Here’s some supreme propaganda for your weekend. Murdoch’s Australian places this story on page one, written by their favourite establishment supporting “reporter” Greg Sheridan – victims of Western wars, what are talking about? – and demands that Australia ignore Israel’s criminality: TONY Abbott has called on the Rudd government not to expel an Israeli diplomat…
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Caring for Tamils brings media contempt
It’s hard to know the truth in all this but if history is any guide the tabloid press, working with the police, have a dark past of smearing individuals with a social conscience: A hunger striker who held a 23-day fast in Parliament Square last year in protest at the Sri Lanka’s offensive against the…
Rupert’s power is sustained by love and power not sense
Columbia Journalism Review mentions the ever-growing losses of the Murdoch empire. When Rupert finally meets his maker, his so-called empire will certainly change greatly. The arrogance of his current editors will dissipate very quickly. The poor dears: What lengths will Rupert Murdoch go to support his newspapers? Last year, The Wall Street Journal lost $80…
A little, almost token effort, to slap Israel over murdering people
Trouble in paradise: Britain has expelled Mossad’s most senior official in London after concluding there was compelling evidence that UK passports used by a hit squad in Dubai were cloned by Israel. The Independent has learnt that the documents were cloned at Ben Gurion airport, and officials then made follow-up calls to check surreptitiously that…
The Daily Show hearts Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart takes on Fox News’ Glenn Beck, a dribbling fool that has captured many hearts in the US: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Intro – Progressivism Is Cancer www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs…
Rupert will have to convince the Arab masses that he actually likes them as people not simply as cash-cows
Rupert Murdoch makes friends everywhere he goes (having lots of money helps). His recent speech in Abu Dhabi urged more transparency in the Middle East (a worthy goal) but clearly many in the region are rightly worried about his real agenda: The tie-up between Arab entertainment giant Rotana and pro-Israel media mogul Rupert Murdoch is…
The Israel lobby strikes back
Speaking of “journalists” who love Israel like an old wine; juicy if you know where to lick but corrupt to the core. Over to you, Murdoch columnist Greg Sheridan: The Australia-Israel relationship, normally a byword for geostrategic stability and enduring human warmth, has had some stormy passages lately. The use of Australian passports by the…
Don’t touch small, delicate little Israel, says wannabe Jewish Zionist
Murdoch attack-dog Andrew Bolt worries that the West is “selling out Israel” – yes, saying anything critical of the Jewish state is clearly one step away from anti-Semitism – and then this: I understand from excellent sources that Israel is alarmed by Kevin Rudd’s increasingly hostile comments (esepcially these) and policies, and major Labor donors…
Murdoch casts a spell over already gutless corporate reporters
Former executive editor of the New York Times Howell Raines writes in the Washington Post that American mainstream journalists are scared of the power of Fox News and should fight back: Why has our profession, through its general silence — or only spasmodic protest — helped Fox legitimize a style of journalism that is dishonest…
Slowly realising why the Middle East is on fire
Gee, things are tough in the Middle East when Murdoch’s Australian sounds depressed. Maybe, just maybe, more corporate journalists based in Israel will start to write about the reasons for the bleakness; fundamentalist Jews: The Middle East peace process was in tatters last night and Israel’s coalition government faced crisis after it announced a huge…