‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
“This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.”
These chilling words...
It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste
One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all...
Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on
Mānawatia a Matariki!
Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote...
‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’ – released detainees on Gaza doctor
By Qassam Muaddi
On June 10, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya appeared on a screen before Israel’s Supreme Court via video link. He looked gaunt, visibly...
The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question on the Facebook media page Kiwi...
The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean
It is a peculiar kind of defeat — one dressed in the language of victory. Operation Epic Fury was sold to...