Iraq War
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McClellan Missile: Media Crimes As War Crimes
Posted by Danny Schechter on 02 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Iraq War
A Hoax?
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 29 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Nidra Poller, Wall Street Journal On September 30, 2000, France 2 correspondent Charles Enderlin offered the world a front seat on the video shooting of Mohammed al-Durra and his father Jamal in the Gaza Strip. Eight years later, a man is acquitted of defamation charges after calling the video a hoax. |
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Whatever Happened to Iraq?
Posted by American Journalism Review on 28 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Sherry Ricchiardi, American Journalism Review How the media lost interest in a long-running war with no end in sight. |
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On Memorial Day: Press Coverage Probes Suicides
Posted by Editor and Publisher on 27 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher After years of being virtually ignored, the press is reporting on the frightful surge in suicide among Iraq vets both here and in Iraq. |
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Survey: Americans Say They’re Well-Informed, But Dissatisfied With Coverage of Iraq War
Posted by Poynter Online on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter Online Zogby survey commissioned by Poynter reveals the stories people remember and the stories they want. |
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Israeli Press Reports US Pledge of War on Iran - is Bush Preparing an October Surprise?
Posted by World Socialist Web Site on 21 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Website An Israeli press report that US President George W. Bush intends to launch a military attack on Iran before he leaves office at the beginning of next year prompted a heated denial from the White House. |
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Reporter Speaks on Iraq’s Effects
Posted by The Daily Northwestern on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Iraq War
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By Dan Fletcher, The Daily Northwestern NPR correspondent tells of reporting on ’shock and awe’ and its personal impact |
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Lions for Lambs - America in Need of Reporters
Posted by Huffington Post on 19 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Leslie Griffith, Huffington Post Seven years after 9/11, and a little more than two weeks before Memorial Day not much has changed. The mission in Iraq is still unclear. With few embedded journalists there, there is no way to know for sure who is telling the truth. |
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New Study Calls Pentagon’s ‘Embedded’ Media Program an Iraq ‘Victory’ for Bush
Posted by Huffington Post on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Greg Mitchell, The Huffington Post Sociologist Andrew M. Lindner describes what is billed as the only sociological study to date of the substantive content of media coverage during the first six weeks of the Iraq war. |
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Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
Posted by Democracy Now on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War, U.S. Military
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By Democracy Now Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. |
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Time Magazine Advocates invading Burma
Posted by Huffington Post on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Time Magazine, War Watch, Iraq War
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By Ben Cohen, Huffington Post For Time magazine’s World Editor Romesh Ratnesar, two failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq aren’t enough to dissuade him from invading another country. |
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‘Deafening’ Silence on Analyst Story
Posted by Politico on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Michael Calderone and Avi Zenilman, Politico David Barstow’s investigation of the Pentagon’s use of ex-military pundits to parrot Defense Department talking points on the air has been noticeably absent from television airwaves. |
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Memo to the Media: Have You Hosted the Person Who Told Rumsfeld, ‘You Are Our Leader’?
Posted by Media Matters on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Pentagon, Iraq War
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By Media Matters Following the publication of the April 20 New York Times front-page article on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon, the Department of Defense has released to the public numerous documents regarding the analyst program. |
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FCC Asked to Probe TV ‘Surrogates’
Posted by Variety.com on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Iraq War
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By Daniel Kimmel, Variety Top lawmakers blast retired military analysts. |
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Media Killings Show Journalism as ‘Perilous as Ever’ in Iraq
Posted by International Federation of Journalists on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Iraq War
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists has warned that the killing of a freelance reporter in a kidnap attempt yesterday reveals that the situation for media workers in Iraq remains as perilous as ever. |
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