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Archives: media
![Priebus: Trump Could Amend Constitution to Abolish 1st Amendment](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/priebus-trump-could-amend-consti-187x137.jpg)
![Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/press-freedom-in-middle-east-cra-187x137.jpg)
Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | - - Among the 22 countries belonging to the Arab League, 17 are ranked as "bad" or "very bad" in the annual World Press…![Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/turkeys-erdogan-bans-wikipedia-t-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000
TeleSur | - - With the April 16 referendum having expanded Erdogan’s powers, the AKP leader continues to lead a mass crackdown against his citizens. While a hotly contested referendum earlier this…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/imagescms-image-000024888-1-187x137.jpeg)
Now Iraqi Elections are infected by Facebook, Twitter Fake News
Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - The latest trend in politics in Iraq involves the creation of seemingly innocuous Facebook pages, that are used to spread rumours and lies…![Bill O’Reilly driven from air by Advertiser Boycott over Sexual Harassment?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/bill-oreilly-driven-from-air-by-187x137.jpg)
Bill O’Reilly driven from air by Advertiser Boycott over Sexual Harassment?
Lawrence O'Donnell | The Last Word | (Video News Clip) | - - "Bill O'Reilly is off the air for Easter "vacation," but Gabe Sherman reports the Murdochs are fighting over O'Reilly's…![Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump’s New War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/disgust-as-corporate-media-and-d-187x137.jpg)
Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump’s New War
By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - According to DC pundits, Trump was a dangerous maniac...until he started bombing?' "We see these beautiful pictures at night from…![Israeli Software to plant Propaganda on Social Media](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/israeli-software-to-plant-propag-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Software to plant Propaganda on Social Media
IMEMC | - - The Israeli government has purchased a software system enabling it to monitor social media and specific users to plan ideas in online discourse. The bid, which was won…![Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/why-trump-loves-both-torture-and-187x137.jpg)
Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth
By Scott Beauchamp | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the more disturbing elements of Trump’s promised renewal of military dominance is a return of torture. Back on the campaign trail…![I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/i-am-an-enemy-of-the-people-feff-187x137.jpg)
I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than you'd think. Even before the election of…![N. Korea Interview interrupted by Unbearable Cuteness](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/n-korea-interview-interrupted-by-187x137.jpg)
N. Korea Interview interrupted by Unbearable Cuteness
BBC | (Video News Clip) | - - "There was an unexpected distraction for Professor Robert Kelly when he was being interviewed live on BBC News about South Korea. But he managed…![“Media Vandalism?” Top 6 Russian reactions to Trump’s Russia Scandals](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/media-vandalism-top-6-russian-re-187x137.jpg)
“Media Vandalism?” Top 6 Russian reactions to Trump’s Russia Scandals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - We're hearing a lot about American reactions to news that AG Jeff Sessions met twice with the Russian ambassador and then lied about…![Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/spurned-reporters-should-dump-tr-187x137.jpg)
Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made by Herman Cain in an interview on…![As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/as-trump-goes-in-foxing-the-publ-187x137.jpg)
As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) When it comes to reporting the conflict in Yemen, Fox News is exceptionally bad. Fox has been fooling its viewers for years but now, with…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/bacevichamericaswar-180x137.jpg)
Did David Brooks & the NeoCons pave the Way for Trump?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for…![Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/never-fjorget-what-happened-in-s-187x137.jpg)
Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)
Stephen Colbert | (Video Clip from The Late Show) | - - "In response to Trump's false claims of a terror attack, Sweden's Prime Minister asked, 'What has he been smoking?' Stephen…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/pssprtirq-1-187x137.jpg)
Confusion over U.S. Travel Ban Grounding Foreign Correspondents
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - New restrictions on immigrants and refugees coming to the United States are also posing challenges for foreign correspondents…![Tomorrow, they will say, “Donald Trump rants and raves at the press.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/tomorrow-they-will-say-donald-tr-187x137.jpg)
Tomorrow, they will say, “Donald Trump rants and raves at the press.”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So Trump did rant and rave at the press on Thursday. But not at all the press. He has never attacked Breitbart, the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/implode-1-187x137.jpg)
Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders
By IPS News Desk | - - ROME (IPS) - “Alarmed” by the new administration’s “repeated attacks on the media and blatant disregard for facts in the first three days of Donald…The US media pack needs to rediscover its teeth, for the Sake of Democracy
By Carmel O'Toole | (The Conversation) | - - In the style of some thuggish boxing promoter at a weigh in, the US president-elect, Donald Trump, gave us a clear and unsavoury…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504142034im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/icon-set-1142000_1280-1-187x137.png)