US News Orgs Nearly Silent on Israel’s Violent Suppression of Journalism
Reports that documented Israel’s shameless targeting of the journalists who cover its war crimes were met with near silence by US corporate media.
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.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat as US Media Look Away
Targeting journalists appears to be part of Israel’s efforts to prevent documentation of its atrocities.
NYT Not Much Concerned About Israel’s Mass Murder of Journalists
A review of six months of New York Times coverage exposes a remarkable selective interest in threats to journalism.
Smearing Photojournalists as Hamas Collaborators Gets Them Added to a Hit List
Israeli officials are accusing major news media of coordinating with Hamas, painting Palestinian stringers as terrorist operatives.
NYT Runs Interference for IDF as It Bombs Jabalia Refugee Camp
The New York Times, and other news outlets, have employed a lexicon that diminishes, denies, obscures and justifies Israeli war crimes.
Israeli Attacks on Journalists Stifle Reporting on Gaza Horrors
The ability of reporters to cover Gaza is jeopardized by the alarming number of newspeople Israel has killed since the crisis began.
Israel Killed Reporter Abu Akleh—but US Media Disguised the Facts
Many US outlets used a back-and-forth blame frame to report the killing of veteran war correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh.
Israel’s War Against Press Turns More Literal
Israel’s attack on two prominent news agencies is a sign that it seeks to stifle information coming out of Gaza, but also, as its political center of gravity moves sharply to the right, a sign that the nation is at war not just with its occupied population, but with the notion of a free society itself.
‘Freedom Is Blossoming’: After Dismembering a Journalist, Saudi Arabia Goes on a PR Spree
Since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman has been on a media charm offensive, trying to present one of the most repressive states in the world as a progressive, emerging country.
Weirdly, Trump Is as Blase About Russia Killing Journalists as He Is About US Killing Journalists
It’s easy to get outraged by the crimes of official enemies, and to forget or to justify the crimes of the state you identify with. What really sets Trump apart is that he seems lackadaisical about both types of crimes.
Dead Journalists and the Newseum Scandal
A memorial for journalists who died while reporting the news wouldn’t seem to be the kind of thing that would attract controversy, but that’s exactly what’s happened with an exhibit at the Newseum.
Maddow Wonders Why Libyan Journalists Aren’t Being Targeted
MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow had a discussion last week (3/31/11) about the U.S. role in the Libya War with Col. Jack Jacobs, an MSNBC military consultant. Jacobs described the U.S. military’s “ability to jam communications that take place between units or among units of Gadhafi’s army,” then referred to the U.S.’s ability to jam electronic transmissions […]
FAIR Study: Human Rights Coverage Serving Washington’s Needs
Click here to download pdf. Any evenhanded comparison of the Colombian and Venezuelan governments’ human rights records would have to note that, though Venezuela’s record is far from perfect, that country is by every measure a safer place than Colombia to live, vote, organize unions and political groups, speak out against the government or practice […]
Dancing—or Yawning—on the Grave of Carlo Giuliani
After a police officer shot Carlo Giuliani in the head, Time magazine published a requiem of sorts — explaining that the 23-year-old Italian protester pretty much got what he deserved. “One man died in Genoa; a man, we must presume, who was swayed by the false promise that violence — not peaceful protest, not participation […]
Propaganda or Patriotism?
On June 2, the U.N.’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that its 11-month assessment found no reason to open a criminal investigation of NATO’s 1999 bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Five days later, Amnesty International released a report, “‘Collateral Damage’ or Unlawful Killings?,” finding that NATO had […]
