Americans do see the light "about the need for healthcare reform, a new energy policy or affordable, high-quality day care." The dominant journalistic p...
Lapdog media learns nothing, beats war drums againSmith, Patrick L.
Article
2013
Salon
Have we forgotten Judith Miller already? Or Colin Powell at the U.N.? Before attacking Syria, let's know the truth.
The Left-Wing Media FallacyJeremy Bowen, The BBC, And Other National Treasures
Article
2009
Medialens
The issue is not complex, not esoteric: in a world dominated by corporate power we rely on media corporations for news about that world. Future generations will surely be aghast that so few people tod...
A Life of Challenge to the Dogma of "Objectivity"Richard Bell Is Practiced at Juggling Journalism, Advocacy and Politics
Han, Kirsten
Article
2012
Narco News
Journalism, advocacy, politics: Are they completely different fields or aspects of the same game? Can someone actually do all three? Richard Bell has done them all and has lived to tell the tale.
'A Load Of Tosh'– The BBC, 'Showbiz News' And State PropagandaEdwards, David; Cromwell, David
Article
2018
Media Lens
BBC News reporting on international relations, with particular reference to 2017-2018 tensions with Russia, relies heavily on state propaganda.
Mainstream Media And The Propaganda MachineAbubacker, Ershad
Article
2009
Countercurrents.org
Mainstream media, especially the American media plays a vital role in shaping the world public opinion.
'The Man Who Knew Everyone' - Gore Vidal Through The Eyes Of The One Per Cent Press Article
2012
Medialens
Since Gore Vidal's death the corporate media have had nothing serious to say about his political dissent warning against the dominance of corporate power. As Vidal himself put it: ‘The bullshit just f...
Massive Uncritical Publicity for Supposed "Independent UFO Investigation"Demonstrates Media Gullibility Once Again
Sheaffer, Robert
Article
1998
Skeptical Inquirer
On Monday, June 19, 1998, all of the major media outlets were suddenly filled with accounts proclaiming that an independent panel of scientists had taken a fresh look at the UFO question, and had conc...
The Media and the Far RightShowcasing the Crude, the Violent and the Aberrant
Nader, Ralph
Article
2010
CounterPunch
The right-moving trend of the mainstream media, absurdly deemed liberal by successfully intimidating corporatists and ideological aggressors, continues year after year.
Media Are Blamed as US Bombing of Afghan Hospital Is Covered UpNorton, Ben
Article
2015
FAIR
After the US airstrikes that hit an MSF (Medecins Sans Frontières) hospital, many news outlets have depicted the event in a way that evades any American responsibility.
Media Capitalism, the State and 21st Century Media Democracy StrugglesAn interview with Robert McChesney
McChesney, Robert
Article
2009
Relay
Robert McChesney talks about contemporary media capitalism and 21st century media democracy struggles to understand and change it.
Media Control and Indoctrination in the United StatesAn Interview With Catherine Komp
Chomsky, Noam
Article
2013
CounterPunch
An excerpt from the just released 2nd edition of Noam Chomsky’s OCCUPY: Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity.
Media control and intimidation a reality for 5.5 billion, says WAN-IFRASources News Release
Article
2011
This year, 44 journalists have already been murdered, says the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which launched a review of press freedom around the world during World Ne...
Media freedom in the Pacific - a double-edged swordHutt,Kendall
Article
2015
Pacific Media Centre
The issue of media freedom in the Pacific has come to the fore following recent international calls for Indonesia to allow foreign journalists access to West Papua and President Joko Widodo declaring ...
Media influenceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Media influence or media effects are used in media studies, psychology, communication theory and sociology to refer to the theories about the ways in which mass media affect how their audiences think ...
Media Review: Fake News Film/Video
2017
teleSUR English
Richard Seymour looks at the current debate around 'fake news'. What does the term refer to and is it as new as we think?
Media Watch: When the Media Tell Half the StoryEmery, E. Eugene Jr.
