Browsing: Media
Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media
Short video on Manufacturing Consent, seminal work on mainstream journalism and its role in the mechanics of power.
Noam Chomsky: the silence, distortions and propaganda of BBC News
BBC News is a power-friendly view of the world that allows the state and private interests to pursue business as usual.
How the BBC toxifies Jeremy Corbyn and makes him stink like Donald Trump
Where Jeremy Corbyn is concerned, the BBC seems to see its role in shaping political events rather than merely ‘reporting’ them.
We do not live in a “post truth” world, we live in a world of lies and we always have
Can the media really shake its heads in disbelief at electoral lies when it has been lying to its readers and viewers for years?
Jeremy Corbyn vs the media: why character assassination has failed
The media, along with their MP collaborators, try to portray Jeremy Corbyn as a weak, feeble and inadequate leader.
‘Fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’ blamed for Trump and Brexit. You couldn’t make it up. But they did
Those warning of the dangers of ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’ have been the biggest peddlers of ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’.
John Pilger: Inside the invisible government behind the Clinton-Trump media freak show
John Pilger In his career as a journalist and film-maker, has never known propaganda to insinuate our lives and go unchallenged and as it does now.
Why the media want to stop celebrities like Lily Allen talking about the migrant crisis
The mainstream media saw that stars could wield a lot of power – so they monster people like Lily Allen to put them off getting involved.
London’s original graffiti artists were poets, playwrights and revolutionaries
Roger Perry’s photos capture a uniquely English take on graffiti; charged with subversive humour and heartfelt poetic sentiment