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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsUlli DiemerComment and analysis from a libertarian perspective on topics such as censorship and freedom of speech, political correctness, double standards, identity politics, post-modernism, media bias, atheism, secularism, and arc... Sources Select ResourcesBanks Are "Where the Money Is" In The Drug War Big Lenders Face Few Hard Consequences for Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws Conroy, Bill Article 2012 NarcoNews Man of the largest banks in the world have been accused of failing to comply with anti-money laundering laws — thereby enabling, collectively, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of suspicious trans... Covering Israel-Palestine: The BBC's Double StandardsAn Exchange With The BBC#s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen Article 2008 Medialens The priorities of the news media mean that the more Palestinians are killed, the less importance their deaths have to news organisations. Conversely, the fewer Israelis killed the more seriousness the... 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyoneDiemer, Ulli Article 2009 Canadian Dimension - Volume 43, Number 1 - January/February 2009 On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on ... Free speech for me - you shut upDiemer, Ulli Article 2008 Ulli Diemer The right to express offensive views is at the very heart of the principle of free speech.
How Truth Slips Down The Memory HolePilger, John Article 2007 John Pilger, applies to current events Orwell's description in '1984' of how the Ministry of Truth consigned embarrassing truth to a memory hole. He highlights the killing of a Palestinian cameraman b... Israeli Deaths Matter MoreArticle 2008 Medialens The reality is that by devoting disproportionate coverage to Israeli deaths over Palestinian deaths, the BBC#s claims to #impartial# reporting are simply demolished. With great consistency, lives in t... The Right Kind Of TerrorCromwell, David; Edwards, David Article 2012 Medialens When is an act of terrorism not terrorism? When the victims are officially sanctioned state enemies. The Selective Compassion of the Media & Human Rights EstablishmentIgnoring the Victims of State Crimes Kovalik, Daniel Article 2012 CounterPunch “Human rights” doctrine has devolved into a mere tool used by the U.S. to carry out its imperial aims, and many times by means (such as war) which cause many more human rights violations than they pur... Somebody Else's AtrocitiesChomsky, Noam Article 2012 Truthout Atrocities commited by official enemies are routinely condemned, but atrocities for which our own country is responsible are rarely mentioned. Why is India so bad for women?Pidd, Helen Article 2012 The Guardian Of all the G20 nations, India has been labelled the worst place to be a woman. How is this possible in a country that prides itself on being the world's largest democracy? Why make a fuss about the murder of a brown-skinned Muslim girl?Diemer, Ulli Article 2008 Radical Digressions History gives us numerous examples of social movements which come, over time, to adopt positions directly opposed to the principles on which they were founded. It appears this has happened to the 'fem... Sources BookshelfThe Missing NewsFilters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press Hackett, Robert A.; Gruneau, Richard; with Donald Gutstein, Timothy A. Gibson and Newswatch Canada Book 2000 Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news i... |
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