Articles by Des Freedman
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Defence Correspondents: The Journalistic Wing of the UK Military?
Des Freedman | Declassified UK - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 – There are stenographers – and then there are UK defence correspondents. An analysis of broadcasters’ coverage of defence shows that reporting is virtually 100% in line with the government’s own priorities. This isn’t journalism but public relations.
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For Western Media, Only Israeli Lives Matter
Des Freedman | Declassified UK - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
31 Jan 2024 – Right across the Anglo-American mainstream media, the killing of Palestinians is seen as normal. It’s only Israeli lives that matter.
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Des Freedman | London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jun 2017
We would all benefit from a slower journalism that didn’t resort to tired stereotypes and sought to expand, not to contaminate, our understanding of a violent world. The trouble is that there is neither the business model nor the political will to foster such an approach.
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Des Freedman – Open Democracy,
23 Nov 2015
Is it editors, journalists or audiences to blame? “A life is a life” said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reflecting on the disparity between blanket media coverage of the atrocities in Paris last Friday and what he perceived as a distinct lack of attention to the loss of life in other parts of the world.
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