media

By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | – – Jon Stewart is the most brilliant man on television, and Steve Colbert said it well, that we’ve all learned from him “how to do our jobs” — the job being to be a critical consumer of information and news. Not having him to turn to at […]

African-Americans

White Male News: As US Diversifies, Newsrooms Lag

contributors

By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Although the United States as a whole is becoming more ethnically diverse, newsrooms remain largely dominated by white, male reporters, according to a recent investigation by The Atlantic magazine. It found that just 22.4 percent of television journalists, 13 percent of […]

Democratic Party

Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?

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Thom Hartmann | (Video report) | – – “Thom Hartmann shares about media coverage of a new Quinnipiac poll, but the coverage leaves out some important information. Why? because Bernie is an outsider.” Thom Hartmann: “This Is How the Establishment Takes Down the Outsiders like Bernie Sanders…”

Featured

Iran Deal: Why doesn’t US Media interview Real Allies on American Policy?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – So after France and Britain and Germany conducted negotiations with Iran over its civilian nuclear enrichment program alongside the United States, you would expect American television news eagerly to seek out interviews on the deal from David Cameron, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel– or foreign ministers […]

Iran

“The World Has Changed’: Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal

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By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | – – Almost every front page of Iran's daily newpapers covered the nuclear deal on Wednesday 15 July. Screenshot from www.jaaar.com. Iran's media landscape is typically a place to gauge what differences lie across the country's political factions. However, on Wednesday, July 15, the country's various publications seemed […]

Apartheid

Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

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By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Territories This past Spring Amira Hass, correspondent for Haaretz, spoke at the Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University. Hass, an Israeli who has won numerous awards for […]

Arab Spring

Syria: When al-Assad Regime shuts off Internet, State Violence Spikes

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By Sarah Myers West | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – EFF has noted and protested when authorities deliberately cut off Internet access in times of unrest. As a restraint on the freedom of expression of those affected, communication blackouts during protests are unconscionable. But recent research by Anita Gohdes, a postdoctoral researcher at the […]

journalism

The #SaudiCables reveal how Money Controls Media, Politicians & … MTV?

contributors

By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices Online) | – – The half million leaked cables to be released about Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy by WikiLeaks, which have sparked debates across the Gulf’s social media, offer an invaluable insight into the kingdom’s foreign policy. The information in the leaked cables range from issues with visas […]

Islamophobia

CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag

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AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “A CNN reporter saw a sex toy banner at a London Pride event and thought it was an ISIS flag.” AJ+: “CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag”