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“Whenever you see sanctions, you really should think war, because that’s really ultimately the outcome.”
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.
The ultimate goal of the New York Times editorial was to promote the idea that war with Iran could potentially be desirable—and certainly justifiable.
“He did what Oppenheimer wouldn’t do…. And the result was that we have not seen an atomic bomb used since Nagasaki.”
The long-fought effort to get legal acknowledgement of the abuse of Iraqi detainees in the Iraq War is coming to a federal court in Virginia.
Please tell the New York Times to correct its false claim that there is no doubt that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
As we slide closer to what was once considered the ultimate insanity—nuclear Armageddon—corporate media seem to be egging on reckless leaders.
“If the press would do its work and inform people about the treaty…then maybe these countries could be prodded to sign.”
Alex Jones’ lawyer says talking about his white supremacism would “distract from the main issues.” What are the “main issues” about Jones?
It’s of critical importance—indeed, existential importance—to the world: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. And a coalition of peace organizations in the United States is charging that media are acting like the treaty “does not exist.” The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is waging a campaign to encourage press coverage of the treaty, which, […]
Confusion about whether it still counts as journalism when it’s challenging to power is as distressing an assessment of today’s elite media as you need
“Pentagon spending is the least effective way to create jobs…. Infrastructure spending is about one-and-a-half times as many jobs as Pentagon spending, and education spending more than twice as many.”
While we’re talking about the dangers of Trump having his hand on the nuclear button, we should also be asking why we maintain a world-ending arsenal at all.
Every time the media mindlessly report Iran has a “nuclear weapons program” rather than a “nuclear program” (or, better, a “nuclear energy” or “nuclear power program”), they further advance the myth that Iran’s intentions or “ambitions” are to build a nuclear bomb, which is something we have no evidence it is doing or plans to do
CBS’s discussion would have been more satisfying if someone had acknowledged the reality that it would be foolish for Iran to accept unlimited inspections at any location on its territory, because the United States has in the past used inspections as a cover for espionage that facilitated military attacks.
Accurate headlines would not leave casual readers with the impression that Venezuela was interested in getting a nuclear bomb, or in trying to nuke New York.
Right-wing columnist Jonah Goldberg slams Obama for expressing support for a ‘nuclear free world’– which was what Reagan said too.
Yesterday in USA Today (9/22/13), Aamer Madhani wrote this about the challenges facing Barack Obama: The president is also trying to take advantage of a diplomatic opening—created by the installation of a new, more moderate president in Iran—to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear weapons program. As you might know by now, this is misleading; […]
A well-respected research group posted a short article on its website about the location of a second launchpad for Iran’s space program. That’s not big news–but it can be made to sound like scary news in the New York Times.
CBS Face the Nation gave Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet another chance to make dubious claims about the threats posed by Iran’s supposed weapons.
