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'Gosh, Are They Still At It?' An Appeal For Support
24 June 2014

'Gosh, Are They Still At It?' An Appeal For Support

A Media Lens reader quipped recently that he had discovered a solution to the climate crisis. Simply harnessing the energy produced by Orwell turning in his grave would provide a limitless source of cheap, clean energy.

The comment was prompted by the decidedly Orwellian news that the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland had been awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing. Orwell must have been spinning like a top to have his name linked with a journal...

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Blair: Bombing Iraq Better. Again
16 June 2014

Blair: Bombing Iraq Better. Again

By David Cromwell and David Edwards

Over the weekend, the British media was awash with the blood-splattered Tony Blair's self-serving attempts to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003. The coverage was sparked by a new essay in which Blair claimed that the chaos in Iraq was the 'predictable and malign effect' of the West having 'watched Syria descend into the abyss' without bombing Assad. Blair advocated yet more Western violence, more bombin...

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The Great White 'Nope' - Genevieve Jacobs, Paul Mason and Alain De Botton
11 June 2014

The Great White 'Nope' - Genevieve Jacobs, Paul Mason and Alain De Botton

By David Edwards

 

When corporations own the news and advertisers 'sponsor' the shows, journalists know they are above all answerable to the company managers and allied interests who pay their salaries. The mere public, especially voices of dissent, can be treated with indifference, even contempt. Journalists have power without responsibility, and they know it.

On March 6, the fast-talking presenter of ABC Radio Triple 6's Mornings with Genevie...

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All Journalism Is 'Advocacy Journalism'
10 Months AGO

All Journalism Is 'Advocacy Journalism'

By David Edwards

 

Writing for the Washington Post in June, Paul Farhi wondered if, in breaking the story of the US National Security Agency's spying programme, the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald had 'become somet...

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