VIDEO: Project Censored’s Top 25 Unreported Stories of 2012
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year’s top 25 stories that went unreported by the mainstream media
(A Few) Media Skeptical of Syria WMD Panic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two mainstream magazine editors and one former NSC member express skepticism about reports of the Assad regime preparing to use chemical weapons against insurgents.
The Great Stonewall of China
Reading Time: 4 minutes China recently kicked out a foreign reporter for…well, probably for trying to do her job. Here’s a side-splittingly funny bad translation of a press conference where another reporter tries to get answers, and a government spokesman does the Funky Chicken.
The Saudi Arab Spring Nobody Noticed
Reading Time: 7 minutes When it comes to the media, all uprisings are not equal. Not when the oppressor is an ally and sitting on gobs of oil.
Al Jazeera’s Failures on Libya—and What They Tell Us About the Network
Reading Time: 4 minutes For many of those sick of the inadequacies of Western news organizations, the answer is Al Jazeera. But how independent-minded, really, is this Middle Eastern television network? Not very, we’re afraid. It’s the same old gang in a new, improved outfit.
Arabs and Jews: A Surprising Statement
Reading Time: 2 minutes With news reports mostly emphasizing the Israeli government’s wariness about events in Egypt, here’s an interesting development: It took the Arab-run news outlet, Al Jazeera, to run a piece about Jews being supportive of the Egyptian people’s self-determination. Writes Rabbi Michael Lerner: Ever since the victory over the dictator of Tunisia and the subsequent uprising Read More