The News of the World’s former Deputy Features Editor Paul McMullan spoke last week at London’s Leveson Inquiry. Behold the kind of culture supported, indulged and paid by the Murdoch family:
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Hard to disagree with Assange calling many mainstream editors shills for power
Yes: Mainstream media and editors came under fire from WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange at the Global Editors Network summit in Hong Kong today, as he accused most journalists of entering the profession to “crawl up the ladder of power to become associated with power”. Addressing the conference via Skype, Assange told the audience of editors…
Top 25 stories corporate media (largely) ignored in 2011
Project Censored has released its annual list: Censored 2012: Stories of 2010-2011 1.… More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat 2. US Military Manipulates the Social Media 3.… Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign 4.… Global Food Crisis Expands 5.… Private Prison Companies Fund Anti–Immigrant Legislation 6.… Google Spying? 7.… U.S. Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment–Ever 8.… The Fairytale of Clean…
Memo to corporate hacks; objectivity doesn’t exist
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald is right: Contrary to popular wisdom, there aren’t two types of journalists: those who express opinions and those who are objective. … The two types are those who honestly acknowledge their opinions and those who deceitfully pretend such opinions do not influence their journalism. One reason modern establishment journalism has become so corrupted…
Getting inside the head of Julian Assange
My following book review appeared in yesterday’s Sydney Sun Herald: Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography Julian Assange (Text, $29.95) This is unlike any book you’ve ever read. Take one of the most recognisable figures in the world, sit him down for hours of interviews and sign a multimillion-dollar contract to publish an authorised autobiography. Talk…
MSM once again, like Iraq 2003, ramping up war against Iran
Seymour Hersh writes in the New Yorker that in the rush to accept the Israeli and American line over Iran – Tehran is a major threat and must be isolated (pretty much the same argument they’ve been making for a decade or more) – skepticism and rationality has once again disappeared: I’ve been reporting on…
How to deal with a Murdoch editor
British MP Tom Watson offers a lesson in media management: Yesterday I wrote a column for the Express and Star. It was picked up by a Times journalist this morning. Here is the text exchange between Ben Webster and me, you may find it of interest and or amusing. Ben Webster: Hi Tom, could you…