Month: October 2004

Johann Hari And The Aftermath Of Invasion An Important Caveat In a debate with Robert Fisk recently, the Independent’s Johann Hari said of his support for the invasion of Iraq: “So what was I supposed →

On October 5, we published a Media Alert: ‘The Mythology Of Mistakes’. We challenged a claim made by Nicholas Witchell, the BBC’s world affairs correspondent, that US forces merely make “mistakes” in killing Iraqi civilians. →

Media Indifferent as UNICEF Reports Worsening Catastrophe On February 16, 2003, Tony Blair responded to the biggest protest march in Britain’s history the previous day: “Yes, there are consequences of war. If we remove Saddam →

Sutasoma, The Brighton Bomber, And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict “Violence is the means, as all dictators have known, whereby the few dominate and exploit the many. Non-violence is the means by which the many can reclaim →

Like Them, We Cry! On September 11 this year, the media came together in sombre reflection on the terrible events of three years ago. Journalists gathered at Ground Zero in New York and reported on →

“Criticism of foreign policies is certainly possible, and normal, but within narrow limits which show ‘exceptions’ to, or ‘mistakes’ in, promoting the rule of basic benevolence.” (Mark Curtis, Web Of Deceit) “As is so often →