To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
Posts Tagged ‘CBS’
127 Dead, 500 Wounded in Five Baghdad Bombings Tuesday
Posted: 11 December 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Al Jazeera, Baathists, Badr Organization, Baghdad, CBS, Dawa Party, Dora, fascism, Hadi al-Amiri, human rights, Iraq, Iraq Surge, Iraq War, ISCI, Islamic Mission Party, Juan Cole, Karkh, Mansur, Middle East, Newspeak, Nuri al-Maliki, Sadr Organization, suicide bombing, terrorism, US, US military, War, War on Terror
Prof. Juan Cole recaps the horrific day in Iraq and the ‘nationalist U.S. media coverage.
Scahill and Greenwald on Media Elite Manufacturing Consent for Self-Proclaimed ‘Establishment’ (Video)
Posted: 1 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Amy Goodman, anti-Statism, Arianna Huffington, Bill Moyers, blogging, CBS, Chuck Todd, corporate media, corporatism, democracy, Democrats, free press, George Bush, Glenn Greenwald, GritTV, groupthink, independent journalism, international law, internet media, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Laura Flanders, law, libertarian, media elite, Middle East, MSNBC, NBC, New York Times, Newspeak, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, Obama, Republicans, terrorism, Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw, torture, US, War, War on Terror, WMDs
A must watch: Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald, two of our most respected voices speaking truth to illegitimate power, on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, Wednesday. Mr. Scahill and Mr. Greenwald discuss the media elite and how—in their own words—form the “political debate” by not reporting facts, but an ESPN-esque play-by-play of what those in power are asserting. They go after the major TV networks and print media, Chuck Todd, Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw and others on how they ‘manufacture consent’ for torture and immoral war in this 60 minute video, but the segment with Mr. Scahill and Mr. Greenwald ends at the 29:30 mark:
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Warmongers Who Sold You Iraq Pushing War with Iran
Posted: 10 February 2009 by Tom Murphy in International AffairsTags: 60 Minutes, Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah, CBS, China, corporatism, Emmy, fascism, Fatah, George Bush, Hamas, Hezbollah, IAEA, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Mike Wallace, Newspeak, nuclear, Obama, Palestine, PLO, Russia, Soviet, terrorism, US, War, Zionism
The Newspeak rattling the sabres for war with Iran. (more…)
“Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (Video)
Posted: 2 January 2009 by Sayyid in International Affairs, Palestine-IsraelTags: 242, 338, ABC, AIPAC, CAMERA, CBS, Chomsky, CNN, consulate, corporatism, Ehud Barak, elite, fascism, Fisk, FOX, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, George Bush, Hamas, human rights, international law, Israel, jewish, Kadima, labor, Likud, Livni, lobby, media, Media Foundation, MSM, NBC, neighborhoods, Netanyahu, Newspeak, NPR, occupier, Palestine, PR, propaganda, public relations, right wing, settlements, territories, terrorism, UN, UN Security Council, US, War, Zionism
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites–oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others–work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported.
Media Foundation – “Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” – 2006 (1:19:14):
More on Israeli Newspeak:
– Obama, Gaza and the Hypocrisy of American ‘Liberals’
– Israel Succeeds at Missing Targets
Little Alex in Wonderland 