FAIR:
"When the corporate media push for war, one of their main weapons is propaganda by omission. In the case of the recent crisis in Ukraine, Western journalists have omitted key context about the expansion of NATO since the end of the Cold War, as well as US support for the Maidan coup in 2014 (FAIR.org, 1/28/22).
A third and crucial case of propaganda by omission relates to the integration of neo-Nazis into the Ukrainian armed forces (FAIR.org, 3/7/14, 1/28/22). If the corporate media reported more critically about Western support for the neo-Nazi-infested Ukrainian security services, and how these forces function as a front-line proxy of US foreign policy, public support for war might be reduced and military budgets called into greater question.
As recent coverage demonstrates, one way of resolving this issue is by not mentioning the inconvenient matter of Ukrainian neo-Nazis altogether."
https://fair.org/home/western-media-fall-in-lockstep-for-neo-nazi-publicity-stunt-in-ukraine/
-->The major media is beating the drums of war again. There is no starker illustration of how uniform our media has become than the current hectoring for conflict with Russia. Alan Chartock and Rachel Maddow are two of the most despicable. They are simply propagandists for the Democratic Party as it whips up war hysteria. Wasn't this the peace party we all had to vote for? Does the party stand for anything?
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Haaretz:
"Israel holds up vital spare parts for Gaza's water and sewage systems. Israel is holding up the entry of hundreds of vital replacement parts for the proper functioning of Gaza's water and sewage systems. As a result, partially treated wastewater is being released into the sea, water leakage from pipes is even worse than usual, [and] rainwater runoff is causing a danger of flooding. The quality and quantity of drinking water, purified in special facilities, is also being affected, and the same problems keep happening because repairs are being made with makeshift materials.
Palestinian officials in the Gaza Water Utility say that there have been unexplained prolonged delays and foot-dragging in getting approvals to bring in the various necessary items since the war ended in May. An Israeli security official rejects the claims of delays."
-->While the world's attention is directed towards Ukraine, Israel ratchets up it genocidal treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. It takes an Israeli newspaper to break the story.
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Common Dreams:
"US Bombed Somalia Amid Russian Invasion of Ukraine. 'You do not, in fact, have to choose between American and Russian imperialisms,' wrote one anti-war reporter. 'The correct choice is to detest and resist both.'
Just before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale military assault on Ukraine, which has drawn accusations of potential war crimes and received global condemnation, the United States hit Somalia with the latest drone attack in its 15-year war against the impoverished nation."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/25/us-bombed-somalia-amid-russian-invasion-ukraine
-->The NYT was one of the very few media outlets that actually reported the recent US bombing of Somalia. For the rest of our mainstream media, this US military aggression against another Third World country just doesn't fit the narrative of American support for human rights.
