Why is CNN doing PR for a Middle Eastern dictatorship?
The cable news giant is an ‘official broadcaster’ of an upcoming UAE state-run, six-month ‘expo’ that is seemingly meant to burnish its global image.
The cable news giant is an ‘official broadcaster’ of an upcoming UAE state-run, six-month ‘expo’ that is seemingly meant to burnish its global image.
The promotions were removed for about a month after the internet mocked the clear appearance of a conflict of interest.
It’s clear now that the invasion of Iraq and the 20-year GWOT couldn’t have happened without the Fourth Estate’s complicity.
A recent article on the company’s secret weapons facility read more like promotional content.
The US media’s coverage of the withdrawal focused on drama at the expense of the more important bigger picture.
It should be no surprise then, that Americans are shocked at the images of violence and the grim political situation on the ground today.
The author happens to advise Biden-linked consulting firm WestExec, whose client makes the weapons in question.
The journalistic ‘voice of God’ is often used to defend interventionist policies or push our leaders to do something about, well, everything.
Politico is hyping a ‘threat’ that may or may not be happening, but even if it was, there’s no need to hit the panic button.
The paper of record continues to offer shoddy reporting on the JCPOA.
Baseless claims that US journalists helped launder about the Associated Press and Hamas prompted a right-wing smear campaign.
Bret Stephens promised to disclose the affiliation if there was any ‘overlap’ with subjects he writes about for the Times.
The 60 Minutes anchor repeatedly tried to bait the secretary of state into taking a more militaristic approach.
It’s easy to distract Washington reporters from the realities of high stakes diplomacy.
The piece opposed Biden’s Afghanistan troop withdrawal and originally didn’t disclose the author’s financial stake in that view.
The military doesn’t make US foreign policy decisions and there’s a reason for that.
Media invoke the language of human rights and humanitarianism to convince those to the left of center to accept, if not support, U.S. actions abroad.
Recent events in central Asia and western Africa have had a major impact on world power geopolitics.
A prominent NYT journalist got called out for sloppy reporting on Iran’s nuclear program; but the offenses go far beyond the paper of record.
We learned this week that Trump asked for plans to bomb Iran, but the full scope of the issue went largely unaddressed.
Reporters are fascinated by a weapon that purportedly results in fewer instances of collateral damage, but its existence as a byproduct of endless war is often overlooked.