For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
Hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations.
Gregory Shupak
Leading US Papers Defend the Indefensible in Iran Aggression
Editorials in three of the United States’ most prominent newspapers offered varying degrees of support for the US/Israeli aggression against Iran.
Leading Papers Call for Destroying Iran to Save It
The New York Times and Washington Post offer facile arguments for US attacks on Iran, on the assumption that the US wants to brighten Iranians’ futures.
Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
The Wall Street Journal Has Many Ways to Deny Genocide
Those who deny the Gaza genocide are intellectually and morally equivalent to Holocaust deniers–yet the Wall Street Journal persists in running such denial.
Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran
Rather than condemning the US bombing of Iran as a blatant violation of international law, commentators gushed over the “brilliant military operation.”
Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign
Media commentary on the grisly mass murders of people from Syrian minority groups has been decidedly muted.
One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed
Corporate media often treat Hamas use of human shields as an established fact, while pretending that Israel doesn’t do exactly that.
Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name
Of the articles surveyed on Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, 87% chose not to call it ethnic cleansing.
Media Credit Trump for Gaza Truce—Sidelining Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity
An accounting of the ceasefire is incomplete if it excludes how anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist forces in the Middle East thwarted US/Israeli designs.
Syria Is Free, Say Media—But That Shouldn’t Mean Free of US Occupation
Since the overthrow of the Syrian government, corporate media analysts consistently opted not to call on the US and Israel to end their occupations of and violence toward Syria.
Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
Demonizing Hezbollah to Legitimize a US/Israel Onslaught on Lebanon
Coverage of the US/Israeli assault on Lebanon has evinced a casual disregard for Lebanese lives, and often an outright zest for killing the country’s people.
Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations
Following Israel’s assassinations of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and a Hamas negotiator in Tehran, corporate media pundits have called for the US and Israel to escalate the region-wide war.
Acknowledging the Horrors of Gaza—Without Wanting to End Them
Media’s challenge is to frame the “plausible” genocide in a way that will not undermine long-term US/Israeli domination of Palestine.
‘Israel-Hamas War’ Label Obscures Israel’s War on Palestinians
Characterizing what has happened since October 7 as an “Israel-Hamas war” fails to adequately capture the character of Israel’s violence.
Media Holocaust Revisionism After Canada’s Standing Ovation for an SS Vet
Media coverage of the Canadian Parliament’s standing ovation for Yaroslav Hunka has included egregious Holocaust revisionism.
Papers That Ignore Causes of Violence Can’t Help Prevent It
At no point do the editorials in leading papers provide readers with the information necessary to comprehend what is happening and why.
Bloomberg Hits BRICS as US Power Challenged
The prospect of a group of nations working together to advance independent development sent the Bloomberg news service into attack mode.
Israel’s Real ‘Crisis of Democracy’ Is That It’s Not a Democracy
The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal whitewash the apartheid that fundamentally disqualifies Israel as a democracy.
