The world is not just in crisis. Humans as a species are in crisis. But if you see fire and are fine with calling it “fire season,” and you see torrential hurricanes and flooding in places hitherto relatively immune, and are fine with calling it “volatile weather,” and you see melting glaciers and icecaps and are fine with calling it “cyclical” on a presumably-geological scale you know nothing about — then you are ingesting too much corporate media propaganda designed …
Tag: Media Analysis
A version of this was published in Canadian Dimension magazine (July 4, 2021) Every so often the media and political pundit classes work themselves into a frenzy of finger-wagging over the vandalism, toppling, or destruction of …
Tha Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) followed the corporate media newswire framing for its headline on May 11, 2021: Israelis are “killed” with the active voice; Palestinians “die” with the passive voice. Even the headlines are colonial. …
“Debates” over the last month triggered by events in Syria have been almost unbelievable. Not because reasonable people cannot disagree about facts, about ethical priorities, and about the efficacy of different strategic and tactical options. They …
Originally published in The Media Co-op on December 16, 2013 The eulogies and myth-making began almost immediately –– in Canada as notably as elsewhere.[1] On December 5th, the day Nelson Mandela passed away, former Prime Minister …
Originally published on the Electronic Intifada website on March 21, 2003 Those of us in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and involved in Palestine solidarity work more generally, are deeply shocked and horrified by the recent …