A new article in The New Yorker by Steve Coll underscores how deceptive this journalistic practice is. Among other things, he notes that the U.S. government itself—let alone the media outlets calling them “militants”—often has no idea who has been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan. That’s because, in 2008, George W. Bush and his CIA chief, Gen. More
U.S. again bombs mourners The Obama policy of attacking rescuers and grieving rituals continues this weekend in Pakistan BY GLENN GREENWALD MONDAY, JUN 4, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) In February, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism documented that after the U.S. kills people with drones in Pakistan, it then targets for death those who show up at the More
U.S. again bombs mourners The Obama policy of attacking rescuers and grieving rituals continues this weekend in Pakistan BY GLENN GREENWALD MONDAY, JUN 4, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) In February, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism documented that after the U.S. kills people with drones in Pakistan, it then targets for death those who show up at the More
Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims BY GLENN GREENWALD SATURDAY, JUN 2, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all More
Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims BY GLENN GREENWALD SATURDAY, JUN 2, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all More
