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Our features archive with a list of all previous guest commentary and articles...
Israel's Death Wish
(added Sunday April 27, 2008)
As described in our interview with Joe MacAnthony, the following article did not appear in the Sunday Independent in 2001.
The Facilitators
(added Sunday April 27, 2008)
As described in our interview with Joe MacAnthony, the following article did not appear in the Sunday Independent in 2001.
Where the Sweeps Millions Go
(added Sunday April 27, 2008)
First published in 1973, Joe MacAnthony provides the original article that broke the story of the Irish Sweepstakes. Although over 7,000 words the story was ran in it's entirety due to fears that the close relationship between the Irish Independent's owners and the organisers of the Sweepstakes would mean a second part may never make it to publication.
Reporting War
(added Thursday April 3, 2008)
Reporting War
DIT, Aungier St., Dublin
April 9th, 6:15pm
On the Message Board
(added Thursday March 6, 2008)
Under the headline ‘There are reasons to vote Obama -- just not good ones’ Kevin Myers writes in the Irish Independent:
“no Iraqi National Council of Reawakening; but instead, a timetable of capitulation, defeat and withdrawal, followed by regional catastrophe, starting some time around now."
On the Message Board
(added Sunday July 22, 2007)
A recent Irish Times opinion article by Theodore Dalrymple, 'Fanaticism has real consequences for relations with Muslims', attempted to rationalise discrimination against Muslims: "The fundamental problem is this: there is an asymmetry between the good that many moderate Muslims can do for Britain and the harm that a few fanatics can do to it. The one in 1,000 chance that a man is a murderous fanatic is more important to me than the 999 in 1,000 chance that he is not a murderous fanatic; if, that is, he is not especially valuable or indispensable to me in some way."
Beyond Advocacy v. Objective Journalism
(added Thursday July 5, 2007)
MediaBite's latest guest contributor is Robert Jensen, Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas, who challenges the notion that journalism which disputes the conventional wisdom should always be labelled as "advocacy" or "activist", and seen as less trustworthy than traditional mainstream 'objective' journalism. He contrasts the journalism and perspective of John Pilger with that of John Burns from the New York Times – the former often disregarded as 'left wing' and the latter widely regarded as a trusted and objective mainstream voice.
On the Message Board
(added Sunday July 1, 2007)
The Irish Examiner recently relayed the thoughts of US senator Joseph Lieberman who favours military action against Iran in order to force them to 'play by the rules'. We wrote in response...
On the Message Board
(added Saturday June 16, 2007)
On Wednesday The Irish Times revealed it’s editorial position on ‘the Corrib Project’: "There are among the protesters a core who will settle for nothing less than the abandonment of the Corrib gas project..." We responded the next day...
The Silencing of Public Radio
(added Wednesday April 4, 2007)
‘The first language of this country is supposed to be Irish, but it’s not. It’s silence.’ Neil Belton, A Game with Sharpened Knives
In Praise of Subversion
(added Monday February 26, 2007)
MediaBite are proud to introduce this guest commentary from Kieran Allen, ‘In Praise of Subversion’, a challenge to any journalist who considers themselves critical of concentrations of power. Kieran Allen is lecturer in sociology at UCD and former editor of the Socialist Worker newspaper. His forthcoming book 'The Corporate Takeover of Ireland', examines corporate infusion into Ireland over the last decade, and is due to appear in March 2007.
Professor Wrixon and The Irish Times
(added Monday February 5, 2007)
Geraldine Kennedy, editor of the Irish Times is surely serious when she says her newspaper’s role is to ‘shape public opinion’ - if its coverage of the fortunes of “Professor” Gerry Wrixon is anything to go by. In another of the IT’s articles on behalf of the controversial Professor Wrixon, now ex President of UCC, the paper has again put a gloss on the latest developments in the ongoing saga of events at University College Cork.
The Sound of Violence
(added Saturday November 4, 2006)
In September 2006 MediaLens issued a Media Alert examining the UK media's abject silence on the violence that has consumed Haiti since the "military coup that forced Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide into exile on February 29, 2004 ."
Making sense of the media
(added Sunday October 22, 2006)
Review of 'Guardians of Power' by David Edwards and David Cromwell. Guardians of Power is a must-read for anyone who consumes media. Not only does it identify inaccurate reporting, it explains the influences at work on journalists and media outlets.
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