Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action
We learn empathy-inducing details of Israelis’ captivity and physical appearance, while the 183 Palestinians remain a largely faceless mass.
Counting the Victims of Israel’s War on Gaza Is Low on Media’s Priority List
Over the course of Israel’s genocide, Western media have actively avoided investigating the true human costs of the war.
Friedman Is Back as Midwife to Help Trump Rebirth Middle East
Thomas Friedman offers his latest version of how much better everyone could be doing if they paid attention to the self-appointed secretary of humanity.
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.
ACTIVISM UPDATE: Responses Show WaPo Is Hearing From Its Critics
Washington Post editors may not be backing down, but they are hearing you.
Media Downplay Israeli Violations of Hezbollah Ceasefire
Despite the overwhelming number of Israeli attacks in the post-ceasefire period, news audiences have heard that a “tense ceasefire holds.”
‘Media Institutions Have Played a Direct Role in Undermining Democracy’:
Transcript of The Best of CounterSpin 2024
“Journalism is absolutely critical for democracy, and we have to remember that moving forward.”
‘That Amnesty Is Claiming This Is Genocide Is Profound and Necessary’:
CounterSpin interview with Iman Abid on Israeli genocide
“They’re trying to do everything in their ability to try to legitimize these killings, and dehumanize Palestinians.”
The Best of CounterSpin 2024
This is the time of year when we take a listen back to some of the conversations from the past year that have helped us clarify the events that bombard us.
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.
Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide
While not the first to ask us to see the assault on Palestinians as genocide, Amnesty’s report offers an opening to ask why some are so invested in saying it isn’t.
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Genocide
Corporate media outlets continue to dance around the word “genocide” while the Israeli military carries out the systematic mass killing of Palestinians.
Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict
A federal jury has just found military contractor CACI responsible for its part in Abu Ghraib abuse, in a ruling being called “exceptional in every sense of the term.”
WaPo: When Israeli Leaders Commit War Crimes, They Can Prosecute Themselves
The Washington Post argued that rules needn’t apply to the West and its allies, since they have the “means [and] mechanisms to investigate themselves.”
Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence
Rather than acknowledging that there was ethnic animosity on both sides, some articles about the melee elevated the violence to the level of a “pogrom.”
Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese ‘Strongholds’
Western corporate media outlets have done a fine job of legitimizing Israel’s mass killing, displacement and destruction in Lebanon.
Despite History of Fabrication, Press Uncritically Covers IDF-Provided Documents on Hamas
Documents received from intelligence agencies should be treated with skepticism,especially true when their government has a well-documented history of lying.
In Midst of Palestinian Genocide, Late Hamas Leader Scolded for ‘Eradicating’ Israel
After the Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, it didn’t take long for the usual media suspects to line up with their anti-eulogies.
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.
