Journalism

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The Whistle Blower As Hero

by Lawrence Davidson December 4, 2011

Journalism has become “corrupted” by editors and reporters who value the prestige of being associated with important centers of power more than the uncensored practice of their craft. There is a crisis of legitimacy within the mainstream press, a rightful crisis of legitimacy.

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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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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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Care and Feeding of the Holocaust Elephant in the Room (spiced up by Ahmadinejad)

by Mary Rizzo October 11, 2009

WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO* While preparing the insertion of the article by Nahida Izzat About anti-Semitism, as do all of her thoughtful and intense contributions, many segments caused me to reflect. Her analysis and especially her questions are so important and meaningful, that it would only be logical to address them bit by bit, and [...]

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