News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 91
CUBA: Catholic Church Takes the Pulse of Religious Sentiment
- Inter Press Service
The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Caught Between the Army and the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
Journalists covering the United States-led ‘war-on-terror’ in Pakistan’s turbulent northwest are not sure who wants them out of the way more — the Taliban or the Pakistan army.
MEXICO: Murders of Reporters Heighten Despair and Shock
- Inter Press Service
'And how do you escape this anxiety, this sensation that nothing we do does any good?' a Mexican journalist wrote on her Facebook page after the murder of two of her colleagues in Mexico City.
OP-ED: Manipulating Social Networks
- Inter Press Service
If there's one thing that net-savvy activists from Tunisia to Bahrain are aware of, it’s that the Internet isn’t always safe. From the constant threat of surveillance to the knowledge that posting the wrong picture on Facebook can get you arrested - or worse - activists have for a long time taken measures to mitigate risks, censoring themselves, using special tools like Tor, or staying off certain networks altogether.
MEDIA-IRAQ: ‘Protection’ Law Offers Little Safety
- Inter Press Service
When Ali Sumerian, an editor for Al-Sabah newspaper, and three local media colleagues sat down for a restaurant meal after reporting on a demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Feb. 25 this year, security forces detained them. 'We were accused of encouraging an anti-political process,' says Sumerian. It was only after their arrest triggered a media outcry, he says, were they released 12 hours later. The four were just some of the journalists attacked and arrested that day.
MIDEAST: Israelis Stage an Investigation Act
- Inter Press Service
Israeli soldiers and security forces have conducted a string of arrests and violent raids over recent weeks, at Jenin’s renowned Freedom Theatre, in their investigation into the murder of actor Juliano Mer-Khamis, the theatre’s former director and co-founder, earlier this year.
WikiLeaks Blames Guardian Newspaper for Leaks
- Inter Press Service
WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website, has said that its massive archive of unredacted U.S. State Department cables was exposed in a security breach, which it blamed on its one-time partner - Britain's Guardian newspaper.
OP-ED-MEDIA: Colombian Law Sets Dangerous Precedent
- Inter Press Service
Colombian lawmakers are studying the 'Lleras law', the latest effort by that country to secure a free trade agreement with the United States by submitting to U.S. demands to comply with U.S. intellectual property laws. The bill is currently being fast-tracked with little input or consultation from Colombian citizens.
COLOMBIA: Risky Games Against National Peace Meeting
- Inter Press Service
One of Colombia's most popular national radio stations broadcast the wiretapped telephone conversations of a leader of a regional movement of displaced persons, David Martínez, misreporting that the voices heard were those of 'guerrilla ringleaders'.
Q&A: 'When People Are Mad, They Start to React' to Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The fight against corruption has taken centre stage in the government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, and has led to the resignation or dismissal of several ministers over just a few months.
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