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Nieman Watchdog > Commentary > At least 1,400 arrests for antiwar dissent, but who’s counting? Not the press.

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00563 COMMENTARY | July 22, 2011 The national news media almost totally ignore homefront protests of the Afghanistan war, killer drones, torture, and more, regardless of their newsworthiness.

Cenk Uygur and the ethos of corporate-owned media - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2011/07/21/uygur/ So it’s a shame — well, not really at all — that the Derb Days have reached their natural and necessary conclusion.
http://www.salon.com/2011/07/23/nyt_17/

The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of "Terrorism" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Here and elsewhere, it looks like we can expect the Obama administration to continue to barrel down the path that has already taken us far from the country we used to be. And by next year, if a different president is in the Oval Office, expect him to lead us even further astray. With that in mind, here are five categories in the sphere of national security where 2012 is likely to prove even grimmer than 2011.

Armchair Generalist: Information Operations

http://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/03/information_ope.html This diary by Tirge Caps over at daily Kos caught my eye - it references an article in Parameters by Kenneth Payne , a BBC news producer, on the uses of media during wartime.
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/poniewozik/article/0,9565,544296,00.html

James Poniewozik: All the News That Fits Your Reality

You've just liberated a nation from a tyrant who spread his lies through a state-run TV network.

The left/right litmus test for journalists doesn't work anymore. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2003/02/the_varieties_of_media_bias_part_2.html While you might reap accurate results from a Vulcan mind probe of just 130 members of the Washington press corps, you'd want to make sure the 130 surveyed were the right 130. But that's not the case with this survey. Only 60 of the 323 questionnaires went to journalists at the elite organizations that set the news agenda: the New York Times , Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , USA Today , Wall Street Journal , CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, Time , Newsweek , U.S.

Conservatives outraged at Juan Williams’ NPR firing didn’t care when CNN correspondent met the same fate

“I will no longer accept interview requests from NPR as long as they are going to practice a form of censorship,” said former Arkansas governor and Fox News talk show host Mike Huckabee today. He was responding to the announcement that Fox News analyst Juan Williams had been let go from a similar role at NPR. http://bloggasm.com/conservatives-outraged-at-juan-williams-npr-firing-didnt-care-when-cnn-correspondent-met-the-same-fate
SPOKESPERSON: I want to thank especially the inspector general.

Online NewsHour: CPB Report Accuses Tomlinson of Political Meddling -- November 15, 2005

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec05/kenny_11-15.html
http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/torture.html By Rob Beschizza at 6:17 pm Friday, Oct 22

The New York Times Torture Euphemism Generator! - Boing Boing

Rachel Maddow Clashes With Jon Stewart, Civilly, In Hour's Worth Of Interview Excerpts

Jon Stewart sat down with Rachel Maddow for a lengthy taped interview that wound up filling the entirety of "The Rachel Maddow Show" Thursday night on MSNBC.

An embed's tale from the dark side | This Just In | MEDIA

MEDIA It was perhaps the most astounding media story to come out of the war in Iraq.

PressThink: :The View From Iraq is Getting Narrower Just as Things Are Getting Worse..."

The People Formerly Known as the Audience: "You don't own the eyeballs. You don't own the press, which is now divided into pro and amateur zones.