Newspeak Reviews
Review By The Tribune
Through a lens darkly Newspeak is from the men behind media watchdog Media Lens. The book’s focus is primarily on the liberal arm of mainstream media, The Guardian, Independent, Channel 4 News and the BBC, →
Month: September 2009
Newspeak Reviews
Review By The Morning Star
by Daniel Coysh There is a fond belief among much of the British liberal left that, while the likes of the Daily Mail and the Sun are vile mouthpieces for far-right fat cats – and →
Alerts
THE COCKROACH TEST
Alain de Botton, “Branded Conversations”, and Runaway Climate Change News that philosopher Alain de Botton had been hired as Heathrow’s “writer in residence” generated minor ripples across the media pond, including occasional murmurs of disapproval. →
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TRUST IN PROFIT: JAMES MURDOCH, THE BBC AND THE MYTH OF IMPARTIALITY
At the Edinburgh International Television Festival last month, James Murdoch, News Corporation’s chairman and chief executive for Europe and Asia, attacked the BBC, calling for comprehensive deregulation and warning of the dangers of state interference →
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“AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT”: THE US, ISRAEL AND IRAN
On August 26, the Guardian newspaper published an article titled, ‘US takes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran’s nuclear programme in one massive gamble.’ Julian Borger and Ewen MacAskill told readers: “The Obama administration’s approach to →