Journalism

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Tue, 02/05/2023 - 01:30

Today, war by media is a key task of so-called mainstream journalism, reminiscent of that described by a Nuremberg prosecutor in 1945: 'Before each major aggression[...] they initiated a press campaign calculated to[...] prepare the people psychologically[...]"

The post John Pilger: From Yellow Journalism to China Bashing, the Media’s Enduring Role in Promoting War appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 21/04/2023 - 22:12
In Byline Times’ fourth anniversary print edition editorial, Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu explore how and why the established media continue to have a monopoly over the damaging narratives shaping our politics and culture – more than a decade after the phone-hacking scandal Culture is Upstream of Politics…  Trump strategist, right-wing ideologue-come-media executive and Cambridge […]
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 22:17
April 19, 2023, Central European University LONDON – In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, scientist Victor Frankenstein famously uses dead body parts to create a hyperintelligent “superhuman” monster that – driven mad by human cruelty and isolation – ultimately turns on its creator. Since its publication in 1818, Shelley’s story of scientific research … Continue reading FrankenTech
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Wed, 19/04/2023 - 19:11
Wilful blindness of UK politicians and media not mirrored internationally Al Jazeera’s ‘Labour Files’ documentary reveals the racism, sabotage and rigging committed by the Labour right during the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – and to complete the purge of the left after Keir Starmer conned party members into voting him in as leader. The documentary […]