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'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like

Vijay Prashad showcases the closing statement issued by hundreds of editors and journalists who gathered in Shanghai in early May for the Global South International Communication Forum. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research It is remarkable how the media in a sel

(Archived document, may contain errors) 233 i a December 13, 1982 WESCO, WHERE CUL TURE BECOMES PROPAMNDA INTRODUCTION It was supposed to be a conference dealing with cultural issues. But the United Nations gathering in Mex ico City last July turned into the kind of three-ring political circus that is now the modus operandi of the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization known as UNESCO.

The peace award for journalists comes at a time when the profession is under siege the world over

Control of information flow provides ground for media bias With the enduring fad of the term called ‘western bias’ being the center of the world discussion, it’s needless to say that we as a nation have erred up to an extent Bishakha Bhardwaj Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people — Tom Clancy With the enduring fad of the term called western bias being the center of the world discussion, its needless to say that we as a nation have e...