MEDIA ANALYSIS / CRITIQUE
IMC | 12.10.2001 14:20
The first casualty of war is truth and blood sells. Contributions and articles about the corporate coverage so far and the role of the media.

The Media Goes to War
John Tarleton & Mary Ann Thompson, SEP-13-01
"[Communications Professor Robert] McChesney says that public anger is being manipulated by the choice and repetition of certain images and voices. The mainstream media set certain limits on the range of analysis deemed acceptable as well as the conclusions to be drawn from this analysis."

Media face information squeeze
26/09/01
The media are facing an "unprecedented" degree of control of information from the US and UK military and defence agencies, according to Sky's head of news, Nick Pollard.

Nothing's Shocking: Mainstream Media Manipulation and the Gulf War

Commissars of the Free Press - Media Critique

WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, MEDIA STICKS HEAD IN THE SAND
10/4/01--El Diario, the Spanish-language daily in New York City, was the exception that proved the rule. It ran a huge picture of the Washington anti-war demonstration on its front page.

The propaganda war Oct 4th 2001
From The Economist print edition

PSYOPS: In War on Terrorism, Information Becomes a Prime Weapon

Metaphors of Terror - Images and Language

Flying Blind With A Lazy Press

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Media Workers Against War - UK site

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