- 41. ‘A Load Of Tosh’ – The BBC, ‘Showbiz News’ And State Propaganda
- (Alerts 2018)
- On January 22, BBC News at Ten carried a piece by 'defence' correspondent Jonathan Beale reporting a speech by General Sir Nick Carter, the British Army's Chief of General Staff. Carter gave his speech, ...
- Created on 08 February 2018
- 42. Champions Of Democracy - From Fake News To Imposed Insanity
- (Alerts 2018)
- Open a corporate media website on any given day and you will find someone, somewhere blaming social media for something. No claim is too absurd. Last week, journalist Sean Williams, who writes for the ...
- Created on 01 February 2018
- 43. Untouchable - The Uses And Misuses Of ‘Genocide Denial’
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... examples. Was it 'genocide denial' when the BBC, ITN, the Observer and other media rejected former UN secretary-general Denis Halliday's claim that sanctions, rather than the Iraqi government, were responsible ...
- Created on 05 December 2017
- 44. Survival? Symptoms Of Breakdown
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... has warned of the deaths of 150,000 malnourished children in the next few months. Meanwhile, Robert Peston, ITV political editor, and Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News political editor, have seemingly never ...
- Created on 22 November 2017
- 45. 'Inappropriate Behaviour' – Michael Fallon, Yemen, And The ‘Mainstream’ That Is Anything But
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... by 283 votes to 193, telling us everything we need to know about the 'mainstream's' much-loved myth that British policy is motivated by a 'responsibility to protect'. The BBC's political editor Laura ...
- Created on 10 November 2017
- 46. Noam Chomsky And The BBC: A Brief Comparison
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... on BBC News receives a power-friendly view of the world, systematically distorted in a way that allows the state and private interests to pursue business as usual. In what follows, we present examples ...
- Created on 10 October 2017
- 47. Bowing Down Before The BBC: Polly Toynbee and The Role Of A Liberal Propagandist
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... column. It is a near-masterclass in liberal propaganda. Toynbee began her article by claiming that the BBC, described in hagiographic terms as 'the nation's crucible', is 'often bad at defending itself'. ...
- Created on 20 September 2017
- 48. Preferred Conclusions – The BBC, Syria And Venezuela
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... 'mainstream' output does tell us a lot about which foreign governments are being lined up for regime change. In 2013, it was remarkable to see the BBC reporting claims from Syria on a daily basis in ...
- Created on 13 September 2017
- 49. The BBC’s Climate Denialism: Coverage Of Hurricane Harvey And The South Asian Floods
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... real consequences. They look like Houston.' BBC News reported that Harvey had actually shut down almost a quarter of the US capacity for oil refining. Other societal factors have played their part ...
- Created on 05 September 2017
- 50. Mass Media Siege: Comparing Coverage Of Mosul and Aleppo
- (Alerts 2017)
- ... Mosul, and the BBC has noted Amnesty 'allegations', while giving prominent space to a coalition spokesperson dismissing the Amnesty report as 'irresponsible and an insult'. But if BBC News was genuinely ...
- Created on 17 July 2017
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