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Useful Idiots' in the West: an Overview of RT's Editorial Strategy and Evidence of Impact
Kremlin Watch Report 10.09.2017 The Kremlin's Platform for 'Useful Idiots' in the West: An Overview of RT's Editorial Strategy and Evidence of Impact Kremlin Watch is a strategic program which Monika L. Richter Kremlin Watch is a strategic program, which aims aimsto expose to expose and confrontand confront instruments instruments of Russian of Kremlin Watch Program Analyst Russianinfluence andinfluence disinformation and operationsdisinformation focused operations focusedagainst Westernagainst democracies.Western democracies. The Kremlin's Platform for 'Useful Idiots' in the West: An Overview of RT's Editorial Strategy and Evidence of Impact Table of Contents 1. Executive summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 Key points ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 3. Russia Today: Background and strategic objectives ......................................................................................................... 8 I. 2005 – 2008: A public diplomacy mandate .................................................................................................................... 8 II. 2008 – 2009: Reaction -
'None of It Reported': How Corporate Media
‘None of It Reported’: How Corporate Media Buried the Assange Trial By Media Lens Region: Europe, USA Global Research, October 08, 2020 Theme: Law and Justice, Media Media Lens 7 October 2020 Disinformation One of the most imposing features of state-corporate propaganda is its incessant, repetitive nature. Over and over again, the ‘mainstream’ media have to convince the public that ‘our’ government prioritises the health, welfare and livelihoods of the general population, rather than the private interests of an elite stratum of society that owns and runs all the major institutions, banks, corporations and media. We are constantly bombarded by government ministers and their media lackeys telling us that ‘our’ armed forces require huge resources, at public expense, to maintain the country’s ‘peace’ and ‘security’. We do not hear so much about the realpolitik of invading, bombing or otherwise ‘intervening’ in other countries with military force, diplomatic muscle, and bribes of trade and aid deals to carve up natural resources and markets for the benefit of a few. For those old enough to remember 2002-2003, who can forget the endless repeated rhetoric of the ‘threat’ posed by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, of how his ‘weapons of mass destruction’ could be launched within 45 minutes of his order, and how ‘we’ simply had to remove him from power? Or how, in 2011, the US, UK and France had to launch ‘humanitarian intervention’ to stop the ‘mass slaughter’ of civilians by Gaddafi’s forces in Libya. And on and on. Moreover, the public is saturated by obsequious ‘news’ about the royal family, allowing for the odd scandal now and again, to convince us of their ‘relevance’, the ‘great work’ they do for the country, not least ‘boosting the tourism industry’, and their supposedly vital role in maintaining a ‘stable society’ steeped in tradition and rich history. -
Counter-Hegemonic News Counter-Hegemonic Telesur English and of Al-Jazeera a Case Study
Painter Cover:Layout 1 12/09/2008 13:11 Page 1 RISJ REUTERS REUTERS CHALLENGES INSTITUTE for the STUDY of INSTITUTE for the CHALLENGES JOURNALISM STUDY of JOURNALISM | Counter-Hegemonic News Counter-Hegemonic Counter-Hegemonic News “Essential reading for anyone interested in the worldwide A case study of Al-Jazeera English and Telesur revolution in news provision and content.” Nigel Chapman, Director, BBC World Service James Painter This decade has seen the rapid growth of 24-hour television news channels, many with global reach. Some of these aspire to challenge the 'hegemonic' power of the BBC and CNN— charged with propagating a Western viewpoint, masked by claims of impartiality. The debate on impartiality, and on the supposed tyranny of a global narrative controlled by Western broadcasters, is one of the most hotly contested in international journalism today. In this pioneering study, James Painter examines two major and controversial new channels—the world network which is Al Jazeera English and Venezuela’s Telesur. Do they succeed in offering a 'counter-hegemonic' perspective on world news? In what ways is their output different from, and better or worse than, that of the leading Western broadcasters? James Painter is a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute. He is a former head of the Spanish American Section at the BBC World Service, and was until recently the Americas executive editor there. James Painter Cover image © Reuters image Cover Painter Cover:Layout 1 12/09/2008 13:11 Page 2 RISJ CHALLENGES SELECTED RISJ PUBLICATIONS CHALLENGES present findings, analysis and recommendations from Oxford’s Reuters Tim Gardam and David A. -
Covering Iran: the Role of Conventional and Non-Conventional Media
Covering Iran: the role of conventional and non-conventional media Conference report by Anabel Inge SOAS June 16, 2010 Introduction „It‟s been a tumultuous year for Iran,‟ said Professor Annabelle Sreberny, welcoming everyone to the conference. „The build-up to the elections in June 2009 was huge… while the result was widely rejected, producing… massive street demonstrations, the like of which haven‟t been seen in Iran since the 1979 revolution, and a violent backlash from the Islamic Republic.‟ The effect on the media was profound: Iranian print titles were closed and, as visas gradually ran out, the international media was forced to leave the scene. Journalists faced arrest and imprisonment – Reporters sans Frontières estimates that 80 fled the country and 39 are behind bars. New, more imaginative ways of covering Iran were developed, said Prof Sreberny: „The younger generation, especially, became street journalists, providing information, still images and video of what was unfolding on the streets, in the universities and elsewhere.‟ The conference, she added, would focus on three main areas, concentrating on broadcast media: how the global media coped with the flurry of citizen-produced material, how Iranians found novel ways of covering stories and how the Islamic Republic itself framed the story. She said that efforts had been made to ensure a range of opinions although, unfortunately, no one from IRIB picked up the invitation, and some speakers encountered practical problems and had to be replaced. Prof Sreberny thanked the chairs, the sponsors and the London Middle East Institute, especially Louise Hosking, for their work in organising the conference.