Role of Media
Oct 19 2010, Marco Villa

The New York Times’ Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner is one of the worst reporters for the U.S. media when it comes to the Middle East.

Bronner thrives on being an apologist for Israel and crafts his pieces in such a manner so that even the...

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Marco Villa, Connecticut
The above title is from a blog post. It is one of the most sufficient and insightful writings I have ever read about why we even have a so-called ‘War on...
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View Point, Shimla
Revelations about Woods’ private life began emerging after he crashed his car outside his home in Florida. After that, Tiger Woods story continues to evolve and...
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The media’s love and hate relationship with the world of glamour exposes an ugly truth that battle for survival has downplayed the importance of sensitive...
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It is inspiring to note that the Editor, The Washington Post, has proved himself as one of those extra ordinary persons who could retain higher order of political...
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Before 2-3 days there was an attack on IBN lokmat and IBN 7 channel. This is shameful deed done by Shiv Sena in the country like India. We have seen that Shiv Sena and...
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K.R.RAVI, potomac
In an earlier blog titled GRINGLO I had written about the way all solutions to our problems get trapped in a gridlock. We feel paralyzed, frustrated and in a cul de...
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Guilherme, Brasilia
The world ranking for freedom of press in 175 countries as reported by French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF), earlier this month, has some surprises. Brazil went...
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Jay, Brasilia
is now one of the strongest bastions of agribusiness on a global level. The world’s tenth largest economy, Brazil is now the nation which suffers the greatest...
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Asokananda Prosad, kharagpur town
We, the Indian, are very much interested in every issue now being exposed centering President Obama and the member of his Senate. India and America, two democratic...
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Israel often likes to brag that it is ostensible “the only democracy in the Middle East.” Considering that this “democracy” is a...
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Gianluigi, Rome
The beleaguered Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has ordered a special propaganda unit to “bombard” the foreign press with good news in an attempt...
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday he will go on TV and appear in courtrooms to prove that corruption and tax fraud charges in two trials against him are...
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It has emerged that Silvio Berlusconi may face criminal charges after Italy’s constitutional court threw out a law which gave him immunity from...
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Craig, Miami
Talk like a communist, walk like a democrat. That has been the paradoxical strategy pursued by Latin America’s new radical left — at least until now. Venezuelan...
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A key coalition partner in Silvio Berlusconi’s Government said yesterday he believed that the Mafia had orchestrated the sex scandal engulfing the Prime Minister as...
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A week after saying he was as invincible as Superman and a day after claiming that Italians secretly wanted to be like him, Mr Berlusconi said he was fearlessly...
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Our media are notorious for making mountains out of mole hills and I congratulate CNN-IBN for not lagging behind in creating scare in the minds of already panic...
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There is nothing wrong with the investigation. But aren’t we aware of the fact that in our country it’s very to harass individuals/institutions via fake cases? No...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
So Republicans, neo-conservatives and Islamophobes have just realized that they love Iranians and Muslims after all. After years of demonizing Iran and calling for...
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It is troubling enough that Italy’s rhetorically offensive Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi comes from a family that controls “half the television output,...
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Shantanu, Delhi
“Halla Bol ” released last year is an interesting film in many ways because it brings to the fore front the role of civil society in bringing social change....
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Image Credit Tiananmen Square, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you all are familiar with and so is with censorship in china. Freedom of expression is something that...
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ARVIND K.PANDEY, PRAYAG
Well, media in our times is primarily money oriented. It needs money to conduct its business. Money in our times comes easily via sex related stories or via...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Very often the media will catch on to a story and through the act of hype transform the reality into a well-narrated fiction. Instead of being impartial observers who...
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Zaheerul Hassan, Lahore
Media is an instrument of war and peace, which is being exercised by every nations to mould the situations for the purpose of acquiring desired results, assist in...
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New media helped Barack Obama to be the president of United States of America. Now, it’s the time for Indian politicians and electorate to get the benefits of the...
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Oscar, Oaxaca
Let me tell you folks, if the American side of the War against Drugs should fail, at least enough interest has been sparked to insure a victory for all literacy...
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Hariharan Iyyer, Bombay
Now we do that it is election season and out of the box talks are bound to produce great sounding bytes and coverage in the media – all for that few seconds of daily...
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The exemplary courage of ordinary lives fails to excite the senses of people running the Media Groups. Sometimes back Amarendra Pandey, a worker’s union leader...
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I don’t know weather you all are aware of the truth and circumstances behind Varun’s words or not. Here I am writing it. According to natives on that day...
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K.R.RAVI, potomac
The Indian media reports something sensational almost seconds after the event happens. Viewers and readers race to conclusions based on the initial report. The topic is...
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The Mumbai terror strikes were shown day in day out without break. Every small detail was being covered when the operation Cyclone was going on. In their race for the...
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Jannat Durrani, Peshawar
I do know that United States is playing a vital role in trying to eliminate terrorism in the world. U.S has paid a lot of money and lives to fight this war of terror...
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It is noteworthy but a pitiable plight to see the trend of the Indian news channels which have become more commercial and tabloid crazy, sensationalizing news in a bid...
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