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Gaslighting The Public: Serial Deceptions By The State-Corporate Media

22nd September 2021

During last week’s Tory Cabinet reshuffle, ITV political editor Robert Peston inadvertently summed up the primary function of political journalists: ‘I simply pass on’ His tweet was in reference to a ministerial source saying that →

A Remarkable Silence: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying

1st July 2021

As we have pointed out since Media Lens began in 2001, a fundamental feature of corporate media is propaganda by omission. Over the past week, a stunning example has highlighted this core property once again. →

‘That Is Actually Bollocks’: 20 Propaganda Horrors From 20 Years of Media Lens – Part 2

18th June 2021

11. The BBC On The Saintly Motives For Waging War On Iraq And Libya In focusing on the grim future in April, US vice president, Kamala Harris, surely revealed far more than she intended about →

‘That Is Actually Bollocks’: 20 Propaganda Horrors From 20 Years of Media Lens – Part 1

16th June 2021

After 20 years of Media Lens, it seems only natural that we should look back in gratitude at the support we’ve received. In response to one of our early pieces, a kindly columnist at the →

Media Lens @medialens·

Hello Anton @UofGVC,

I hope things are good with you. As an alumnus of @UofGlasgow, I would be interested in hearing your response to this troubling article by journalist @Jonathan_K_Cook

https://www.mintpressnews.com/over-500-scholars-launch-fightback-against-israel-lobbys-antisemitism-smear-of-uk-academics/278772/

Thank you,
David Cromwell
Co-Editor, Media Lens

Media Lens @medialens·

* Imagine if @BBCNews economics and business journalists explained this to BBC audiences. 👇

* Imagine if @BBCNews challenged government ministers when they mislead the public about having to 'balance the books'.

* Imagine that @BBCNews was genuinely a public news service. https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1452885971561861125

Kristinn Hrafnsson @khrafnsson·

@AndrewBuncombe @Independent @StellaMoris1 "...charged him with 17 counts of trying to hack a Pentagon computer and offences under the Espionage Act, that carry penalties of 175 years in prison." - This is wrong. There is no allegation of hacking and the other 16 counts are for doing journalism.

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