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The news has become intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital feedback mechanism is broken

Julianne Schultz It is little wonder that people are turning off the news in record numbers. The images are often unwatchable, the descriptions beyond imagining, the scale incomprehensible. Everywhere you look the cruelty of the human spirit is on display. Newsreaders have adjusted their scripts. They used to say, “Some viewers might find the next… Read More The news has become intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital feedback mechanism is broken

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Viral Video Scandal Involving BJP Leader’s Son Sparks Political Controversy

In a disquieting turn of events, a video featuring Devendra Pratap Singh Tomar, the son of BJP stalwart Narendra Singh Tomar, has triggered a political maelstrom. The video, now viral, has ignited an intense debate among the political echelons and could potentially be a pivot in the impending 2024 elections. Unveiling the Scandal The video… Read More Viral Video Scandal Involving BJP Leader’s Son Sparks Political Controversy

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‘I sent them a good boy and they made him a murderer’

Lieutenant accused of murdering 109 civilians: By SEYMOUR HERSH The Pulitzer prize winning My Lai story, as readers experienced it when it was first published in 1969 In the fall of 1969, a friend with a source in the military called a part-time political columnist for The Village Voice with a tip: a U.S. soldier was being… Read More ‘I sent them a good boy and they made him a murderer’

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A Conspiracy of Silence / The Killing Floor of Gaza

As Israel speaks openly about the ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s Palestinians, Western countries are nowhere to be seen or heard MICHAEL YOUNG Israel has made great efforts over the decades to redefine its ethnic cleansing of the Arab population of Palestine in 1948 as being a consequence of the Arabs’ voluntary departure from their homes, or a… Read More A Conspiracy of Silence / The Killing Floor of Gaza

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Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

A Delhi Court has dismissed a plea moved by the Delhi Police against a magisterial court’s order which ordered the release of the electronic devices seized from editors of “The Wire” during searches conducted in October last year in relation to an FIR lodged against them by BJP leader Amit Malviya. The judge added that… Read More Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

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The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

To be considered a political being you must at the very least be considered a human being. Who gets to count as human? “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly,”… Read More The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

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The Murdoch story is the endless pursuit of control, power and profit. Rupert’s resignation is unlikely to change that

Walter Marsh On 9 September 1953, a small page-two item in the Adelaide News announced: “Mr Rupert Murdoch, son of the late Sir Keith Murdoch, is to join the staff of News Ltd.” Seventy years later almost to the day, the news of his resignation as chairman of the global media empire that company became arrived to… Read More The Murdoch story is the endless pursuit of control, power and profit. Rupert’s resignation is unlikely to change that

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Nobel Peace Laureate: ‘We journalists are the defence line between dictatorship and war’ (2021)

Carole Cadwalladr The last time a journalist won a Nobel prize was 1935. The journalist who won it – Carl von Ossietzky – had revealed how Hitler was secretly rearming Germany. “And he couldn’t pick it up because he was languishing in a Nazi concentration camp,” says Maria Ressa over a video call from Manila. A Novaya… Read More Nobel Peace Laureate: ‘We journalists are the defence line between dictatorship and war’ (2021)

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Vasant Valley Alums question India Today Group for Communally Polarising TV News

Former students of Vasant Valley School – one of the leading schools in the national capital – have written to its owner, the India Today group, asking it to refrain from what they say is communally polarising programming under the garb of news reportage in the television channels it runs The India Today group has multiple TV… Read More Vasant Valley Alums question India Today Group for Communally Polarising TV News

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