“There is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom, for in that way one captures volition itself.” (Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Emile) The political analyst Bertram Gross argued that there is →
Between the Lines Book Review by Liv Lewitschnik Review of ‘Guardians Of Power’, David Edwards and David Cromwell, Pluto £14.99 ‘Guardians Of Power ought to be required reading in every media college. It is the →
By David Edwards Pain Is Pain In his remarkable eighth century treatise, The Way of the Bodhisattva, originally delivered as a lecture (some of it, we are told, after he had vanished from the hall!) →
Writing in the Guardian last month, Timothy Garton Ash observed: “Now we face the next big test of the west: after Iraq, Iran.” Garton Ash thus blithely ignored the fact that every last scrap of →
by Veli Koskinen What is Media Lens? Media Lens is an attempt to subject the mainstream corporate media – primarily the liberal media in the UK. We do this by analysing the media’s versions of →
On January 31, we published a Media Alert, ‘Welcome to Mars (Or North Korea!)’. The following day, we sent the alert to Fiona Harvey, environment editor of the Financial Times: “Dear Fiona Harvey, Please forgive →
Pressuring the press By Brendan O’Neill I feel I ought to start this review by letting the authors know that I will not enter into correspondence with them. However much they might loathe what I →
Die Feuermelder. Autor David Edwards, David Cromwell Titel Guardians Of Power Verlag Pluto Press Seiten 216 Bewertung 7/9 David Edwards und David Cromwell sind die Gründer von Media Lens, eine Internseite aus Großbritannien, die den →
From: HERO: Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom Correcting lens The idea that it is normal and reasonable for the media never to engage in serious self-examination and self-criticism is one of →
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