Month: June 2007

The Myth Of Left-Leaning Media Bias Mainstream media discussions of media balance are limited to a single question: Is the media too critical of powerful interests? Earlier this month, the press described how an internal →

As we have previously reported* Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has long been demonised by the Western media as a “leftist firebrand” (The Independent), “Venezuela’s demagogue” (Washington Post), and as a “militaristic strongman“ (Financial Times). No →

An “Avalanche” Of Complaints On May 24, 2007, we sent out a Media Alert titled ‘Pentagon Propaganda Occupies Guardian’s Front Page’. The recently appointed readers’ editor of the Guardian, Siobhan Butterworth, has now responded to →

Yesterday, in response to our latest Media Alert, ‘Newsnight Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban Responds,’ we received a further reply from Mark Urban. Urban argued that our analysis “is put together by you sitting at home, →