Tag Archives | Western media

Western feminism and the dehumanization of Palestinian men

Originally published: The New Arab on January 18, 2024 by Hebh Jamal (more by The New Arab) | (Posted Jan 24, 2024)

The racist accusation of misogyny by Julia Hartley-Brewer against Mustafa Barghouti embodies the refusal to see Palestinian men as victims, writes Hebh Jamal.
Factchecking the factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and media access

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on August 29, 2022 by John Kempthorne (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) | (Posted Sep 01, 2022)

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S.-based media platforms have made an extraordinary effort to cut Western audiences off from news from a Russian perspective.
Western media and politicians prefer to ignore the truth about civilians killed in Donetsk shelling

Originally published: Internationalist 360° on June 16, 2022 (more by Internationalist 360°)

Following intense Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk on June 13, some Western media sources, in tandem with outlets in Kiev, unsurprisingly claimed that the attack–which killed at least five civilians and struck a busy maternity hospital–was perpetrated by Russian forces.
Eva Bartlett reports from Mariupol: “Ukraine forces used scorched earth tactics”

Originally published: Internationalist 360° on April 25, 2022 by Eva Bartlett (more by Internationalist 360°) (Posted Apr 28, 2022)

Yes, there is destruction, that’s what happens when Ukrainian forces, and Nazis, embed in residential areas & occupy apartment buildings. It isn’t Raqqa, and if you aren’t aware of the U.S. illegal coalition in Syria’s full destruction of Raqqa, look that up.