How Media Distorted Syrian Ceasefire’s Breakdown
Coverage of the breakdown of the partial ceasefire in Syria illustrated the main way corporate news media distort public understanding of a major foreign policy story.
Gareth Porter
Reporting (or Not) the Ties Between US-Armed Syrian Rebels and Al Qaeda’s Affiliate
The Obama administration has been relying not just on the “moderate” groups with direct ties to the CIA but on the close military cooperation between those groups and Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front to put pressure on the Syrian government,
The New Yorker Doesn’t Factcheck What ‘Everyone Knows’ Is True
Reporting on the Argentine investigation of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Center treats Iran’s responsibility as an accepted and documented fact.
