Media

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 sides of a given issue...

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...

‘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...

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...

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....

Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

By Sharon Muller On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the video, the victim...

It is time to de-demonise Hamas – the intifada will go on until justice

ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Who would not condemn the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 when hundreds of Israeli civilians, as well as hundreds...

Gordon Campbell: Israel’s murderous use of AI in Gaza and the ‘kill lists’

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell This may seem like a dumb question -- but how come Israel has managed to kill at least 33,000 Palestinian civilians...

Caitlin Johnstone: CNN finally tells the truth about the Flour Massacre after previously shilling for Israel

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone CNN has a new report out showing that (surprise!) Israel lied about the Flour Massacre in which Israeli Defence Force (IDF)...

Journalists offered ‘radical’ solution to save part of NZ’s Newshub, says Gower

RNZ News Warner Bros Discovery will struggle to retain viewers in New Zealand if it has no news operation, Newshub journalist Paddy Gower predicts, as...

As support for Gaza goes mainstream, don’t let the Empire co-opt the movement

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Opposition to the slaughter in Gaza appears to be getting more mainstream, which is obviously great, but when political impulses go...