AltWeeklies Wire
Project Censored: The Top 10 Stories the US Media Missednew
The mainstream media regularly covers terrorism, but rarely discusses how the fear of attacks is used to manipulate the public and set policy. That's the common thread of many unreported stories last year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
10-01-2008 |
Media
Can the Boston Globe Really be to Blame for Rakan Hassan's Death?new
Two years ago, the Boston Globe profiled an orphaned Iraqi boy spirited to Boston for medical care. Earlier this summer, he was killed -- apparently targeted by insurgents. Could local coverage really be to blame?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
08-07-2008 |
Media
Too Many Journalists are Just Genetically Modified Mouthpiecesnew
In 2003, when I was working as an anchor for a San Francisco TV station, newscasters and reporters across the country were asked by the White House to refer to the Iraqi invasion as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). We were asked to call the war in Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). With press releases in hand, journalists repeated genetically modified words as if their DNA depended upon it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Leslie Griffith |
06-11-2008 |
Media
Tags: Iraq, War on terror, journalism, media, Afghanistan, language, war & peace, rhetoric, public relations
'Bilal Is No Insurgent'new
A Philadelphia Daily News photographer rallies behind his jailed Iraqi colleague.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
12-17-2007 |
Media
Bacevich's Warnew
Vietnam vet, Boston University professor, and critic of US foreign policy Andrew J. Bacevich must confront the aftermath of losing his son in Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-06-2007 |
Media
CBS Silences General Dissentnew
CBS News has reached a new low when it censors even a pro-war Republican retired general merely for criticizing the president.
New York Press |
Amy Goodman |
06-07-2007 |
Media
A Reporter Stands Up to the Armynew
Sarah Olson refuses to testify against an antiwar soldier -- and faces felony charges.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
01-10-2007 |
Media
What About the Other Guilty Men?new
While most Western media outlets hailed Saddam Hussein's execution as a victory for democracy in Iraq, the mood among Middle East editorialists was one of foreboding.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
01-08-2007 |
Media
Other Sides of the Storynew
Military bloggers take aim at mainstream media.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-08-2006 |
Media
Wiffle-Ball Coverage of Bushnew
The hard-hitting 60 Minutes special on the rationale for war, benched in the run-up to the 2004 election, was finally aired last week.
L.A. Alternative |
Robert Scheer |
05-02-2006 |
Media
Shock Knockin'new
Opposition to gruesome war coverage shows weak beliefs, not stomachs.
L.A. Alternative |
Evan George |
04-11-2006 |
Media
War-Loving Pundits
The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion was bound to attract a lot of media coverage, but scant recognition went to the pundits who helped make it all possible.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
03-16-2006 |
Media
A Wartime Media Taboonew
Why are the media ignoring the option of quick withdrawal from Iraq?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Norman Solomon |
01-26-2005 |
Media
The American Press Saw No Evil, Heard No Evil, Reported No Evilnew
As American legislators and pundits gather to heap criticism on the Bush administration over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse in Iraq, the American press has silently slithered away from taking any responsibility for its inability to report on the behavior of U.S. soldiers until the story was dumped on its lap.
The Athens NEWS |
Abhinav Aima |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Single-Minded Media Focus on Iraq Has Its Costnew
Iraq dominates the news, squeezing out a lot of puffy stories, but some worthwhile reporting has become another casualty of the war. (Column also has local [Boston] items that can be cut.)
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
08-07-2004 |
Media
