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Photographer Dismissed for Showing GI Remains
An Iraqi boy watched, wide-eyed, as American soldiers searched for weapons and militants in Mosul after bombings. Photo by Eduardo Munoz / Reuters.IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in FallujahBy Dahr Jamail / July 3, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — … Continue reading
Tutu Visits Scene of Massacre; Calls For End to Blockade
Archbishop Desmond Tutu To try this out I googled “Desmond Tutu Gaza” and sure enough I got not one U.S. media hit. Democracy Now! radio had something but no newspaper at all. I went to the New York Times web … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Desmond Tutu, Israel, Journalism, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement, Religion
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Clear Channel Bans Ads For Harry Shearer’s CD Over Anti-Bush Image
Clear Channel, the radio station and billboard powerhouse, has banned an ad for Harry Shearer’s new CD “Songs of Bushmen” because it depicts George Bush with a bone through his nose, the New York Post‘s Page Six reports: The outdoor … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Censorship, Clear Channel, Comics, Corporate Media, Entertainers, George W. Bush, Satire
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Chafed Texan in the Naked City : Too Many Boobs!
Boobs at Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.Says he’ll videotape the evidenceBy Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts / June 16, 2008 Washington is a town filled with boobs. They’re everywhere, from the bare-breasted ladies who decorate the fountain at Dupont Circle to … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Censorship, Public Art, Public Morality, Republican Party, Texas
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Jim Hightower on The Media and a War Gone Missing
“And not a word about the war…”And now a word about the war…By Jim Hightower / June 11, 2008 George W keeps telling us that America is at war. But if were at war, he wouldn’t need to tell us, … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Corporate Media, Iraq, Journalism, Media, U.S. Government
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Revolting Repression Runs Rampant with Sheeple
Here is a blatant, repellent example of censorship in the wolf-suit of patriotism. The call to participate in the Ferndale, MI Memorial Day parade called for no political signs. The respondent to this announcement is Peter Werbe, an activist and … Continue reading
Let’s Hold ‘Em Accountable for the Propaganda
Why Big Media Needs Propaganda to Surviveby Megan Tady / May 9, 2008 The mainstream media are as likely to report on Pentagon propaganda — and thus, themselves — as President Bush is likely to cede that “mission accomplished” was … Continue reading
Concerning the Crime of Journalism
Al-Jazeera journalist Sami al-Haj, released this week from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.The U.S. War on Journalistsby Amy Goodman / May 8, 2008 Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for … Continue reading
Police State Amerikkka – Just Another Episode
Irish Anti-War Activist Refused Entry Into The United Statesby Pat Flynn / April 9, 2008 AN anti-war activist, who was acquitted of causing damage to a US military jet at Shannon Airport in 2003, has been deported from the United … Continue reading
Beware the New New Thing AND The Already Thing
Christian Northeast / NYTNew internet technologies could bring de facto censorship.By Damian Kulash Jr. / April 5, 2008 Recently, the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust task force invited me to be the lead witness for its hearing on “net neutrality.” I’ve … Continue reading
