Media Criticism

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ When most people in the English-speaking world hear the word “propaganda”, they tend to think of something that’s done by foreign nations who have governments that are so totalitarian they won’t even let people know what’s true…

So the ride is over…I’m going to miss Succession. I’m going to attempt a few non spoiler comments, then go deep into Spoiler territory. I enjoyed the finale more than I think just about any other Series finale, though that is damning with faint praise. I hated the Game of…

Something happened in the world. I’m not exactly sure what or when it happened, but I know something feels different. I am one of those unique individuals who took their passion and art and turned it into a job that can pay the bills. My art started as an untamed…

Edward Snowden, who was involved in the intelligence activities of the U.S. federal government through his work for the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, blew the whistle on the United States’ collection of information at the expense of the privacy of ordinary citizens around the world. He…

When an ordinary citizen is suspected of a crime, the treatment that follows is completely different from that for a public official, such as a police officer or firefighter, suspected of a similar crime. The treatment involves social sanctions such as the reporting of the suspect’s real name in the…

I think I lost the plot watching ‘The Little Mermaid’ — “Look at this stuff Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete? Wouldn’t you think I’m the girl The girl who has everything? Look at this trove Treasures untold How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around here you think Sure, she’s got everything I’ve got gadgets and…

Winter is here. In a solid block of bone chilling cold in the early mornings and the velvety warmth of the noon sunshine. The unseasonal rains of autumn have stopped and the holy land’s mining dump village is settling into her Highveld glory. The avenues of plane trees are shedding…

News organisations are propaganda machines, forcing their audiences to take sides. How far will society stretch before it tears itself apart? “It must be clear that the vast majority of people are not at all affected by any single air raid and would hardly sustain any evil impression if it were not thrust before them. Everyone should learn to take air raids and air-raid alarms as if they were no more…

Listen to a reading ot this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ 60 Minutes Australia has been playing a leading role in saturating Australian airwaves with consent-manufacturing messaging in support of militarising to participate in a US war against China. A segment they ran a year ago is titled…