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Maddow and Moyers on Journalism
An excellent interview with Bill Moyers by Rachel Maddow. They discuss the Newscorp scandal and the state of journalism and editorial independence in mainstream media. . A Note on Rachel Maddow What separates Rachel Maddow from many of her colleagues is her willingness to critique her own performance as a journalist. Her interview with Jon […]
Lieutenant Murdoch, At Your Service
July 14, 2011 by Journowatch
Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp may be at the vanguard of the “press-as-propagandist” phenomenon but they are hardly its originators, and will be far from its final practitioners. Rupert Murdoch is a lieutenant in a cabal of global business interests that seek to maintain power and control over the world’s economy at any and all costs. […]
“We Report, You Decide”
March 5, 2011 by Journowatch
Fox News “You Decide” promo. “We report, you decide” isn’t merely a cute slogan. It’s mainstreaming corruption. There’s a big difference between “freedom of speech” and “freedom of the press.” We’ve all heard the old adage about shouting fire in a crowded theater. The analysis that is often left out of that example is that […]
Freedom of the Propagandist
February 19, 2011 by Journowatch
“Members of the Journalists Syndicate chanting against the regime and calling for his downfall and the fall of the Journalists Syndicate, Makram Mohamed Ahmed at the funeral of their colleague, journalist Shahid Ahmed Mahmoud” Egypt’s journalistic soul has been resurgent in recent weeks, from the resignation of a Nile TV anchor to the denunciation of […]
July 15, 2011 by Journowatch
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