Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.
The Corporate News Media at Work
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JOE LAURIA: Why the US Let Assange Go
The Consortium News editor examines the cumulative factors that led to the United States releasing WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from prison.
NATO SUMMIT: Not a Shield But a Bloodied Sword
When leaders of the military pact’s member states pontificate about its invaluable role in defending democracy, you can almost hear history guffawing in the background, writes John Wight.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance Emissions Fuel Climate Breakdown
The only winners from the military alliance’s spending policy are weapons manufacturers, concludes a briefing authored by the Transnational Institute and several nonprofits.
NATO SUMMIT: Collectively Losing Their Minds
Soon after Russia entered Ukraine, the Pentagon corrected Antony Blinken for saying Kiev would get NATO fighter jets. Blinken was applauded at the NATO summit yesterday for saying F-16s would soon arrive in Ukraine. What changed? asks Joe Lauria.
The Self-Destructive Malice of the UK Labour Right
Richard Sanders says voter support in the elections for Green, independent and Workers Party candidates represent a time bomb ticking beneath the new government’s majority.
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
UK Labour — the Party of Big Business
Ethan Shone reports on the access that Starmer’s frontbencher provided to corporate lobbying over the past 18 months or so, ever since the implosion of the Liz Truss regime made an opposition victory likely.
Scientists to Biden: Cancel New Nuclear IBM System
More than 700 scientists, in an open letter to the U.S. president and Congress, call the new intercontinental-range ballistic missile system, known as Sentinel, expensive and dangerous.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War
A hostile military alliance, now including even Sweden and Finland, is at the very borders of Russia. Chris Wright asks how Russian leaders are supposed to react to this as the NATO summit kicked off in Washington.