Article
1997
Skeptical Inquirer
Twenty-eight years after Chariots of the Gods? author Eric von Däniken brought pseudoscience to new lows by suggesting that our ancestors were too stupid to create the pyramids, Stonehenge, and other ...
MediaSources.caWebsite
2017
Sources
A web portal featuring resources about media and the media industry, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importan...
The Medium is The Middleman: For a Revolution Against MediaGiordano, Al
Article
1997
Narco News
Media now controls a new economic order: one that has supplanted governments, churches and productive industry to impose a mediating tyranny over people and our Daily Lives.
nerve agent case for 'action' on RussiaOfficial claim that 'Novichok' points solely to Russia discredited
Ahmed, Nafeez
Article
2018
Insurge Intelligence
The case against Russia using the nerve agent Novichok is undermined by earlier reports by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which previously declared that they have no ...
No longer a real newspaper, new Globe betrays CanadiansFillmore, Nick
Article
2010
Connexions
The new tarted-up, glossy, colour Globe and Mail is many things, but it is not a real “news paper.”
Noam Chomsky And The BBC: A Brief ComparisonMedia Lense
Article
2017
Media Lens
A recent interview with 88-year-old Noam Chomsky once again demonstrates just how insightful he is in providing rational analysis of Western power and the suffering it generates. By contrast, anyone r...
Oscar Hangover Special: Why "Spotlight" Is a Terrible FilmWypijewski, Joann
Article
2016
CounterPunch
I am astonished (though I suppose I shouldn't be) that, across the past few months, ever since Spotlight hit theatres, otherwise serious left-of-centre people have peppered their party conversation wi...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014Refugees
Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2014
Connexions
Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 26, 2015Ukraine
Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2015
Connexions
Ukraine is spotlighted in this issue of Other Voices, with several articles on the events of the past year, from the overthrow of the government, to the rise of the far right, the armed conflict in th...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Article
2016
Connexions
Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 20, 2016Fake News
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
Connexions
"Fake news" is the latest mania to convulse the mainstream media. All at once, we're being subjected to an outbreak of hand-wringing articles and commentary about obscure websites which are supposedly...
Painting a false pictureSuch, Rod
Article
2018
The Electronic Intifada
A review of the book "The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel and the Media" by Greg Shupak.
The Petulant Entitlement Syndrome of JournalistsGreenwald, Glenn
Article
2015
The Intercept
Jonathan Chait’s denunciation of the "PC language police" provoked intense reaction: much criticism from liberals and praise from conservatives.
Propaganda modelConnexipedia Article
Article
A theory that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. Views the private media as businesses interested in the sale of a product - re...
Publicity and Media ResourcesWebsite
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Resources and publications to assist your organization in getting more and better media coverage and raising awareness.
A Response To George Monbiot's 'Disavowal'Article
2017
Medialens
There is a pattern of 'mainstream' media insisting on the need for war in response to unproven claims that are often later debunked.
Review of the Press - November 21, 1975Article
1975
The Varsity
It's probably no surprise to most people that Toronto's three dailies are all anti-union and anti-working-class. But it takes a big strike, like the postal strike or the school strike, to bring out th...
The Right Kind Of TerrorCromwell, David; Edwards, David
Article
2012
Medialens
When is an act of terrorism not terrorism? When the victims are officially sanctioned state enemies.
Seven Points Not on the Arab Media Agenda – What Is There to Celebrate?Baroud, Ramzy
Article
2015
CounterPunch
As media experts plan to establish an 'Arab Media Day', Baroud criticizes in seven points the censorship and repression of Arab journalism and media.
Seymour Hersh Blasts Media for Uncritically Promoting Russian Hacking StoryScahill, Jeremy
Article
2017
The Intercept
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh said in an interview that he does not believe the U.S. intelligence community proved its case that President Vladimir Putin directed a hacking campaign ...
Shadows of LibertyTremblay, Jean-Philippe
Film
2012
Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America and the public battle for truth and democracy.
The Snowden HoaxHow a Lie Traveled Around the World Before the Truth Could Get Its Boots On
Article
2015
Kurtz, Alan
Sole offender?Diemer, Ulli
Article
2008
Radical Digressions
When an Iraqi journalist throws his shoe at the commander-in-chief of the forces that invaded and continue to occupy his country, the Globe huffily calls the reporter a disgrace to his profession and ...
