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WikiLeaks and the press

by Paul J. Balles December 26, 2010

They ought to be after Assange for giving governments reasons for censorship – just the opposite effect of the transparency he presumably wanted to promote.
But readers of the two leading US newspapers never learned key facts about the document. According to Porter, WikiLeaks revealed how the press has been complicit in cover-ups by the government.

That alone should justify WikiLeaks’ efforts to expose cover-ups and promote transparency – even in the press.

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John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism

by Haitham Sabbah June 30, 2010

Decmocracy Now! Interview With John Pilger: John Pilger, award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. He began his career in journalism nearly half a century ago and has written close to a dozen books and made over fifty documentaries. He lives in London but is in the United States working on a forthcoming documentary about what [...]

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Guess Who Wants to Kill the Internet? by Maidhc Ó Cathail

by Maidhc Ó Cathail June 30, 2010

By Maidhc Ó Cathail* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It would be hard to think of anyone who has done more to undermine American freedoms than Joseph Lieberman. Since 9/11, the Independent senator from Connecticut has introduced a raft of legislation in the name of the “global war on terror” which has steadily eroded constitutional [...]

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Iraq: The Hidden Story [A Must Watch Video]

by Haitham Sabbah June 30, 2010

In this 45 minute video, Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow questions whether the Images of Iraq which dominate the Western TV news bulletins are sugar-coating the bloody reality of war and the sectarian violence under the US-led occupation. Iraq: The Hidden Story shows the footage used by TV news broadcasts, and compares it with [...]

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Yvonne Ridley – Americans in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Prosecuted as Terrorists

by SR Editor June 25, 2010

By Yvonne Ridley* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz AMERICA is still embarrassed by the infamous McCarthy Hearings which ruined the lives of thousands of innocents during the Fifties. Anyone then, suspected of being linked to communism was arrested, interrogated and either imprisoned or forced to give names of others suspected of communist tendencies. And so [...]

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How Israel Gagged on its own Gag Order

by SR Editor April 9, 2010

Why conceal the fact that the Shin Bet has a “hit list” and gives license to its commando units to carry out field executions? Anat Kam is finding out the price of speaking truth to power. By Gila Svirsky* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz This story is a testament to the Internet. And to Anat [...]

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Iran and The International Bureau of Double Standards [Video]

by SR Editor February 15, 2010

By: Anthony Lawson | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Demonstrating that the continued attacks being made on Iran, by presidents, prime ministers and the mass media, are smokescreens for the real danger to world peace: Israel and more lies about weapons of mass destruction. Commentators from the mainstream media accept just about anything that is fed [...]

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NYT’s Israel Editor’s Sticky Situation

by Alison Weir February 6, 2010

Ethan Bronner’s Conflict With Impartiality Ethan Bronner is the New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief. As such, he is the editor responsible for all the news coming out of Iasrael-Palestine. Iact is his job to decide what gets reported and what doesn’t; what goes in a story and what gets cut. To a considerable degree, [...]

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The Media Propagandists

by SR Editor February 2, 2010

By Phillip Marlowe | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz You know, when I sit down here and decide to pound out a blog posting, I always start thinking about what kind of image I’ll end up using to illustrate what I’m trying to say. I think it’s important since it gets people’s attention and makes them [...]

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Lebanon and the Middle East continue to reject AIPAC’s H.R. 2278 as tensions rise

by Franklin Lamb January 26, 2010

Why doesn’t the US Embassy in Beirut ‘get it’? By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It is being reported in Beirut this morning that at exactly 3 a.m. Beirut time, a supporter of the National Lebanese Resistance led by Hezbollah, on duty above the Mediterranean coastal town of Saadyat, between Damour and Saida [...]

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Beware of the BBC

by Stuart Littlewood January 22, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Its mission statement says: “Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.” However, people are complaining bitterly to the BBC about its pro-Israel stance when reporting on the situation in the Holy Land. Once renowned as the benchmark for fairness and accuracy, [...]

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Is Congress planning to destroy every Middle East TV Channel that criticizes Israel? (Part II)

by Franklin Lamb December 31, 2009

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Part II: Israel and H.R. 2278 vs. Lebanon’s Al Manar TV et al. (Part I here!) “Al Manar is being singled out by the US Israel lobby precisely because it excels as a responsible TV channel that demands and applies the highest industry standards and because Israeli [...]

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Is Congress planning to destroy every Middle East TV Channel that criticizes Israel? (Part I)

by Franklin Lamb December 24, 2009

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Part I: Targeting Lebanon’s Al Manar “Regarding Al Manar it’s personal for Israel. The reason is that Al Manar did to the Israeli government propaganda machine during and following the July 2006 war what Hezbollah fighters did to Israeli troops. Al Manar kicked butt. That station must [...]

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BBC: Exclusive News on Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza

by Haitham Sabbah December 20, 2009

At Last! BBC NEWS coverage of the Viva Palestina Convoy: 13 days into the journey and the BBC has yet to cover the 200+ vehicle Viva Palestina Convoy that is travelling with aid from London to Gaza. With massive media coverage in Greece, Turkey and around the World the UK Media should be ashamed of [...]

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Dysfunctional US media stoop to new depths

by Paul J. Balles December 9, 2009

By Paul J. Balles* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Two disturbing news items: The first, a Haaretz column (29 November 2009) on a “Senate report: U.S. decided to let bin Laden slip through their fingers. According to the report, US could have captured or killed bin Laden shortly after 11 September 2001 attacks.” Charles Cooper, [...]

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