I’ve been studying Western (mostly UK) media quite closely for a few years. One of the features of the Western[...]
Category: Media Comment
Propaganda watch (monthly roundup)Propaganda watch (monthly roundup)
0 Comments 11:31 amSome examples of propaganda from the media this month: Times radio These are some examples: The headline on this piece[...]
Biden speaks and softly beats the drums of warBiden speaks and softly beats the drums of war
0 Comments 6:52 pm“We are the United States of America. We are the United States of America. And there is nothing beyond our[...]
Double-standards of sympathyDouble-standards of sympathy
0 Comments 5:54 pmI’m generally not posting anything on the Israel-Palestine situation. I don’t have much knowledge about it. I can see it[...]
Media balanceMedia balance
0 Comments 3:15 pmThis is Sky news giving Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti a chance to speak. My primary concern, on this site, is[...]
Censorship in the Independent about Saville and the BBCCensorship in the Independent about Saville and the BBC
0 Comments 10:43 amFrom time to time I post in the comments section in the Independent. About half the time my comments are[...]
The Western media’s “ideological manual”The Western media’s “ideological manual”
0 Comments 5:21 pmI was watching this ridiculous piece of “scholarship” on Russia and I was struck by the speaker’s claim about a[...]
What happened to asking questions?What happened to asking questions?
0 Comments 8:39 amIt is characteristic of mainstream Western media that they (almost?) never ask the people they interview on the Ukraine war[...]
Alleged bad behaviourAlleged bad behaviour
0 Comments 6:22 pmOne feature of the Russell Brand episode is that it has brought out a feature of the new ideology. If[...]
Trial by media – the modern way. Dealing with conspiraciesTrial by media – the modern way. Dealing with conspiracies
0 Comments 10:26 amThe media personality Russell Brand has been accused by a C4 Dispatches programme of a number of rapes and sexual[...]