Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A tale of two reports: Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian

Click here to access article from the blogger at Interventions Watch.

This is another illustration of how corporate media function to support the interests of the One Percent's Empire by managing information and analysis. The blogger looks at the contradictions and inconsistencies from corporate media when reporting the same crimes:
  • When reports are published alleging crimes by states who are our [the Empire's] Official Enemies, the background of the people who commissioned the report is irrelevant in judging its veracity and objectivity, and it should cause ‘global outrage’ against the accused and their international backers. 
  • When (arguably more credible) reports are published alleging crimes by states who are our [the Empire's] Official Allies, the background of the people who commissioned the report is relevant in judging its veracity and objectivity, and we must question why this state, but not others, is being singled out.
The moral of this article and similar ones is...read/view corporate media reports critically!