Month: June 2006

The British Media And The Invasion Of Gaza By Jonathan Cook Few readers of a British newspaper would have noticed the story. In the Observer of 25 June, it merited a mere paragraph hidden in →

Squeaky Spleen – Beaumont Strikes Back In Parts 1 and 2 we analysed what Observer editor, Roger Alton, described as “a superb demolition of Chomsky” by the newspaper’s foreign editor Peter Beaumont. In the event, →

The Observer’s Foreign Affairs Editor Peter Beaumont Reviews Noam Chomsky’s Failed States Beaumont continues of Chomsky: “In attempting to create a consistent argument for America as murderous bully, going back to the Seminole Wars, he →

The Observer’s Foreign Affairs Editor Peter Beaumont Reviews Noam Chomsky’s Failed States A Gauntlet Is Thrown On June 16, the Observer’s editor Roger Alton made a bold announcement on his newspaper‘s website: “And to all →

An Understandable Mistake Readers may recall our alert of May 8, 2006, ‘Lining Up The Next Victims’. We described how the Independent has been stoking up fear of “left populism” in Latin America. Despite many →

On June 9, we published a Media Alert: ‘An Exchange With BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson.’ This alert generated some of the most interesting and insightful letters we’ve ever received from readers. On June →

On June 6, we sent the following email to the BBC’s Baghdad Correspondent Andrew North, World Affairs Editor John Simpson and Director of News Helen Boaden: Who would guess from your reports and commentary tonight →

John Pilger’s new book, Freedom Next Time (Bantam Press, 2006; http://www.johnpilger.com/) has just been published. Containing chapters on Diego Garcia, Palestine, India, South Africa and Afghanistan, it is a devastating indictment of brutal state-corporate power, →