When the Chinese regime learn that censorship will never stop the flow of “subversive” information? Chinese authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times even while lifting some of the restrictions they had recently imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets.
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President Bush’s legacy of torture will outlive him
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Antony Loewenstein, on a US book tour, writes from New York: Outgoing US President George W Bush has a few regrets. “The fight in Iraq has been longer and more costly than expected”, he said last week. But he has never apologised for his administration’s use…
The USA, lead rogue
From the New York Times yesterday, explaining the White House position: …if a country cannot deal with a terrorism problem on its own, the United States reserves the right to act unilaterally. If any state acts without boundaries or ignores international law, it should be treated as a rogue player.
Shifting sands of Israel/Palestine
My following talk was presented today to a full room at Harvard University: Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government/Centre for Middle Eastern Studies ME Forum, 24 November 2008 The Shifting Sands of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: An Australian Perspective Antony Loewenstein Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, speaking in March this year at a United Israel…
Doing us all a favour
A piece the New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman should write as soon as possible: The sudden outbreak of peace in Iraq has made me realize, among other things, one incontestable fact: I have no business holding a pen, at least with intent to write. I know, you’re thinking I’m going too far. I…
Imagine if a state wants to bomb Washington?
The New York Times provides the rationale for this week’s US strike against “terrorists” in Syria: …American officials said the Bush administration was determined to operate under an expansive definition of self-defense that provided a rationale for strikes on militant targets in sovereign nations without those countries’ consent. Such actions are illegal under international law…
How to make progress in the MSM
Journalist Judith Miller, who disgraced her profession and the New York Times by publishing countless bogus stories about Iraq’s non-existent WMDs, has been hired by Fox News. It fits. A liar now works for the master of fiction.
How to report the carnage
The two sides of media in Iraq: From the West: The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq’s growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations. In a stark indication of the changing media focus here, the number of journalists traveling with American forces…
We wuz wrong, kinda
So the New York Times finally acknowledges its inability to seriously challenge Bush administration spin before the Iraq war?