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Defending the massacre in Gaza has become a dismal business. I read Martin Jones’ response to Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s March 17 column on this topic and wondered again why anyone would support Israel’s actions. I believe only a history of dehumanizing Palestinians could explain his condescending comment about those who “lament the civilian casualties and think […]

SAN DIEGO — Adam Lambert’s old high school put on a show Friday for the “American Idol” finalist, with cheerleaders, a marching band and thousands of fans and students celebrating their hometown music hero. In return, Lambert, 27, offered the crowd at Mt. Carmel High School two songs and a few words of appreciation. “This […]

Trust in media is at an all-time low, in part because of corporate outlets’ failure to cover what’s really going on.

By Robin Andersen / Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt its pursuit of Assange (Consortium News, 9/20/23). They came representing an impressive national consensus: Almo...

Corporate media’s dehumanization of Palestinians, lack of historical context, and repeating hearsay as fact make the current tragedy unintelligible to Americans. By Robin Andersen / Project Censored, October 22, 2023  https://scheerpost.com/2023/10/22/how-big-media-facilitate-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza/ On October 6, 2023, Hamas broke out of Gaza, lobbed rockets, and sent fighters into Israeli territory. The attacks killed hundreds of Israeli soldiers and civilians. Images…

By Robin Andersen / Project Censored On October 6, 2023, Hamas broke out of Gaza, lobbed rockets, and sent fighters into Israeli territory. The attacks killed hundreds of Israeli soldiers and civilians. Images of violence and brutality were recorded and distributed widely over broadcast news over and over again, repeatedly showing abused, bloodied, and crying women and children. The violence was presented with voices of US and Israeli officials asserting that the attack was “unprecedented.”

A councillor for the Township of Langley is proposing the municipality take a more aggressive approach when dealing with mosquitoes this year.

Julian Assange once observed that, ‘Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.’ For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from