MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate mediaApril 9, 2003The priorities are clear, the perspective of power unthinkingly adopted. And so mainstream news headlines declaim that "coalition forces have penetrated deep into the centre of the Iraqi capital". Troops "storm central Baghdad". Pentagon briefings that itemise the number of armoured … [Read more...] about -MEDIA ALERT: HORROR, CRUELTY AND MISERY – THE REAL MEANING OF “LIBERATION”
-Institute for Public Accuracy
-The Twisted Language of War Used to Justify the Unjustifiable
-We Said It Would Be a Nightmare. And Yes, That’s Exactly What It Is
Dismembered bodies, victims of the liberating army, hospitals tht can't so anything for the thousands lying in pain, waiting for death. Meanwhile, "The future? Most assuredly, the continuation of existing nightmare for ordinary Iraqis for years to come. For a sense of perspective read the grand speeches of the British who entered Mesopotamia in 1917, only to face a concerted … [Read more...] about -We Said It Would Be a Nightmare. And Yes, That’s Exactly What It Is
-The Images They Choose, and Choose to Ignore
The presence of U.S. troops in the streets of Baghdad means the end of the shooting war is near, for which virtually everyone in Iraq will be grateful. It also means the end of a dozen years of harsh U.S.-led economic sanctions that have impoverished the majority of Iraqis and killed as many as a half million children, according to U.N. studies, another reason for Iraqi … [Read more...] about -The Images They Choose, and Choose to Ignore