MEDIA COVERAGE ON GAZA
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International Media
Media Lying About a Lie?
Article in Daily Kos by whitroth, 7/31/26
Headline: “About Nicaragua and US media”
“Remember the big fuss a week or so ago about Ortega of Nicaragua saying “there would be no more elections”?
“It was all a lie. Literally. Every report that we saw LIED by editing out half the words.
An ex of mine found this link on bluesky. What Ortega actually said was ‘none who promoted a violent anti-government insurrection in 2018 will be allowed to stand for office.’
“Well, gee, that’s not exactly “no more elections. . .”
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/31/800077977/community/about-nicaragua-and-us-media/
Local News is Important
Article in Poynter by Phoenix Chapital, 7/16/25
Headline: “When the World Cup came to Kansas City, local journalists stayed local”
Subhead: “As global media descended on the city, Kansas City reporters found stories only local journalists could tell”
“As international media outlets flocked to Kansas City to cover the World Cup, local journalists responded to the global event by leaning even harder into what they do best: covering their own communities.
“Rather than trying to match the international press corps, Kansas City’s newsrooms found their advantage in telling stories only local journalists could tell. . .”
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https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/local-news-coverage-world-cup-kansas-city/
Media Merger Mahem?
Article in Status by Joe Passantano, 7/10/26
Headline: “Ellison’s Merger Danger Zone”
“Legal offensive and scrutiny in the U.K. could put the blockbuster deal in Jeopardy, experts tell Status”
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https://www.status.news/p/paramount-warner-bros-merger-cnn-states-lawsuit-antitrust
Rt. Media & Regime Change
Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 7/9/26
Headline: “As Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over,’ right-wing media hawks push for ground troops, regime change — even nuclear strikes”
“Right-wing media hawks are floating a new wave of risky and at times bloodthirsty escalations after Iranian forces struck commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. retaliated by resuming military strikes, and President Donald Trump declared the long-shaky ceasefire with Iran “over.”
“Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen wants to ‘destroy 100%’ of Iran’s defense industrial base and ‘set them back to the Stone Age militarily and then declare victory’. . .”
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Rt. Wing Media Worry About Cuba
Article in Media Matters by Janos Balazs, 7/2/26
Headline: “Right-wing Spanish-language media caution that attacking Cuba won’t be as straightforward as the Maduro raid”
Subhead: “One guest said any potential U.S. military action in Cuba ‘would have to be much larger than Venezuela’ “
“As tensions have risen between the U.S. and Cuba, some Spanish-language right-wing media voices have cautioned that regime change in Cuba won’t be as easy as President Donald Trump’s raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in early January. While hosts have generally expressed support for such actions, they’ve claimed that the Cuban government is ‘more closed off’ than Venezuela; that former Cuban leader Raúl Castro has ‘the whole army as personal security’; and that ‘there is no Delcy Rodríguez’ in Cuba, referring to the former vice president of Venezuela who replaced Maduro. . .”
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Different Questions for Different Areas?
Article in Al Jazerra by Patrick Gathera 6/30/26
Headline: “At the World Cup, the media has set up a moral checkpoint”
Subhead : “While US and European players just get to play football, Global South footballers are questioned about politics.”
” ‘Why is it that African teams and Middle Eastern teams have to answer for what their governments are doing but European teams don’t?’ South African comedian Trevor Noah asked recently during a World Cup watch party.
“He was reacting to the questions Western journalists had lobbed at Iranian players following their games. But the question goes far beyond Iran. It speaks to a familiar hierarchy in global journalism: Some players are allowed to be athletes. Others are turned into ambassadors, defendants and moral exhibits. . .”
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Media Turmoil – Newspaper Stands Out
Article in The New Republic by Perry Bacon, 6/29/26
Headline: “The British Paper That Americans Are Rushing to Read”
Subhead: “Guardian US managing director Steve Sachs says the paper’s audience has grown vastly in the United States because it is free, independent, and global.”
“The news about the news has been terrible over the last year: CBS News taken over by Bari Weiss; Jeff Bezos pushing The Washington Post opinion section to the right; CNN, The New York Times, and other outlets often choosing to downplay the radicalism of President Trump so they can portray themselves as neutral and objective; numerous local and national outlets laying off reporters. But The Guardian US is the rare positive news media story. . .”
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https://newrepublic.com/article/212480/british-paper-americans-rushing-read
Posterior Reporting
Article in Raw Story by Thom Hartman, 6/22/26
Headline: “Opinion | The truth about Trump was finally blared across this newspaper’s front page “
“This weekend, the right-wing Italian daily Libero, a major conservative newspaper that shares a fair amount of Donald Trump’s politics, ran a one-word verdict on the President of the United States across its front page. The Italian word is coglione. The polite translation is ‘idiot.’ The translation that George Conway and half of social media reached for, and the one the paper plainly intended, is a good deal blunter than that and more dictionary accurate: ‘a–hole.’. . .”
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Did Press Cover Iraq or Iran Better?
Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Jem Bartholomew, 6/22/26
Headline: “How’d We Do?”
Subhead: “The press corps failed badly in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq. Was coverage of the Iran war any better?
“. . .’Does this mean—whisper it—that overall the press has had a ‘good’ war, at least compared with the debacle of the run-up to Iraq? I’m still making up my mind. And I’m curious what CJR’s readers think about this—so do respond to this email or send me a note if you’d like to share your thoughts. . .”
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