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offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
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offsite link Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
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offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
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offsite link The Significance of Jordan Peterson Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:00 | James Alexander
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
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offsite link Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media Fri Jan 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
There's been a massive recovery in Antarctica sea ice this year. But you won't hear about it in our Net Zero-obsessed mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
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Tipping the balance West

category international | arts and media | other press author Saturday September 22, 2007 14:16author by David Manning & Miriam Cotton - MediaBiteauthor email mcotton at mediabite dot org Report this post to the editors

RTE's attitude towards Iraqi eyewitnesses

In any other circumstance an eyewitness would be regarded by journalists as a reliable source of information.

But when the eyewitness is an Iraqi whose street has just been bombed and attacked by US forces that person becomes an 'angry resident' whose evidence is of little worth - especially when compared to the evidence of the people responsible for the bombing. Time and again RTE relies unquestioningly on US military sources without making the least effort to verify what they are told. Time and again they ignore the possibility of checking the Iraqi perspective. In our latest Media Shot an exchange between David Manning and RTE's senior journalist, Ray Donoghue, is revealing.

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author by Miriam - MediaBitepublication date Sat Sep 22, 2007 14:30author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Below is another example of a stunningly dutiful piece of RTE reporting. Quoting General Petraeus on what he claims is the success of 'the surge', not a single attempt is made to verify his claims. There is no critical analysis of any sort - no alternative view is given bar a single line at the foot of the report which says that an unnamed Democrat has asked for the Petraeus' resignation. That person's reasons are not given and the clearly intended effect is that what the General has said is authoritative and incontrovertible.

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