Diversity Of Views, Balance & Bias:
How Media Take Sides
Media: "Institutionalized Gutlessness"?
"No [reporter] has ever advanced their career in the last thirty years by coming up with a great investigative piece," says Greg Palast in a far-reaching interview on the 2000 presidential election, the Bush family's links to terrorism and his hopes for the future of journalism. From Guerrilla News Network
The Bravery Of Dissent
Booed offstage at a college campus, newspaper publisher Janis Besler Heaphy deserves wide acclaim for taking the currently rare stance that patriotism includes asking tough questions, says Nancy Snow. From Common Dreams, December 28
Media Tribunal
The media has indicted "American Taliban" John Walker "more efficiently than any prosecutor," writes Cynthia Cotts. From The Village Voice, January 2
Why Western Media Bashes Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Crown Prince claims that the U.S. and European media malign his country and his regime. Writing for a Saudi-owned newspaper, Uthman al-Rawwaf breaks down the "anti-Saudi media campaign." From World Press Review, October 30
Muslims Must Enter The British Media War
The English press is far too full of anti-Muslim views, says Bilal Patel, and it's up to Muslims in the UK to change this. From Yellow Times, December 9
Osama's Bad Press
Although editorial writers in the Middle East press have begun turning against bin Laden, that doesn't mean the United States has won its campaign for Muslim hearts and minds. From WorkingForChange.com (Working Assets), December 6
How To Write News (Not PR)
As Canadian and U.S. journalists are pushed or compelled to narrowly report
pro-war facts and views, radio journalist Byron Christopher offers some tips
on writing news without biased, loaded and emotive terms. From rabble news, November 12, 2001
Fearing Al-Jazeera
Hassan Al-Haifi says if the West hates Al-Jazeera, it's because the
pioneering Arab-language broadcaster is doing something right and the West
respects its professionalism. From Mid-East Newswire, December 3
Los Angeles Times Lines Up Behind Prez
A British reporter asks why the U.S. press uncritically supports Bush's
policies on war and civil liberties, with none of the skeptical analysis of
the U.K papers. From Media Guardian, December 3
News Post-Taliban: Women Are Back
The moving account of Rida Azimi, a young Afghan newscaster who
returned to Kabul Television — 48 hours after the Taliban fled — after
five years under the burqa. From Media Guardian, November 27
The Official Bias Of Mainstream News
Repeating the government line without comment may allow journalists to
claim neutrality, but in fact means they are implicitly siding with the
government. From MediaLens, November 27
Interview With A News Anchor
Jon Snow, the widely respected presenter of Channel 4's evening news,
argues that the lack of diverse views on the war and Islam is due to the absence
of good commentators, not censorship by the media. From OpenDemocracy,
November 22
Support? What Support?
The media have interpreted almost every poll to indicate popular
support for the war, when in fact most people in the world oppose the
U.S. and UK actions in Afghanistan.
From David Miller, Stirling
Media Research Institute, November 21
Airing Extremism
Are U.S. journalists fanning the flames by
overstating extremist Islamic views? Is the problem a lack of
prominent Muslim voices condemning bin Laden? Journalists and scholars
discuss. Plus: CNN anchor Judy Woodruff defends the
U.S.
media's handling of this unprecedented story. From
The WorldPaper, November
7
Why it's impossible to be objective and a dangerous trap to try.
From Index on Censorship, November 26
The warmongering belligerence of most mainstream U.S. pundits has shifted the debate far to the right.
From Alternet, November 21
The 10 most war-hungry U.S. columnists. From From Focus On The Corporation, November 15
Right-wing
pressure groups and fears of conservative backlash are keeping the
U.S. press from covering antiwar views.
From NewsForChange, November
9
Critiques from Cairo From World Press
Review, November 13
Indian journalists banned from Pakistan
From The News International via Globalvision News Network, November 9
Pakistan press perspectives From DAWN, November
15
War Of Words: Indian Vs. Pakistani Sites
From Online Journalism
Review, October 31
America's
op-ed militants From The
Nation, November 26
The
impatient press. From Christian Science Monitor,
November 13
Steven Ward: "The primary duty of journalists is not to the state, but to the public."
From Thunderbird,
October 25
Is the US media is contributing to anti-Americanism?
From Outlook India via Globalvision News Net, November 7
Indonesians likely to suffer over strong anti-American coverage.
From Globalvision News Network, November 1
The questioning minority
From Yellow Times, October 30
Cartoon: Why networks love the war
(see the odd story behind this comic)
From Access News
Reason Magazine: Blasting left, right and the Taliban
From The Village Voice, October 31
Media hawks press hard for bigger, escalating, maximum force.
From TomPaine.com, November 2
Dissecting The War: Week Eight
From MediaChannel, November 7
Fanning The Flames: A review of war coverage worldwide
From The American Prospect, ongoing
All Al-Jazeera, All The Time: a comprehensive collection of articles.
From Cursor.org, ongoing
The Television Archive: archived news broadcasts from around the world
From Television Archive
Beyond The Frame: Video, audio and text interviews challenging mainstream U.S. media
From Media Education Foundation, ongoing
The world, as seen on Arabic TV
From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, October 26
Report: British Muslims Need Media Access
From Access Media Alliance, February 12
Egypt: A Tale of Two Talk Shows
From Cairo Live via Globalvision News Network, October 23
Global Muslim Media Needed
From Dawn via Globalvision News Network, October 8
Michael Massing: A tight-lipped government mandates a demanding, challenging and forthright press.
From The Nation, October 29 edition
BBC Guidelines: Reject censorship and include anti-war views.
From Media Workers Against The War, October 22
More than 250 professors worldwide sign petition demanding better coverage
From Los Angeles Independent Media Center, October 12
Post-attack cartoons: racism or insight?
From Islam Online, October 15
Al-Jazeera must add English broadcasts or be at the mercy of Western translators.
From Middle East News Online, October 9
Al-Jazeera: Global Arab Voices
From Media Guardian, October 9
U.S. Editorial Pages: Emotions, Guidance And Debates
From Poynter.org, October 5
John Pilger: Same Old Warmongering Story
From Carlton Interactive, September 28
Western media: Demonizing enemies, ignoring calls for peace, spreading disinformation.
From Guardian Unlimited, October 4
Michael Massing: TV coverage "violated every canon of good journalism."
From The Nation, October 15
"Professionalism is largely responsible for the terrible coverage," says Robert McChesney.
From Lip Magazine, September 24, 2001
FAIR alert: "The New York Times has downplayed and distorted peace
rallies" UPDATE: The Times responds.
From Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), October 2
The fine lines between public service, patriotism and partisanship.
From The Christian Science Monitor Online, September 21
Criticism is patriotism.
From TomPaine.com, September 25
Surprise! World — and U.S. — support for Bush isn't unanimous.
From NewsForChange, September 24
UK media misrepresents the public's war doubts.
From Stirling Media Research Institute, October 3
Are pundits' war cries neglecting the facts?
From Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, September 17
Big Media's ties to Big Oil.
From NYC Indymedia, September 15
American news, global audience: Mideast news flows one way.
From Middle East News Wire, August 22, 2001
