Archive for the ‘Manufacturing consent’ Category
Monday, April 17th, 2006
In an attempt to disguise the current Israeli military operations in Nablus as a response to the suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv, the Israeli media are either directly lying that the military entered Nablus "in response to the terror attack" (Jerusalem Post) or strongly implying the same by saying the army ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
In the weeks before the the 15th of February, the scale of world opposition to the impending invasion of Iraq started to become clear. Even the majority of the Western ruling elite were against it and proposed alternatives.
In the run up to the London demo, much of the liberal press ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
Back in February 2003 there was quite a lot of coverage of the anti-war movement in the liberal press. One decent article was about the politicisation of young British Muslims in reaction to the increasingly agressive stance of western governments against Muslim countries since 9/11.
At the same time, there was ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
Here's a reminder of the high level of censorship there was in media during the run up to the start of the occupation of Iraq. Back in February 2003, the pacifist folk band Seize the Day were disqualified from the BBC's annual world music awards [free registration required] merely because ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
Apparently, Saddam Hussein was corrupt and tried to nick money using the UN oil-for-food programme. Who knew? More interesting is this Washington Times op-ed, which is just the height of hypocracy. Even more interesting is how the list of the accused includes anti-sanctions and anti-war activists, with no evidence whatsoever. ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
Last one from the archives for now. Did this after getting angry at the nonsense I woke up hearing on BBC Radio 1's news bulletin back in 2004. Originally posted on Indymedia UK, where you can find some debate about it.
by Asa Winstanley
The national survey of Iraq conducted this February ...
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