The 'Superficial, Arrogant Smugness' of BBC News - Peter Oborne Delivers Some Home Truths On BBC Radio 4 TodayArticle
2017
Media Lens
In a recent media alert, we noted the occasional tell-tale signs of uncomfortable truths that slip through cracks in the propaganda façade of BBC News. Very occasionally, the propaganda nature is clea...
Superunknown: Scientific Integrity Within the Academic and Media Industrial ComplexesMattis, Kristine
Article
2018
CounterPunch
Mattis provides an analysis of the competing priorities of scientists, funders and the media that together, create a perfect storm of "unscientific science".
Thinking The Right ThoughtsCromwell, David; Edwards, David
Article
2014
Media Lens
There are always convenient news-hooks on which corporate journalists can hang their power-friendly prejudices about the West being 'the good guys' in world affairs. The authors provide examples from ...
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009Article
2009
Project Censored
Provides a list and indepth analysis of the top 25 stories that were censored throughout the year in 2009.
Twenty-five Years of SourcesArticle
2002
Sources
From the beginning, Sources was seen as a public service as well as a tool for journalists.
2014 Fellowship of Reconciliation with Dr. Peter PhillipsArticle
2014
Project Censored
Dr. Peter Phillips delivered a keynote address at the 2014 Fellowship of Reconciliation’s event in celebration of their 100th anniversary, covering several topics, including corporate media propaganda...
Unspeakable: the Black Book of Imperial TerrorismStreet, Paul
Article
2017
CounterPunch
American "mainstream" journalists who want to keep their paychecks flowing and their status afloat know they must report current events in a way that respects the taboo status of the nation's underlyi...
The U.S. Press and Repression in the Obama EraA New Awakening or Political Theater?
Baraka, Amaju
Article
2013
Counter Punch
The Obama administration’s is expanding its use of executive powers to intimidate and crush dissent had turned its focus on the U.S. press.
War by media and the triumph of propagandaPilger, John
Article
2014
The world is facing the prospect of major war, perhaps nuclear war -- with the United States clearly determined to isolate and provoke Russia and eventually China. This truth is being turned upside do...
War, Propaganda and the MediaShah, Anup
Article
1999
Global Issues
Probably every conflict is fought on at least two grounds: the battlefield and the minds of the people via propaganda. The #good guys# and the #bad guys# can often both be guilty of misleading their p...
Watch How Casually False Claims Are Published: New York Times and Nicholas Lemann EditionGreenwald, Glenn
Article
2017
The Intercept
We have a perfect example of how this happens from the New York Times today, in a book review by Nicholas Lemann, the Pulitzer-Moore professor of journalism at Columbia University as well as a longtim...
We shouldn't weep for broke but lying mainstream mediaFillmore, Nick
Article
2017
A Different Point of View
A report from the Public Policy Forum of Montreal released on January 26 says the Canadian news industry "is reaching a crisis point as the decline of traditional media, fragmentation of audiences and...
What 'Democracy' Really Means in U.S. and New York Times Jargon: Latin America EditionGreenwald, Glenn
Article
2014
The Intercept
One of the most accidentally revealing media accounts highlighting the real meaning of "democracy" in U.S. discourse is a still-remarkable 2002 New York Times Editorial on the U.S.-backed military cou...
What is Objective Journalism?Edwards, David
Article
2017
Media Lens
Despite objectivity being widely accepted as a norm in journalism, Edwards discusses how opinion and bias are still an inherent part of 'reporting the facts.'
What Makes Mainstream Media MainstreamChomsky, Noam
Article
1997
Z Magazine
Noam Chomsky shares his approach to analyzing media and reveals the meaning and consequence of the strategic design of communication.
Whatever Happened to Al Jazeera?All the News That's Fit to Slant
Baroud, Ramzy
Article
2012
CounterPunch
In Al Jazeera’s early days in the mid and late 1990s, the channel took on taboo subjects and proudly challenged the status quo. In recent months, however, Al Jazeera has begun to change course. It h...
