US Media Mostly Care for Iranians When They Can Be Used to Justify Bombing
US corporate media tend to humanize Iranians only when they can be portrayed as victims of their own government.
Belén Fernández
US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel’s Role in It
If US media habitually placed the news in political context, claims of US and Israeli intervention in Iran would hardly be regarded as dubious.
Remembering Dick Cheney, ‘Polarizing’ War Criminal
Terms like “polarizing” and “controversial” are the outer limits of acceptable critique for mass murderers who happened to be US statesmen.
To Media, Gaza Ceasefire Holds Despite Repeated Israeli Strikes
While most media outlets consistently describe the ceasefire as “fragile” and “delicate”, they won’t state the obvious: If you don’t cease firing, it’s not a ceasefire.
Jared Kushner ‘Out of the Spotlight’—But Not Out of Mideast Politics, or Out of the Money
There are so many conflicts of interest around Jared Kushner that it’s hard to avoid covering them–yet journalists do so remarkably well.
‘Near Daily’ Israeli Assaults on Lebanon Have Become Non-News for Western Media
Western corporate media have increasingly lost interest in reporting on Israel’s unceasing war on its northern neighbor.
Media Dance Around Illegality of Trump’s Third-Country Deportation Scheme
US corporate media have not shied away from reporting on third-country deportations, but tend to dance around the illegality of the whole matter.
Massive Expansion of Trump’s Deportation Machine Passes With Little Press Notice
US corporate media outlets have refrained from delving too deeply into what exactly this massive ramping up of ICE portends for American society.
Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran
Israel’s special relationship with the US means it gets special coverage in the US corporate media, presenting its assault on Iran as fundamentally justified.
The Hidden Story: Israeli ‘Aid’ Is Part of Genocide Plan
Western media have found it difficult to report on Palestinians’ bleak choice: either die of starvation or die trying to obtain food aid.
As Israel Openly Declares Starvation as a Weapon, Media Still Hesitate to Blame It for Famine
US media have institutionalized the practice of beating around the bush when it comes to documenting Israeli crimes.
Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics
In the case of Israel, corporate media have institutionalized the practice of dancing around the straightforward statement of fact.
Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat as US Media Look Away
Targeting journalists appears to be part of Israel’s efforts to prevent documentation of its atrocities.
Sanitizing Resumption of Genocide as ‘Pressure on Hamas’
The function of the corporate media is to endow demonstrably false US/Israeli accusations with a veneer of solid credibility.
Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action
We learn empathy-inducing details of Israelis’ captivity and physical appearance, while the 183 Palestinians remain a largely faceless mass.
Friedman Is Back as Midwife to Help Trump Rebirth Middle East
Thomas Friedman offers his latest version of how much better everyone could be doing if they paid attention to the self-appointed secretary of humanity.
Media Hype Set Up Tren de Aragua to Serve as Trump’s New Bogeyman
Tren de Aragua hype fuels a general persecution of migrants by implying that migrant shelters are gang hotbeds.
20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb’s Truth Is Still Dangerous
Twenty years ago this month, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide after his career was systematically destroyed.
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Genocide
Corporate media outlets continue to dance around the word “genocide” while the Israeli military carries out the systematic mass killing of Palestinians.
Darién Gap: The Where of Migration Crisis Coverage, Without the Why
In Panama’s Darien Gap, a constant stream of mainstream dispatches conveys the terrific plight of migrants—but simultaneously excises the US role in the whole sinister arrangement.
