Pearls and Irritations is widely read outside Australia. In particular, its content is now reviewed by certain media writing and presenting in Chinese in Hong Kong. The latest example is a story written by Chen, Jingli, published in the leading Chinese newspaper (by circulation) in Hong Kong, the long-established Oriental Daily. The translated title of Continue reading »
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Amanpour expressed “real distress” over Israel stories being changed, while other staffers described a climate that is hostile to Arab journalists.
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Pakistan’s election was so thoroughly corrupted that the U.S. should not recognize the coalition claiming to be able to form a government, according to 31 members of Congress.
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“I have been complicit in the violent domination of the world and I will never get the blood off my hands.”
The post Aaron Bushnell, Who Self-Immolated for Palestine, Had Grown Deeply Disillusioned With the Military appeared first on The Intercept.
A narrative-defining Times investigation claimed to uncover Hamas’s systemic weaponization of sexual violence. The story and its authors are under fire.
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As a signatory to the Genocide Convention, Australia is obliged to prevent any action that further risks the survival of the Palestinian people and failure to do so risks complicity in genocide. In the absence of a response from the Australian government to the ICJ ruling, at least 100 groups representing civil society are observing Continue reading »
Israeli media has debunked the ultra-Orthodox group’s stories, but the New York Times won’t say so.
The post American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel appeared first on The Intercept.
Mr. Liu Dafeng has been a fan of overseas travel. He lives in China’s Shenzhen city, southeastern Guangdong province. After weeks of preparation and paperwork, his plan of a long-awaited trip to Britain was shattered after his visa application was denied. The reason was quite absurd: the officer at the British visa application centre in Continue reading »
In Hong Kong, a vibrant Chinese media-oasis is forming within the vast territory long staked-out by the exceptionally dominant Mainstream Western Media. Caitlin Johnstone has steadily become one of the most lucid and compelling, short-form-writers in English focused on contemporary geopolitics. Johnstone is better than most at observing relevant pith and substance that escapes commentary Continue reading »
The pro-Israel group DMFI wants to undermine a Michigan protest vote against Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
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