Where's the Beef Stroganoff? Eight Sacrilegious Reflections on RussiagateStreet, Paul
Article
2018
CounterPunch
Street expresses his frustration with the US political establishment in light of the 2017-2018 FBI investigation into alleged foreign intervention in the 2016 US presidential election.
Where's the Evidence?The CIA-FBI-NSA report on the hacking of the 2016 election is pure baloney
Raimondo, Justin
Article
2017
AntiWar
We are told from the outset that the actual evidence that the Russians hacked the DNC and John Podesta's emails as part of a wide-ranging campaign to put Donald Trump in the White House cannot be reve...
Who Should Bomb Iran First?The Myth Of Left-Leaning Media Bias
Article
2007
Medialens
Mainstream media discussions of media balance are limited to a single question: Is the media too critical of powerful interests?
Why Are We The Good Guys? - Book ReviewArticle
2012
Medialens
One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that ‘we’ are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps ...
Why is the West praising Malala, but ignoring Ahed?Is an empowered Palestinian girl not worthy of Western feminist admiration?
Khoja-Moolji, Shenila
Article
2017
Al Jazeera
Khoja-Moolji examines the lack of media response to the plight of 16 year-old Ahed Tamimi, detained for allegedly assaulting an Israeli soldier during a confrontation at her home during which Israeli ...
Why Won't American Media Tell the Truth About What's Happening in Venezuela?Podur, Justin
Article
2017
podur.org
Unlike Brazil and Argentina, Venezuela has been victimized by a number of factors outside of its control, but especially a precipitous drop in the price of oil, the country's main source of revenue.
Wikileaks Exposes Complicity of the PressDocuments Show NYT and Washington Post Shilling for US Government on Iran Missile "Threat"
Porter, Gareth
Article
2010
CounterPunch
A key Wikileaks document which should have resulted in stories calling into question the thrust of the Obama administration's ballistic missile defense policy in Europe based on an alleged Iranian mis...
Women Are Not WallpaperMiren Gutierrez and Oriana Boselli interview filmmaker Erik Gandini
Article
2009
IPS
Something new is appearing on the Italian screen. About time, some may say.
Wretched US Journalism on UkraineParry, Robert
Article
2015
World News Trust
The most dangerous violation of journalistic principles has occurred in the Ukraine crisis, which has the potential of a nuclear war.
The Yellow JournalIssue 3 - July 8, 1974
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1974
Articles on Toronto Island homes in the news; a Brazilian trade mission; opinion polls; American control of the media.
The Yellow JournalIssue 5 - August 1974
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1974
Articles on Stereotypes in the Dailies; Getting to the heart of housing; Kenora Occupiers Supported; Media coverage of a raid on Rochdale College; In Defence of Patronage;
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Between the LinesHow to Detect Bias and Propaganda in the News and Everyday Life
MacLean, Eleanor
Book
1981
An exploration of medthods of "dec-doing" our daily newspapers and radio/TV news. Examines our predominant sources of information (mass media) and indicates the existence of many alternative sources o...
Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - And WhyThe 1995 Project Censored Yearbook
Jensen, Carl, and Project Censored. Introduction by Michael Crichton. Cartoons by Tom Tomorrow.
Book
1996
Documenting how the U.S. mass media does a shabby job, deliberately or negligently withholding information of vital importance.
Changing Media, Changing ChinaShirk, Susan (ed.)
Book
2010
This collection of essays studies all aspects of media in China, and looks at the changing landscape of information management and demand for real news in China.
Communicating in Canada's PastEssays in Media History
Allen, Gene; Robinson, Daniel J. (eds.)
Book
2009
Address sizable gaps in the literature on media history in Canada. Includes a substantial introduction to media history as a field of study and essays on a range of subjects, including print journalis...
The Contradictions of Media PowerFreedman, Des
Book
2014
Combining an evaluation of both previous literature and new research, the book seeks to establish an understanding of media power which does justice to the complexities and contradictions of the conte...
