Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: “Democracy Dies...
RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei
It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration...
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel continues its war on journalism
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
An Israeli airstrike destroyed the press office of the Lebanese news broadcaster Al Mayadeen on Wednesday night, continuing Israel’s historically unprecedented...
Steven Cowan: The New Zealand media – a bystander to genocide
COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan
Stuff declined earlier this month to publish a full-page advertisement accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
In his 1994 memoir, You...
How the US became blind to Israeli terror
ANALYSIS: By Derek Leebaert
The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) finding in January of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is...
Caitlin Johnstone: On human rights, ‘friendly’ war crimes and Western hypocrisy
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The death toll has risen to 12 from Israel’s terror attack in Lebanon on Tuesday which detonated explosive materials hidden in...