Month: November 2002

As the war clouds continue to gather over the Gulf, the latest opinion polls show that fully 40% of the British electorate are against war on Iraq. Anyone who has been monitoring the media with →

In response to our recent exchange of emails – Media Alert Update: BBC World Service Editor Responds on Panorama (November 14, 2002) – we have received this email from Bill Hayton, Acting Europe Region Editor →

MEDIA LENS MEDIA ALERT   14th November 2002 Media Alert  In response to our recent Media Alert – Our Pravda: The BBC, Panorama and Iraq (November 8, 2002) – we received these emails from Bill →

Media Lens has recently published several Media Alerts focusing on US/UK media coverage of Iraq, arms inspectors and the looming war. A front-page article in yesterday’s Guardian reported: “The British government is preparing for war →

The truth is that you don’t get very far in the mainstream media if you offend powerful interests. The BBC’s John Simpson “was promoted with spectacular rapidity”, Oliver Burkeman notes in the Guardian. The ascent →