Julian Assange, Conspiracy Theorist
The long 60 Minutes segment on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange from last night (1/30/11) is definitely worth a look. But this set-up from correspondent Steve Kroft was certainly odd: Julian Assange is...
View ArticleNYT and the Julian Assange Smear Campaign
WikiLeaks‘ Julian Assange believes people are out to smear him and his organization. That much seems clear. Today the New York Times‘ Ravi Somaiya writes a piece that would seem to confirm those...
View ArticleWhy Hold a Journalist at Guantanamo?
Today’s New York Times report (4/25/11) on the WikiLeaks Guantanamo files provides an answer: The documents show that a major reason a Sudanese cameraman for Al Jazeera, Sami al-Hajj, was held at...
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Reading Guantanamo: NYT vs. Guardian
The New York Times and London Guardian both published stories yesterday (4/25/11) examining the WikiLeaks documents about the Guantanamo prison. While obviously just a snapshot, it is interesting to...
View ArticleWhite House Threatens to Blacklist Paper for Covering Protest
The San Francisco Chronicle is apparently in trouble with the White House for posting video of a protest against the White House’s treatment of suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning. The...
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Assange’s ‘Nut Job’ Portrayal Says More About Portrayers
New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley–whose work has been regularly featured in the paper’s Corrections box–doesn’t think much of WikiLeaks‘ Julian Assange’s new TV show, which debuted on the...
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Julian Assange, Erin Burnett and the Battle Over Press Freedom
CNN host Erin Burnett had WikiLeaks‘ Julian Assange on her show late last week (11/28/12) to talk about his new book. But the conversation turned to the allegation of hypocrisy: How can a freedom of...
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Fox News ‘Liberal’ Isn’t So Sure About College Rape
News flash: Someone said something stupid on Fox News Channel! Actually, this time I think it matters more than usual. On the Five (2/19/13), a discussion of rape on college campuses included what you...
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WikiLeaks: Was Chavez Right About U.S. Meddling?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (Photo: Bernardo Londoy) It’s no secret that U.S. media loathed the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Much of that was purely political; sure, Chavez could have...
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L.A. Times’ Distorted Report on USAID
The L.A. Times’ clenched-fist photo of Bolivian President Evo Morales “USAID Develops a Bad Reputation Among Some Foreign Leaders,” read a May 7 Los Angeles Times headline, followed by the subhead:...
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Bradley Manning on TV Network News
The first day of Bradley Manning’s court-martial trial was, by any rational definition, big news. Manning allegedly shared thousands of documents with the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Those...
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Brian Williams Makes the Case for Putting NBC on Trial
U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is facing a court martial for making classified information public by giving it to the website WikiLeaks. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams (6/3/13), reporting...
View ArticleFAIR TV: Bradley Manning, Afghan Atrocity, David Gregory’s Phony Gotcha
This week: What’s the press saying about the Bradley Manning trial? We take a look at a strange CBS Evening News report about a U.S. atrocity in Afghanistan, and David Gregory thinks he found an Obama...
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Edward Snowden and the State-Identified Journalist
Josh Marshall (Bill Moyers Journal) Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo (6/11/13) wrote about Edward Snowden yesterday in a way that helped make it clear why so many in the press seem upset that the...
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Washington Post’s WikiLeaks/Snowden/Greenwald Conspiracy Theory
Walter Pincus To Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus (7/9/13), something about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden just doesn’t smell right. Lucky for him he gets space in a prestigious newspaper to...
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Did NYT Tarnish ‘Journalistic Reputation’ of WikiLeaks?
Bill Keller wrote an expose of Julian Assange’s personal hygiene. I give the New York Times credit for continuing to cover the Bradley Manning trial when so many other outlets have stopped doing so....
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NBC Misreports Collateral Murder Video
As we’ve pointed out, corporate TV outlets haven’t shown much interest in the Bradley Manning trial. And then when they do, maybe you wish they didn’t. Covering the verdict announcement on last...
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The Government Can’t Prove Bradley Manning Hurt Anyone–but Joe Klein Knows
The sentencing phase of the Bradley Manning trial currently underway is where the government is attempting to show the real world harm done by Manning and WikiLeaks. They’re not having much luck–but...
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Amazon, WikiLeaks, the Washington Post and the CIA
So what does Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ decision to buy the Washington Post mean? That was the question NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik tackled on Morning Edition (8/6/13). It was good to hear...
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Barrett Brown Can’t Talk About Why the Government Wants to Jail Him for a...
Barrett Brown In the US government’s campaign against journalists (FAIR Blog, 8/27/13), Barrett Brown is one of the lesser-known victims. And now even less will be forthcoming about his story, as...
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