Chinese Diplomacy Seen as Threat to US ‘Peace,’ ‘Stability’
Beijing’s diplomatic efforts led US media to call for the escalation of what amounts to a new cold war with China.
Gregory Shupak
To US Papers, Iranian Weapons Far More Newsworthy Than Those Made in USA
If newspapers were concerned about human life, there wouldn’t be such a gap in coverage between Iranian and US-made weapons.
Media Support ‘Self-Determination’ for US Allies, Not Enemies
A self-determination claim that accords with Russian interests, and diverges from the US position, is concealed from the public.
Escalation Without Consequences on the Op-Ed Page
Opinion pages call for pumping weaponry into the conflict, choking Russian civilians with sanctions, even instituting a “no-fly zone.”
Western Media Accuse China of Wanting to Do What US Does to Other Countries
“Profiting from the sale of manufactured goods and the purchase of raw materials is not the same as sending the Marines.”
Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine’s Nazi Ties
US corporate media outlets demand that Washington escalate the risk of a broader war while downplaying important aspects of the conflict.
The Media’s Lies About Colin Powell’s Lies
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell received virtually wall-to-wall adulation in corporate media coverage of his death.
As Kabul Is Retaken, Papers Look Back in Erasure
Editorial boards trivialized South Asian lives, erased US responsibility and made untenable assertions about Washington’s motives.
Media Applaud the New Cold Wars—but Could US Be More Aggressive, Please?
As it propagandized about the US supposedly fighting for democracy, coverage betrayed a total indifference to the potential costs of these hostilities.
Israel/Palestine Coverage Presents False Equivalency Between Occupied and Occupier
Media coverage of heightened violence in Israel/Palestine has misrepresented events in the Israeli government’s favor by suggesting that Israel is acting defensively, presenting a false equivalency between occupier and occupied, and burying information necessary to understand the scale of Israeli brutality.
Media’s Top Meaning for ‘Proxy’ Is ‘Iranian Ally’
With the word “proxy,” corporate media downplay the extent of US interference in other countries, while frequently portraying Iran as undercutting other peoples’ independence.
Already Erasing His Record, Media Celebrate Biden’s ‘First’ Attack
The less clear a population is about the frequency and scale of murderous violence its government carries out, the easier it is for its ruling class to go about its wars. Fortunately for the US state, corporate media help manufacture collective amnesia by expunging US aggression from the record. When the Biden administration bombed Syria […]
Purging Inconvenient Facts in Coverage of Biden’s ‘First’ Air Attacks
The less clear the US population is about the frequency and scale of murderous violence its government carries out, the easier it is for the US ruling class to go about its wars. Fortunately for the US state, corporate media help manufacture collective amnesia by expunging US aggression from the record.
States Have No Inherent ‘Right to Exist’—but It’s a Media Fixation on Israel/Palestine
Coverage that asks whether Palestinians and pro-Palestinians acknowledge Israel’s “right to exist” poses an unhelpful question. The far more concrete, constructive and urgent one is: What is a fair arrangement under which all the peoples of historic Palestine can live?
‘US Leadership’—and Other Euphemisms for War
Joe Biden doesn’t become president for a month and a half, but already sections of the corporate media are calling on him to use US power to dominate the world.
US Media Lie About Bolivia’s Movement Toward Socialism—Before, During and After Election
That Bolivia’s MAS won this month’s election in an apparent landslide hasn’t meant an end to US media hostilities.
Israel Isn’t Signing ‘Peace’ Deals
“Peace deal” is a misleading label to apply to agreements that help cement a belligerent military alliance against Iran, and allow violence against Palestinians, Libyans and Yemenis to continue.
Hiding the Impact of US Sanctions on Lebanon
That Lebanon is enduring a major financial crisis was made clear; that US sanctions have contributed to the problem was obscured.
Media Conceal—or Celebrate—Depriving Syrians of Food and Medicine
US media coverage has endorsed, downplayed or ignored the harm the sanctions will inflict on Syria’s civilian population, and the misery years of previous sanctions have already inflicted.
Missing Perspective in Media: Iran/Venezuela Ties Are None of US’s Business
Corporate media coverage of Iranian oil shipments to Venezuela has framed the deliveries as a problem that needs to be solved, rather than a commercial transaction that doesn’t concern third parties.
