Emails Reveal Epstein’s Ties to Mossad—But Corporate Media Looked Away
Information from a major hack targeting Israel revealed that Jeffrey Epstein played a significant role in brokering multiple deals for Israeli intelligence.
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.
‘You Had US Media Carrying Out Incitement to Genocide, and Then Shifting to Genocide Denial’
CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on how to deny genocide
“It’s necessary…for this genocide to unfold, to have the American public either ginned up for the violence, or confused about it.”
Flotilla Coverage Both-Sidesed Delivering Food to Starving People
News outlets took care to balance the humanitarian activists trying to bring food to a starving population with defenders of a genocidal regime.
Gregory Shupak on Gaza Genocide Denial
Major media suggest we use something other than our own eyes and judgment and humanity to assess the Gaza situation, and how to act in the face of it.
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.
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.
When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note
The different treatment accorded to the plights of Palestinian and Israeli prisoners by US corporate media illustrates a persistent double standard that treats some people as more human than others.
UN Declares Genocide in Gaza While 250 US Lawmakers Are in Israel
It is surely in the interest of the public to know if their local representatives were in Israel networking with parties to what the UN has labeled a genocide.
‘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.
For US Corporate Media, Italy’s Gaza Protests Had Two Strikes Against Them
After a massive Italian mobilization against genocide in Gaza, there was only a smattering of online coverage among US corporate media outlets.
Barnard Prez’s NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy
The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.
NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It
A declaration by genocide scholars that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza was widely seen as significant news–but not by the New York Times.
More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage
Even when outlets addressed the consequences of food deprivation, reporting still fell short of holding Israel responsible for deliberately inducing starvation.
On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires
Western governments have long chosen to normalize the state-sanctioned murder of journalists. But journalists don’t have to.
Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.
Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day
How do you explain that violent crime is on the decline? AP relegates reality to a dependent clause, and then recites inflammatory hysteria word for word.
‘The Fact That It’s Happening Shouldn’t Be a Surprise’:
CounterSpin interview with Ari Paul on genocide in Gaza
“I think it’s a success of Israel’s control of the narrative that sometimes it’s really not well understood that the occupation is central to all this.”
NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference
The New York Times’ opinion page carries political weight, and sounding the alarm on genocide earlier could have had an impact.
For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes
It would be hard to make up a story with more dramatic potential. Yet corporate media somehow knew this was a story to steer clear of.
