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Lilie Chouliaraki – The Weaponization of Victimhood
In our hyper-individualised society, victimhood has increasingly little to do with structural vulnerability. Lilie Chouliaraki is Chair in Media and Communications in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE. Chouliaraki’s latest book is Wronged: The Weaponization of […]
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Craig Mokhiber, Katie Halper – Genocidal Media, Genocidal Endorsements
11 September 2024 Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and former senior United Nations Official. He left the UN in October of 2023, penning a widely read letter that warned of genocide in […]
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Alastair Crooke: The Western Way of War – Owning the Narrative Trumps Reality
With Ukraine’s Kursk incursion the delusional strategy of NATO becomes increasingly visible Alistair Crooke) is a former British diplomat, and is the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from The New Cold […]
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Norman Solomon – How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Some highly influential US news outlets “disproportionately emphasized Israeli deaths in the conflict” and “used emotive language to describe the killings of Israelis, but not Palestinians.” Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, activist, […]
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Tabe Bergman – Confronting censorship: on media bias and the war in Ukraine
That Western state and corporate media have nothing to do with freedom of speech or objectivity is clear. They are propaganda organisations manned by Goebellists Tabe Bergman is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication […]
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Brian Mier – Inside Brazil’s X Ban: How Elon Musk Started – and lost – a Fight With Brazil’s Judiciary
Elon Musk’s battle with the Brazilian judiciary appears to have less to do with free speech than it does corporate power. Brian Mier is a native Chicagoan who has lived in Brazil for 25 years. […]
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Roman Zinigrad – How social media amplifies support for the far right in France
If someone shows an interest in far-right content on social media, the algorithm quickly introduces them to a whole world of ethnonationalism. Roman Zinigrad is an Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of […]
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The Electronic Intifada: German envoy admits he spread lie about 7 October mass rapes
This is what happens when a mediocre German Goebbelista is made an ambassador. Just another step in the decline of German diplomacy. As Germans do not know the meaning of honour, he will not resign. […]
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Timothy Koskie – French police have arrested the founder of Telegram. What happens next could change the course of big tech
The case may have far-reaching international implications, not just for Telegram but for other global technology giants. Timothy Koskie is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Media and Communications, University of Sydney Cross-posted from […]