by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran toppled America’s favoured client state along with the peacock throne that its despot the Shah of Iran occupied, perpetrators of political violence were increasingly being described as ‘terrorists’. In 1980 the...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Press Releases
The Media Review Network deplores bombings in Boston and expresses our shock and outrage that untested allegations blaming “Islamists” have emerged without any shred of evidence. We find it equally reprehensible that a number of mainstream Western media...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
A right-wing media pundit from the United States has called for all Muslims to be killed in a ‘sarcastic’ tweet made in response to the Boston Marathon bombings. Erik Rush, a regular on Fox News, appeared to attribute blame to Islamic extremists following yesterday’s...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
At first I thought I should not comment on the Boston bombings as it is obvious that we in Palestine, under siege and regular bombardment would clearly sympathize. But then I saw the usual pundits on mainstream media trying to spin the tragedy to serve racism. (By...