Censorship, Spin & Propaganda:
How The Media Are Used In Wartime

U.S. Censorship After September 11: An online index.
From National Coalition Against Censorship, ongoing
Action Alert:  Call on U.S. TV Networks To Resist Censorship Pressure

The Pentagon's Sex Symbol
Has the media actually changed since September 11? Maybe not — except the press seems to have fallen in love with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, writes Norman Solomon. From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), January 4

Goodnight, Sunshine Law
The federal law that requires government agencies and officials to disclose public records and documents — and be held accountable — has been all but wiped out thanks to a little-publicized memo by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcoft. From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, January 7

The Web: Perfect For Propaganda
This global war threatens to encompass ongoing conflicts from all over, as partisan news sites seek to brand their enemies as "terrorists."From Online Journalism Review, December 6

A Media Plan For Afghanistan
If Afghanistan is to develop into a peaceful, stable democracy, it must have international support for a free and inclusive media system. Hence this proposal by a coalition of press organizations. From InterNews, December 11
Also see: A Report On Afghan Media Assessment And Development.

The Silencing Of Davey D
After the radio host featured an anti-war discussion with Muslims and congressional war dissenter Barbara Lee and a debate on African American patriotism, he was fired. His bosses at radio giant Clear Channel Communications say it was simply cost-cutting. From TomPaine.com, December 3

Ashcroft's Criticism-Terrorism Equation
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recently told a Senate committee that those who criticize his antiterrorism plan "only aid terrorists." Er ... a justice department spokeswoman said that anyone who reported this was committing the same crime. From Spinsanity, December 10

Manufacturing Wartime Consent
Does media manipulation account for the nearly total public support for the war in Afghanistan that the Bush administration claims? If Americans use the Net to find alternative news sources, will that support wane? From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, December 10

War Reporters: In Danger And In The Dark
Despite the dangers, war reporters must have battlefield access to keep a close eye on the military, writes Kim Campbell, quoting veteran newsman Walter Cronkite, "We must know what they are doing in our name." From Christian Monitor, December 4
Also: Is the U.S. government lying about U.S. casualties to keep support?

Terrorists = Protesters = Indy Journalists?
Krystalline Kraus, an accredited independent journalist, tells of being illegally searched then booted by guards from a G-20 meeting in Ottawa. She sees less tolerance for dissenting voices following September 11. From Indymedia Ontario, November 26

Media In The Crossfire
While U.S. press freedom is in danger from the propaganda pressures after September 11, new economic pressures mean media jobs are at risk too. From Newspaper Guild, October 19

Italy: Tacit Propaganda
Gathering quotes from many commentators on Italian war coverage, Mariella Li Bergoli warns that the unmentioned threat of propaganda endangers press freedom as much as censorship. From MediaChannel, November 28

In Support Of Free Speech
A joint statement from representatives from the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Organization of American States condemning terrorism and insisting on the importance of broadcast and Internet freedom. From Index on Censorship, November 21

Hollywood Helps Out
Will profits take a back seat to patriotism when Hollywood lines up to support the "war effort"? Nope, says Marc Cooper. From The Nation, December 10

Governments must not put truth in jeopardy, insists this editorial from Africa.
From NDIMA

The military and the media can cooperate in war reporting while still doing their jobs properly.
From The Christian Science Monitor Online, November 14

Corporate radio and corporate hip hop are joining the battle to convince young Americans of color to support the war.
From NewsForChange, November 13

Ali Asadullah: Hollywood goes to war to pacify dissent at home.
From Islam Online via Globalvision News Network, November 12

News Dissector: Media management now in effect.
From MediaChannel, November 14

The Defense Department hired TRG, a Washington-based PR firm, to sell its war overseas
From The Nation magazine, November 7

Media in wartime — was it ever free?
From History News Network, October 12

Media toes the government line in UzbekistanFrom Eurasianet (Open Society Institute), November 15

Neutrality in reporting — the Kosovo Experience.
(In text and audio)
From TomPaine.com, November 1

Press freedom can undermine hate in the Arab world.
From EurasiaNet, October 31

The Pentagon's media policy is making a mockery of "free press" and the press has submitted willingly.
From The Nation, November 19 edition

Cartoon: War journalism, then and now
(requires Flash) From Motherjones.com

Hoax Or Horror: Why we need pranks
From Joey Skaggs, November 6

An interview with Aaron McGruder, creator of the controversial (and sometimes censored)comic strip "The Boondocks".
From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, October 5

Censorship by consent. From The Center for Public Integrity, October 31

Secrecy U.S.A. From The Nation magazine, October 31

The Fiery Power Of Al-Jazeera: The Station Everyone Wants To Censor
From Committee to Protect Journalists, October 23

Report: U.S. Press Freedom At Risk?
From Reporters sans frontières, October 11

Norman Solomon: Spinning the war — The U.S. PR campaign
From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), October 25

Propaganda Word-For-Word: The transcripts of U.S. broadcasts into Afghanistan
From The Monkeyfist Collective, October 24

Truth And Conflict In Uzbekistan
From Institute for War and Peace Reporting, October 23

What we don't know can hurt us
From Freedom Forum, October 22

Radio warfare in Afghanistan
From Index on Censorship, October 23

America's PR problem
From Earth Times, October 13

Can Bush and Blair keep journalists from filling the "information vacuum"?
From Daily Mail & Guardian, October 19

Information is in lockdown — but the leaks maybe hard to stop.
From Christian Science Monitor, October 12

Nancy Snow: We need more propaganda, not less.
From MediaChannel.org, October 16

Without images, a silent crisis.
From Guardian Unlimited, October 11

International journalists' group asks U.S. Secretary of State to leave al-Jazeera alone.
From Mail and Guardian, October 22

Kazakhstan radicals distribute pro-Taliban pamphlets and the Kazak media spread the story.
From Transitions-Online, October 22

An Indian's view of the Info-War.
From The Hoot

Action: Tell Secretary of Defense To Allow Journalists To Witness War
From WorkingForChange

Norman Soloman: Media fall for food drop propaganda.
From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), October 12

Report: Dangers of the new war
 From Committee to Protect Journalists, (ongoing)

Assume the U.S. media are repeating government and military lies.
From Alternet, October 8

Should terrorism be televised?
From The American Prospect, October 22

Journalists must resist "official spin."
From Tom Paine, September 25

Bush and bin Laden's rhetoric battles
From Christian Science Monitor, October 9

Afghanistan's ghost plays hide and seek on the airwaves.
From CairoLive via Globalvision News Network, October 9

Report: How the press has been restricted in recent U.S. conflicts.
From The Public I, September 28

John MacArthur: Military control and self-censorship will keep U.S. press in line.
From MediaChannel, September 26

Media organizations withhold new election recount results — should they?
From Inside.com, September 25

Laura Flanders: Let's get adversarial.
From Newsforchange.com, September 28

Free speech costs plenty, ask Bill Maher.
From Alternet, September 24

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