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US ‘Escalates Covert Iran Missions’
Posted by MediaChannel on 01 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: North America, VIDEO, War Watch, Middle East
Al Jazeera’s Ghida Fakhry talks to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh about his latest article in New Yorker magazine, claiming that US congressional leaders have agreed to a presidential request for up to $400 million in funding for covert operations against Iran.
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March to war
Posted by The Phoenix on 06 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, IR, War Watch, Middle East, Iraq War
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By Adam Reilly, Boston Phoenix Why isn’t the press paying more attention to a possible attack on Iran? |
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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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Al-Qaeda’s PR Strategy on the Internet: Free Propaganda
Posted by Yemen Times on 24 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, War Watch, propaganda
The violent Islamists of al-Qaeda may be accused of promoting an antiquated ideology, but when it comes to the movement’s PR strategy, they adhere to the most modern standards.
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Myth: Americans tuned out Iraq — Fact: The press tuned out Iraq
Posted by Media Matters on 04 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, War Watch, Iraq War
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By Eric Boehlert Even now, as news outlets scramble to revive their Baghdad bureaus in the wake of disturbing new violence, it’s important to understand that despite the spin, American news consumers have not walked away from Iraq. The press has. |
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Harbingers Of Disaster Gather - Journalists, That Is
Posted by LA Times on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, War Watch, World Press
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By Borzou Daragahi, LA Times Dark clouds loom on Lebanon’s horizon. Since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, more than half a dozen U.S. news organizations have positioned reporters in the country. |
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Newspaper Websites and White House Disinformation
Posted by Nieman Watchdog on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: USGOP, Bush, Commentary, War Watch, Cheney, Journalism, Iraq War, U.S. Military, Wall Street Journal, Security, propaganda
The Wall Street Journal print edition didn’t mention a recent report that cited more than 935 false statements by top Administration officials. The Journal’s Web site, however, not only mentioned the report–it attacked it.
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US military holding Afghan journalist for ‘Taliban contacts’
Posted by Agence France Press on 20 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, War Watch, Media Freedom, Afghanistan
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By AFP The US military has been holding an Afghan journalist working with Canadian Television (CTV) for three months because of his professional contacts with Taliban militants. |
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Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone
Posted by MediaChannel on 29 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, IQ, War Watch, Iraq War
See what really goes on in Iraq’s premiere hospital when “Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone” premieres Tuesday, January 29th at 8:30p.m. on HBO.
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New Study Claims Mistruths Shaped Rush To War
Posted by Danny Schechter on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Economics, War Watch, Iraq War
Daniel Ellsberg: Covering Up the Coverage - The American Media’s Complicit Failure to Investigate and Report on the Sibel Edmonds Case
Posted by BradBlog on 22 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Pentagon, FBI, War Watch, Media Freedom, Journalism, U.S. Military, US Congress, CIA, Whistleblower
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By Daniel Ellsberg, Brad Blog In an Exclusive BRAD BLOG Op-Ed, the Legendary ‘Pentagon Papers’ Whistleblower Calls on the Media to Perform Their First Amendment Obligations, on Congressional Leaders to Perform Their Oversight Duty, and for Insider Sources to Come Forward to the American Public… |
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The Media Activities Of The Taliban Islamic Movement
Posted by Al-Somood Magazine on 17 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, War Watch, Afghanistan
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By Al-Somood Magazine Since its inception as a military jihadi movement, the Taliban Islamic movement has recognized the extraordinary importance of the news media in deciding [the outcome of] conflicts, in particular, ideological conflicts. |
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The Portrait from Iraq - How the Press Has Covered Events on the Ground
Posted by Project for Excellence in Journalism on 20 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Commentary, War Watch, Journalism, Iraq War
What image of war did journalists - challenged with reporting events from Iraq - portray to the American public in the first 10 months of 2007? What role did violence play in the coverage? Who did reporters rely on for information? A new study of Iraq war coverage addresses these questions.
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TPMtv: No Nukes For You!
Posted by MediaChannel on 13 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: USGOP, VIDEO, War Watch, Cheney
Take a trip down saber-rattling lane with this wistful recap of some of the rhetorical highlights of those heady pre-Iran National Intelligence Estimate days.
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TPMtv: Let’s (Not) Go to the Videotape!
Posted by MediaChannel on 11 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: USGOP, Bush, VIDEO, Pentagon, War Watch, Cheney, U.S. Military, CIA
We don’t know what was on them, who knew about them, or why they were destroyed, but the outrage over the CIA torture tapes was nearly universal on the Sunday talk shows.
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