Month: December 2004

Mainstream Reviews of Books by Andrew Marr, Jon Snow and John Pilger Respective Positions On The Media And Power (Continued) John Pilger – An Epic Silence Readers of our Media Alerts will be well aware →

Mainstream Reviews of Books by Andrew Marr, Jon Snow and John Pilger The Masters Of Self-Adulation In this two-part Media Alert we will test a simple claim: that elite journalists promote a fraudulent version of →

“Civilisation exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” (Will Durant, historian) Festive Depression Curious things happen to the British public around Christmas. The weeks and months leading up to December 25 are characterised →

On 18 and 19 November, we sent out a two-part media alert about the recent BBC2 series, ‘The Power of Nightmares’ (for transcripts, go to: http://www.acutor.be/silt/index.php?id=572) Adam Curtis, who wrote and directed the series, located →

We received a second response from Johann Hari on November 29: Dear David and David, I’ve been moping in bed with ‘flu all day and just had an amicable row with a friend who read →

Introduction (http://www.acallforlight.org/) Like the rest of the mainstream media, the BBC did next to nothing to expose the devastating effects of US-UK war and sanctions on the civilian population of Iraq from 1990 onwards. Ahead →