THE MEDIA BEAT
Veteran journalist David Tereshchuk’s ongoing review of global media coverage.
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Dissecting that ‘Special Relationship’
HOW SPECIAL IS THE “SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP,” REALLY? …
SCOTUS: Battles of Last Resort
OUR AMERICAN NEWS-MEDIA ARE FULL OF COURT-CASES nowadays, since …
Iran War Options: Unclear at Best
FOUR WEEKS? FIVE WEEKS? THE WAR TIMEFRAME may be longer, casting contradictions on Trump’s famous hatred for long wars …
Classic Tragedy As Modern Thriller
LETS'‘S TAKE A BREAK from the formless pandemonium of national and global politics
A Lesson on Beating Monsters
THE BBC ANNUALLY GIVES US A REMARKABLE FORUM of bold ideas — but this year ….
‘Resistance’ the New Watchword
AS OUR MEDIA REFLECT EVER MORE DIVISIVENESS in the nation’s politics, what does an effective “Resistance” look like?
One year On: Trump’s Challenges
IT’S ONE WHOLE YEAR SINCE TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION - and another one whole year to the mid-term elections …
Seeking Truth About War - and Warriors
THE DEFENSE SECRETARY CALLING A MASS MEETING of top officers prompts questions …
The China Story: Usurping the U.S.
CHINA’s SUMMIT AND GRAND MILITARY DISPLAY underline its broad global outreach, not least to Africa …
Media-dominant Maxwells — and Me
RATHER UNUSUALLY THIS WEEK, I have a personal story to tell - about the late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and her family ...
Argentina’s Reckoning with a Vicious Past
REPORTING FROM BUENOS AIRES, I’m encountering a confluence of interconnected issues …
For the Fourth … Another F-word to Ponder
AS WE CELEBRATE TOMORROW the nation’s escape from tyranny in the 1770s, let’s recognize modern-day oppression …
Timely Reminder on US Bigotry
A HISTORIAN OF TODAY EXPLORES AN EARLIER BACKLASH against reform, including the President’s wrecking moves …
Squabble for the Cameras over Africa
DID THE WHITE HOUSE VIDEO PROVE TRUMP’s allegations of “genocide” in South Africa? …
Unreliability, by the Numbers
THE WEEK JUST PAST saw the media breathlessly following Trump’s trip to the greater Middle East …
What it Means to be neighborly
I’LL BET YOU KNOW MANY PEOPLE eager to escape the follies and cruelties of our current US administration.
America the Spiteful
THE NEW AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION SHIFTS from its initial flurry of wild actions to a steady-state that’s vicious and menacing.