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
Tag: BBC
The Media Kept Assange Behind Bars
The establishment press acted in concert to assassinate the character of the WikiLeaks founder, making it respectable to hate him, writes Jonatahn Cook.
Why Media Have Failed Gaza
The media’s job is to create uncertainty, doubt and confusion. Our job is to explode that lie, denying them and the political class an alibi, Jonathan Cook told a peace rally in Bristol on the weekend.
An Israeli Ambassador & the Failure of Media
New Zealand national broadcaster TVNZ had a chance to hold Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand to account. What transpired was hard to look at, writes Mick Hall.
How Western Media Built the Case for Genocide
From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalized accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are serving as propagandists, writes Jonathan Cook.
MSM Target Galloway at Victory Party
A victory bash for the people of Rochdale descended into chaos when hit teams of MSM reporters took the prime minister’s cue to go after the newly elected member of Parliament.
BBC Hamas ‘Exposé’ Obscured Israel’s Genocide
With tens of thousands of Palestinians slaughtered, Panorama chose to hand the microphone over to the very military doing the killing, writes Jonathan Cook.
Craig Murray: Your Man on Assange’s Final Appeal
The WikiLeaks publisher’s legal trial has been a travesty and charade marked by undisguised institutional hostility. Now we are in the last-chance-saloon at the Royal Courts of Justice.
For Western Media, Only Israeli Lives Matter
Across the Anglo-American mainstream media the killing of Palestinians is seen as normal. It’s only Israeli lives that matter, writes Des Freedman.
The War Machine Wants You to Condemn Hamas
The act of condemnation has been cynically weaponised, writes Jonathan Cook. The aim is not to show solidarity with Israelis. It’s to fan the flames of hatred to rationalise crimes against Palestinians.