journalism

At the beginning of their classic Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman pondered the proposition that “media are independent and committed to discovering and reporting the truth, and that they do not merely reflect the world as powerful groups wish it to be perceived.” We all know how that story turns out. Media often […]

Corruption

CNN Admits its Policy of Submitting to Israeli Censorship ‘Has Been in Place for Years’

Common Dreams

By Julia Conley | – ( Commondreams.org ) – CNN has long been criticized by media analysts and journalists for its deference to the Israeli government and the Israel Defense Forces in its coverage of the occupied Palestinian territories, and the cable network admitted Thursday that it follows a protocol that could give Israeli censors […]

Internet

Many thanks – We Reached our Fundraising Goal — Thanks to You

Juan Cole

Many thanks to all of you who donated and who support the site by sharing our articles with your circle — by email, on social media or by word of mouth. We’re proud to say that you ensured that we reached our goal this year. Remember, though, that social media are shadowbanning sites that deal […]

Israel/ Palestine

Power, Protest and all That’s News: Reporting on the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Tomdispatch

By Nan Levinson | – What a world! For eight weeks now, events in Israel and Gaza have been the story of the hour, day, week. And what exactly are we to make of that? Let’s start with the obvious: American media coverage of the horrors there has been nonstop since the Hamas slaughter of October […]

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza Conflict: Deadliest Month for Journalists on Record

Committee to Protect Journalists

( Committee to Protect Journalists) – Editor’s note: The list below is CPJ’s most complete account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not reflect many of these casualties until we have fully investigated the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on […]

Authoritarianism

The Israeli Government turns Screws on Haaretz Newspaper to Cease Critical Coverage of War

The Conversation

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University | – The Israeli government is putting pressure on the left-leaning newspaper Haaretz to line up in support of the government in its conduct of the war in Gaza. The communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, has suggested financial penalties be applied to the paper accusing it of “lying, defeatist propaganda” […]

censorship

Israel’s Bombing is killing a Journalist a Day: This has to Stop

The Conversation

By Peter Greste, The University of Queensland | – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Gaza-Israel war has been the deadliest conflict for media workers since the organisation began counting statistics in 1992. At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the […]

Climate Crisis

The Era of Rupert Murdoch, a Blight on our Heating Planet and a Fomenter of War and Racial Hatreds, is Passing

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Australian-American press lord Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced Thursday that he would step down as the CEO of both News Corp and Fox News as of November. It would take a multi-volume book to detail all the horrible and catastrophic things Murdoch has done to the world. In Informed Comment, which […]