Australian Communications and Media Authority. David Macilwain.12th February 2020 Dear Sir/Madam, This complaint to ACMA relates to the failure of Australian public broadcasters SBS and ABC to satisfactorily present an impartial, accurate and balanced view of the Syrian conflict over…
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Complaint to SBS TV on Syria Reporting June 2019
September 27, 2019
Formal complaint letter or “Code Complaint” – to SBS Ombudsman Ms Sally Begbie. Copied to SBS executive producer Andrew Clark. Sent 25th June 2019 in response to SBS news reports on the situation in Idlib province, Syria from early May…
The Case against the ABC – Culpable failure to provide impartial coverage of the Syrian conflict
May 1, 2017
Letter to: Ms Michelle Guthrie. Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Commission. The screening by Four Corners of Channel 4’s documentary “The Case against Assad” marks a new low in the ABC’s editorial policy on this highly contentious subject, and at…
Washington Choreographing All-Out War with Russia?
April 27, 2015
A good, if worrying, appraisal of the current situation in Ukraine from Finian Cunningham: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41690.htm Of particular concern is that some of the 300 US troops currently in Ukraine have moved to ‘training’ positions only 20-30km from the conflict zone.…
Paul Craig Roberts: Demonization of Russia makes reducing nuclear threat impossible
April 18, 2015
Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury & Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal, on how the demonisation of Russia in the US media, coupled with hair-trigger nuclear weapons, put the whole world at risk. Did…
French intelligence: no evidence of Russian invasion
April 12, 2015
French military intelligence can find no evidence that Russia was about to invade Ukraine, despite NATO claims to the contrary. This is detailed in committee minutes from 25 Mar 2015 on the National Assembly website (English version via Google Translate).…
News Unspun – Syria: Running Blog
September 3, 2013
News Unspun are keeping an eye on media reporting of the news around the Syrian conflict and the Western escalation of plans to attack. Visit their running blog for more.
Guardian cartoonists on front-line of the propaganda war
August 25, 2013
Following the killings of civilians in Syria this week from some kind of gas attack, by perpetrators as yet unknown, the governments of the US, UK and France have swept aside any factual investigation, judged the Assad government guilty and…
MOTHER AGNES-MARIAM DE LA CROIX
August 25, 2013
Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix, affectionately known simply as Mam, is a Carmelite nun who is a central figure in Mussalaha, a grass roots movement for reconciliation between all communities in Syria and has a deeply open multi faith perspective.…
MAIREAD MAGUIRE
August 25, 2013
Mairead Maguire is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her extraordinary actions to help tackle the religious and political conflict in her homeland. A co-founder of the campaigning organisation Peace People,…