‘Propaganda Against North Korea and the Travel Ban Go Hand in Hand’
“It’s called the forgotten war, but I think the US would rather us forget it, because its involvement in that war was just genocide.”
Amanda Yee on Korean Travel Ban, Hyun Lee on Korea History
Media have an active disinterest in telling the story of the Korean peninsula in anything other than static, cartoonish terms.
Obits for a South Korean Dictator Gloss Over US’s Anti-Democratic Role
The US role in supporting dictatorship in South Korea and its involvement in a 1980 massacre were either erased or whitewashed.
Beijing’s Movie War Propaganda—and Washington’s
Each aspect of Chinese propaganda complained about in Battle at Lake Changjin is routinely employed by US media, and have been for years.
‘Washington Has Been Asking the Wrong Question on North Korea’
“We need to shift our priorities now, from war to human needs. And in the case of Korea, a peace agreement would actually allow all parties to do that, so that all sides can start to reduce their arms.”
Ending the Forever Wars: Phyllis Bennis on Afghanistan, Hyun Lee on Korea
Puzzling out what’s behind the “more war will lead to peace” argument in Afghanistan–and listening to people in North and South Korea who seek an end to the militarized tension they’ve lived under for more than 70 years.
US News Falsely Reports That North Korea Threatened to Nuke US
Whatever inflammatory rhetoric North Korean officials may or may not use in the face of perceived attacks on the country, journalists ought to remind their audiences that North Korean government officials are no more suicidal than any other country’s leaders.
CNN’s Portrayal of North Korea as Lawless Aggressor Reverses Reality
When an international siege campaign impoverishes North Korea and causes mass starvation, US propagandists sadistically mock the North for selling sand, calling it a “rogue state” that “starves its own people.”
Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s
The North Korea Law of Journalism is a phenomenon in which editorial standards among US corporate media “are inversely proportional to a country’s enemy status.”
Media Omit Context Behind Latest North Korean Missile Tests
In covering North Korea’s series of missile tests over the past few months, US media continue to portray Pyongyang’s actions as unwarranted provocations to obtain an advantage over the US in negotiations, while dismissing the North’s stated objectives for their missile tests.
North Korea Law of Journalism Strikes Again as Envoy Rises From Dead
Editorial standards and quality of reporting on a country are inversely proportional to its relationship with the US: Friendly countries are reported on favorably, whereas anything goes with enemy states like Venezuela, Iran or North Korea.
‘It’s as if Korea as a Country Just Doesn’t Exist to Them’
“The fact that the two leaders are meeting and trying to work out a peace is just seen as a negative, and even almost a crime.”
Tim Shorrock on Korea Summit, Jon Schwarz on Elliott Abrams
The last thing you’ll get from US media’s assessment of the prospect of peace on the Korean peninsula? What Koreans think.
Koreans Missing From Commentary on Korean Summit
In major-paper opinion coverage of the Singapore summit, the people with the most to lose and gain from the summit, the people whose nation was actually being discussed—Koreans—were almost uniformly ignored.
Korean Voices Missing From Major Papers’ Opinions on Singapore Summit
In major-paper opinion coverage of the Singapore summit, the people with the most to lose and gain from the summit, the people whose nation was actually being discussed—Koreans—were almost uniformly ignored.
Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced
Corporate media promoted the view that the United States should only negotiate with North Korea when “negotiation” means “forcing the DPRK under nuclear duress to do whatever America says.”
Why Do US Media Only Worry About One Authoritarian’s Nukes?
One might expect this concern over the United States’ authoritarian trajectory to be reflected in analysis of events as they unfolded in Singapore. But when corporate media’s focus turns outward, it seems the only radical, isolated and cultish dictator we need to worry about is Kim.
What Do US Pundits Know About North Korea That 88% of South Koreans Don’t?
According to a recent poll, 88 percent of the South Korean public viewed the recent peace summit as a success. Reading US media, one would hardly know this.
NYT Examines How History Impacts Korean Talks—but Its Own Memory Is Fuzzy
It’s not surprising that the US and North Korea view the history of Libyan disarmament differently, when the New York Times can’t even agree with the New York Times about it.
Liberals, Conservatives Worry About Korean Peace Threat
Commentators across the spectrum of acceptable establishment opinion are alarmed by the possibility of peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula.
