Tag: media freedom
Watching the Watchdogs: Israel’s legacy of media deception stumbles
ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri
In the past three weeks, the Israeli government put on a masterclass on how to use the Western media to...
War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity
Pacific Media Watch
The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is “nothing short of horrifying” — Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and...
Jeremy Scahill: Israel has waged a ‘deliberate propaganda campaign’ to justify brutal Gaza assault
DEMOCRACY NOW! Guest Jeremy Scahill
The United States and more than a dozen other countries quickly moved to suspend funding to UNRWA, the UN agency...
Watching the watchdogs: Law, propaganda, and the media walk into a bar
ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri
Last month, the world watched South Africa initiate International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the genocidal acts Israel committed...
Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’
Pacific Media Watch
Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for...
ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust in Israel row
Pacific Media Watch
Union members at the Australian public broadcaster ABC have today passed a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson for...