Democracy's OxygenHow Corporations Control the News
Winter, James
Book
1997
Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture publi...
The Empire God BuiltInside Pat Robertson's media machine
Foege, Alec
Book
1996
A profile of the demagogue who become one of the most successful media moguls in the world.
Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2010
A media relations guide for organizers and activists.
Inventing RealityThe Politics of News Media
Parenti, Michael
Book
1993
Parenti sets out to demonstrate how the news media distort important aspects of social and political life and why they do.
Journalism: Truth or Dare?Hargreaves, Ian
Book
2003
Ian Hargreaves discusses the history, development, future and ethics of journalism and describes journalists' relationship with the public. He focuses on the increase in journalism's influence and the...
Lies The Media Tell us Winter, James
Book
2007
Outlines the extent to which the mainstream media is subject to its corporate publishers and advertisers.
Manufacturing ConsentThe Political Economy of the Mass Media
Herman, Edward S.; Chomsky, Noam
Book
1988
Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets...
Media and MinoritiesRepresenting Diversity in a Multicultral Canada
Fleras, Augie; Kuhz, Jean Lock
Book
2001
An examination of the politics of media minority relations in a multicultural Canada.
Media ControlThe Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1997
Chomsky begins by asserting two models of democracy: one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky "propaganda is to de...
Media ThinkWinter, James
Book
2000
Increasingly the news media are owned by a small group of very large corporations with extensive interests outside the industry, run by the corporate elite.Winter argues that instead of offering diver...
The Missing NewsFilters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press
Hackett, Robert A.; Gruneau, Richard; with Donald Gutstein, Timothy A. Gibson and Newswatch Canada
Book
2000
Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news i...
Necessary IllusionsThought Control in Democratic Societies
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1989
An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide...
News and DissentThe Press and The Politics of Peace in Canada
Hackett, Robert
Book
1991
Hackett digs deep into several issues that affect how we hear, read, and see what is reported to us, as well as who and what decide exactly what is it that we hear, read and see.
News and the Culture of LyingWeaver, Paul H.
Book
1997
The news media lie, says Weaver, not by slipshod reporting or unethical practices, but in the very "plot structure" of the news, in the masks of impersonality assumed by reporters and editors, and in ...
Newspeak in the 21st CenturyEdwards, David; Cromwell, David
Book
2009
Revealing the lethal bias in 'balanced' reporting.
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!Carpenter, Edmund
Book
1972
How media have taken over our lives.
A Short Course in Intellectual Self-DefenseFind Your Inner Chomsky
Baillargeon, Normand
Book
2005
What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through everyday spin and jargon -- from politics to advertising, from...
A Social History of the Media From Gutenburg to the Internet
Briggs, ASA; Burke, Peter
Book
2005
Two social and cultural historians provide an overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time.
Sources Select ResourcesReviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
Website
1977
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
Sustaining Democracy?Journalism and the Politics of Objectivity
Hackett, Robert A.; Zhao, Yuezhi
Book
1998
Tthe authors argue that "the regime of objectivity" should give way to a journalism aimed at sustaining democracy.
Taking the Risk Out of DemocracyCorporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty
Carey, Alex
Book
1995
The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially...
Unreliable SourcesA Guide to Detecting Bias in the New Media
Lee, Martin A.; Solomon, Norman
Book
1992
Lee and Solomon argue that American news media censor actual current events. The reason being is that there is pressure from the Government and Corporations. The public must challenge the facts of bot...
War, Peace and the MediaZwicker, Barrie
Book
1983
Zwicker argues that press coverage of the USSR is "profoundly uninformative, a journalistic yawn that is helping us sleepwalk toward the biggest slumber of all time: nuclear war."
Weapons of Mass PersuasionMarketing the War Against Iraq
Rutherford, Paul
Book
2004
Rutherford, an academic and media critic at the University of Toronto, tries to show how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out with the aid of a compliant med...
Why Are We The Good Guys?Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions Of Propaganda
Cromwell, David
Book
2012
One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps ev...
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