Propaganda
By YouAreBeingManipulated.
Wow. Sorry I’m so late on this post. All right, I’ll try extra-hard to make this week’s entry a good one to make it up to you guys!
What do you think about when you hear the word propaganda?
I’ll [...]
Fox News: Quote of the week
By Christopher B. Daly.
“To be a Fox journalist is a high honor, not a high crime.”
–Roger Ailes, chief executive of Fox News, in a memo to his staff.
Here’s the full text:
Dear colleagues,
The recent news about the FBI’s seizure [...]
Shame on the American Media
Jillian C. York.
And just like that, with one brief tweet, @OctaviaNasrCNN is no longer…That is, because of her tweet mourning the death of Lebanese religious leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Nasr has now been pushed [...]
Generation Dark Cloud the brainchild of the media
By Jaime Ortega.
Generation “Dark Cloud” the brainchild of the media.
I could write a book about this problem, but rather give a quick tour of what is coming. Please Note: Many of my points [...]
Ugandan LGBT Community Calls On Media To Stop Homophobic Outing Of Gays
By Melanie Nathan.
On IDAHO calling also on Ugandan Government to refrain from enacting The Kill the gays Bill
PHOTO APPEARS ON BLOG of a Red Pepper Editor
The International Day against Homophobia takes place on May 17th every year. [...]
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
By Alan Caruba.
From its earliest days, even before the Revolution, Americans valued their newspapers and understood they played a crucial role in the issues and events of the times in which they lived. It would take [...]
I Spy With My Little Eye
By YouAreBeingManipulated.org.
Spying is usually the business of governments. After all, this is what has given us
Casanova and Bond. But, on sheer volume, the biggest spies of today may not be working for governments at all…
Take the [...]
Appily Ever After?
By Tracy Dennis.
I was very interested to read this funny take on psychology smartphone apps in the New York Times (by Judith Newman) – or more accurately, how NOT to build a psychology app. I just blogged about this general topic in [...]
Digital Conflict
By Kevin Coleman.
Operating Solo in Cyber
Few people would dispute the complexities that are all so common in the cyber domain of conflict. Arguably, one of the most complex areas deals with the laws of conflict and international law.
A [...]
Uighur Journalist And Repression In China
By the Uighur American Association.
Uighur Journalist.
In the run-up to World Press Freedom Day earlier this month, the U.S. State Department highlighted the plight of several journalists who are being punished by their governments [...]
Limiting Free Speech: Equal Influence, Money in Politics, and Citizens United
By Filip Spagnoli.
(source)
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United correctly emphasized the importance of free speech in a democracy. (There’s a thorough discussion of this point here). Free speech serves to expose [...]
Navaly Case: The Offline Effect Of Online Activism In Russia
By Masha Egupova.
There are times when you think that everything is hopeless and your country is going to hell. You lose faith in social activism and non-violent protesting. You think that the regime will always win and people will [...]
In Love with the Written Word: Reading in the Digital Age
By Tracy Dennis.
I was interested to see this commentary by five college students about reading in the digital age, posted on Zócalo Public Square. One of the things that struck me the most was my own anticipation that I would be [...]
What is “strategic communications”?
By Christopher B. Daly.
While not wanting to sound holier than anybody, I have to ask:
What is a school of Journalism (not to mention the oldest one in the country) doing with a search for a new professor of something called “strategic [...]
Israeli forces hold Pal Media cameraman Abdul Ghani Natsheh
By Mada.Org.
Palestine— Israeli occupation forces detained a photographer Abdul Ghani Natsheh during his coverage of the visit of the delegation general secretaries of education and culture committees in the National Arab Ibrahim [...]
Targeted Killing of Journalists Continues to Thrive in Somalia
By Betre Yacob.
The wave of targeted killings and attacks against journalists in Somalia has continued in 2013 to be most shocking and Concerning, as the new government has consistently failed to effectively investigate the violations and [...]
Imprisoned Ethiopian Journalist Wins the 2013 UNESCO-World Press Freedom Prize
By Betre Yacob.
Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has won the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. She is given the prize in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment” to freedom of expression. [...]
Media Overkill and Official Obfuscation
By Alan Caruba.
The Boston Marathon bombing was, by any measure, a major news story. It occurred on Monday, April 15. In the days that followed, Americans were surely interested in the effort to find and arrest the two brothers, Tamerlan and [...]
The Palestinian Muslim Student Association Propaganda For Activist Approval
By Jaime Ortega.
Picture depicts a false image of Palestinian women suffering. In reality, she was told what to do.
Palestine is often regarded as a victim rather than the perpetrator, but fantasy is often a distorted reality in a culture [...]
Journalist’s Stabbing a ‘Warning’ for Tajik Opposition
By Alexander Sodiqov.
A Tajik journalist and critic of the regime is in hospital after being stabbed in Moscow by an identified person late in the night on February 19.
Bakhtiyor Sattori, who worked at the Tajik embassy in Moscow and then [...]