News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 54
MEDIA-ISRAEL: Beatings, Abuse, Doctored Evidence Emerge
- Inter Press Service
Although Israel successfully controlled news of its deadly commando raid on the Free Gaza (FG) flotilla during the first crucial 48 hours of media coverage, emerging evidence from witnesses and survivors is challenging the Israeli government's version of events.
THAILAND: In Wake of Crackdown, Anger Peaks against Foreign Media
- Inter Press Service
Resentment here toward the foreign media had been simmering in the wake of the Thai government’s crackdown against protesters in May, but it nearly came to a boil when Thai panelists aired their frustrations recently about what they called western bias, misunderstandings of the Thai political culture and reporting that tried to fit events into a bad-versus-evil contest.
BRAZIL: 'Gol de Letra' Scores Goals off the Playing Field
- Inter Press Service
In a country where many poor children dream of 'making it big' through football or modeling, Brazilian football stars Leonardo and Raí could have simply basked in their fame. But they decided instead to combine sport with education, art and skills training.
CHINA: Paying the Price of Missing Girls
- Inter Press Service
In a country like China, that regularly exorcises the ghosts of the past, few understand the importance of oral history better than Chinese writer Xinran.
Mexico's Papagayo River Still Flowing
- Inter Press Service
The Papagayo river in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero is still flowing, and local communities opposed to construction of a massive hydroelectric dam are making every effort to keep things that way, as reflected in a documentary about their struggle.
No Sidelining Arab-Israelis Over Raid On Aid Flotilla
- Inter Press Service
Normally, in this non-descript sleepy Arab town in Galilee, TV sets are tuned to Al-Jazeera or Al-Arabiyya, the round-the-clock Arabic networks.
BURMA: HIV Infection on the Rise Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
- Inter Press Service
The only son in his family, Maung Maung Oo was forced to marry when he was 24 years old. By then he had been carrying on a sexual relationship with a man for four years — which he continued even after his marriage.
LEBANON: Where the Bikini Finds Sisterhood With the Hijab
- Inter Press Service
Hijab or bikini? That is a question that Lebanon seems to be forever balancing.
PAKISTAN: Furore Over Leaked Tape Cause for Media Soul Searching
- Inter Press Service
The raging debate on the purported audiotape implicating Pakistani television anchor Hamid Mir, popular and controversial in equal measure, has raised serious concerns about the media amid calls for an impartial investigation to uncover the truth behind the recording.
CHINA: Social Networking Sites Vibrant and Thriving Among Activists
- Inter Press Service
Last June, when thousands of Iranians — many organised through social networking websites such as Twitter — took to the streets to protest the outcome of the country’s presidential election, a Chinese English-language newspaper, ‘Global Times’, published an editorial critical of the Western media’s coverage of the protests.
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