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- 26 Sep 2008ByJon Snow | Steve Hewlett
Jon Snow expresses his anger at the media cover-up of Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan, which he views as evidence of the overly friendly relationship between the press and the Ministry of Defence.
- 23 Sep 2008By
A recent Daily Telegraph article alleging that enriched uranium has gone missing from the Iranian facility at Isfahan has been slammed by the IAEA as “fictitious”, but the Telegraph has refused to publish a correction or a letter to the editor and no other mainstream outlet has reported the story.
- 23 Sep 2008ByGeorge Monbiot
The Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has published 38 articles about asbestos. Every one of them, writes George Monbiot, is wrong.
- 18 Sep 2008ByDave Crouch
Dave Crouch looks at the media reporting on a recent case of death by friendly fire in Aghanistan. When will the press learn not to take MPD press releases at face value, he asks.
- 16 Sep 2008ByMedia Lens
Media Lens explores the discrepancy in mainstream coverage of the non-disaster in New Orleans and the horrific devastation caused by Hurricane Gustav in Haiti.
- 12 Sep 2008ByRobert Taylor
Robert Taylor mourns the demise of labour reporting and insists we still need to report on the world of work.
- 11 Sep 2008ByJohn Pilger
John Pilger examines news as parody as those prominent in the British media seek to justify the official versions of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 11 Sep 2008
ByRebecca Wood
A new report has found that, since 2000, two thirds of newspaper articles about Muslims in Britain portray British Muslims as either ‘a threat’ or ‘problem’. The Institute of Race Relations reports
- 10 Sep 2008
ByNUJ
The NUJ has released a short film highlighting some of the problems faced by journalists covering public demonstrations. The film, Press Freedom: Collateral Damage, includes examples of the police obstructing journalists in their work.
- 09 Sep 2008ByMedialens
As humanity teeters on the brink, the corporate media are sure to give increasing coverage to dubious and risky “technofixes.” Influential business lobbyists will make ever-greater efforts to push for lucrative, but diversionary, “solutions” to climate chaos. We need to be alert to such self-serving manoeuvres and willing to expose them.
- 04 Sep 2008ByMedialens
Medialens expose the corporate media’s customary hypocrisy over the recent events in South Ossetia.
- 03 Sep 2008ByArun Kundnani
Policy Exchange, the Social Affairs Unit and the Centre for Social Cohesion are driving the political agenda on Muslims in Britain while thinktanks on the left are largely silent, writes Arun Kundnani.
- 02 Sep 2008ByJudith Brown
Dr Judith Brown answers Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor on the British media’s alleged bias against Israel.
- 29 Aug 2008ByTahrir Swift
Tahrir Swift discusses the dubious case of a recent female Iraqi suicide bombers – and the characteristically gullible media treatment of it.
- 27 Aug 2008ByAndy Rowell
Andy Rowell on the mainstream media and PR industries interpretation of the war in Georgia.
- 23 Aug 2008ByNicholas Jones
In evidence to a House of Lords’ inquiry into the government’s spin machine, Nicholas Jones says televised lobby briefings would introduce a new sense of discipline and accountability.
- 22 Aug 2008ByYaakov Lappin
Yaakov Lappin reports on how the Israeli Defence Force shut down BBC radio transmitters in Hebron on Wednesday, acting on orders of the Communications Ministry and citing interference with communications at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
- 20 Aug 2008ByJudith Brown
In response to Adel Darwish’s article in the July issue of The Middle East magazine, where Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, spoke of how, he believes, UK media reporting of Israel has become less objective in recent years, Arab Media Watch adviser Dr Judith Brown looks at the issue from a different perspective.
- 01 Aug 2008ByDavid Wearing
Commenting on George Monbiot’s recent article discussing nuclear proliferation, David Wearing argues that we must be very careful about assuming the existence of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme given the consequences at stake.
- 29 Jul 2008By
Amnesty’s response to Media Lens’ latest alert is a welcome step in the campaign for fair representation of Western foreign policy’s “unworthy victims”.