Tag: Mainstream media
Maher Nazzal: Shame on New Zealand’s mainstream news media
COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal
Thousands of people took to the streets across Aotearoa New Zealand on Saturday, standing in solidarity with Palestine as part of...
Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism
Fiji’s Online Safety Act raises important questions for journalism, but also freedom of expression more broadly. The current review of the Act presents an...
The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...
In a stinging rebuke to the judge, the jury members unanimously acquitted Tony Greenstein after just two hours of deliberation. As it turned out,...
Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...
Waverley Council in Sydney has removed a book strongly critical of Israel from its library shelves for review after a survivor of the Bondi...
Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...
Democracy Now!
ANJALI KAMAT: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Anjali Kamat.
We turn to the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers are continuing to lay siege...
Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...
ANALYSIS: By Robin Andersen
In a Double Down News (DDN) video report, British filmmaker Richard Sanders begins a summary of a “horrific new report” with a listing...
Why the AI bubble will burst – with system threatening consequences
ANALYSIS: By Mike Treen
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a stark warning in its annual report.
The central bank for central banks warned...
Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle
If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world...
War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: The US-Israeli war on Iran has entered its 11th day. Its impact is being increasingly felt across the globe. Al Jazeera...
Israeli Embassy and meddling in the NZ police and courts over...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
On June 3 last year, the Christchurch Press reported on an alleged assault in Christchurch on an IDF soldier on holiday...
Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more...
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake
Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought...
On ‘moral panic’ and the courage to speak – the West’s...
Palestinians do not have the luxury to allow Western moral panic to have its say or impact. Not caving in to this panic is...
Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose
The International Court of Justice heard last month that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have...
Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many...
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University; Faith Valencia-Forrester, Griffith University; Madi Day, Macquarie University, and Susan Forde, Griffith University
Stan Grant, a well-known Aboriginal journalist...
Journalism at crossroads but must ‘stick to principles’ to regain trust,...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report
It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...
Nick Rockel: Why are there no rightwing comedians?
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
You’re watching mainstream media and you hear someone articulate a clearly thought through leftwing position with the pros and cons sensibly...
When mainstream media fails to hold truth to power, social media...
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh
Social media is a mixed bag, with both democratic and undemocratic tendencies.
But then few things in life are perfect.
And in that...
Why legitimate criticism of the ‘mainstream’ media is in danger of...
ANALYSIS: By Sean Phelan, Massey University
One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards...
Myanmar coup: Asian response echoes ‘democracy comes with stability’ adage
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne
Both coverage in the Asian press and statements by neighbouring Asian governments reported in the media on the grabbing of exclusive...
Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Social media shutdown blocks out ‘truth’
Al Jazeera's Listening Post analysis of the social media fallout after Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
After the Easter Sunday bombings, social...
Gaza under siege – but Palestinians ‘will never give up’, says...
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Palestinian author and a journalist Dr Ramzy Baroud vowed today that Palestinians would never be defeated by the Israelis and...
Why data power of social media giants like Facebook troubles human...
By Sarah Joseph in Melbourne
Facebook has had a bad few weeks. The social media giant had to apologise for failing to protect the personal...



































