19 November 2012 - Telegraph's Dan Hodges Says BBC News Didn't Mention Hamas Rocket Attacks. They Did.
16 November 2012 - Deceptive Headline in Telegraph Makes Claims of Iran's 'Bomb-Building Capacity'
9 June 2012 - Telegraph Headline Labels Untried Guantanamo Detainees as 'World's Most Dangerous Terrorists'
6 June 2012 - Deceptive Headline: WMD Accusations about Iran in the Telegraph
29 January 2012 - A Creative Interpretation of November IAEA Report on Iran

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Reporting on Syria: How the Media Designates a Role for the UK
The Editors, 20 March 2013

'We believe that a people is in danger today [...] we have to give the Syrian opposition the means finally to gain the upper hand, that is the departure of Bashar al-Assad', announced French president Francois Hollande recently, while David Cameron explained that 'what we want to do is work with...

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Nuclear State: Media not Concerned about UK Weapons Development
The Editors, 18 June 2012

Over the last 7 months, UK journalists have consistently voiced their objection to nuclear weapons proliferation. This opposition appears as the western media holds a magnifying glass to Iran and speculation abounds over Iran's nuclear capabilities; speculation that appears to be more in line with western governments' policy rather than with...

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An Attack on Iran Would Be Illegal. What Does the Media Say?
The Editors, 23 March 2012

The 'option' of a military attack on Iran by Israel, the UK and the US has been increasingly discussed in the UK media since 2011. Government threats of military action have come in various forms, with Israel warning of potential air strikes against Iran in the next few months, and Obama and...

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Cameron and Blair: The Media Continues to Dutifully Convey Intelligence 'Warnings'
The Editors, 7 March 2012

For the invasion of Iraq in 2003, 'top secret' intelligence was used to create a media storm concerning weapons of mass destruction which could be deployed in 45 minutes. Now, the media reports on a 'top-secret' briefing by MI6 to UK ministers on the 'Iranian Nuclear Threat'. The routine appears familiar:...

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Perspective Lacking as Allegations against Iran are Paraded through the Media
The Editors, 6 February 2012

Last week the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Julian Borger, reported on the 'increasing likelihood that Iran could carry out attacks in America or against US and allied targets around the world.' The claim was not his own of course; he was merely repeating without scrutiny that which was presented by James Clapper, the...

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Dan Hodges: 'Keeping the Peace' by Calling for War
The Editors, 8 December 2011

In a low-point for the Telegraph blogosphere earlier this week, Dan Hodges wrote that Britain needs a 'Start the War Coalition' to function as a response to the existing Stop the War Coalition (StW) which has been working to prevent and stop British wars since 2001. Running with the Orwellian logic...

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Language Creep: Iran and the Nuclear 'Threat'
The Editors, 27 November 2011

The IAEA report on the state of Iran's nuclear programme released on 9 November didn't quite present western governments with the doomsday scenario they had hoped for. The run-up to the report's publication became a platform for voices to be raised in the media calling for yet another war, as though...

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Media Focuses on Drama Rather than Ideas at Occupy London
The Editors, 20 November 2011

On 13th November a peace vigil was held at the Occupy London camp at St. Paul's Cathedral, remembering the victims on both sides of the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan. The evening consisted of speeches, song, poetry, and a reading of the names of the dead, remembering British soldiers and Afghan civilians. Matthew...

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Political Theatre: Using the Media to Campaign for Tax Cuts
Graham Bell, 26 September 2011

Early in September the BBC news reported on those calling for the 50p tax rate to be cut, by giving an enormous amount of attention on television, radio and online news to a letter sent to the Financial Times and signed by twenty people who wanted the top rate to be...

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London riots: Disconnecting Cause and Effect
Graham Bell, 15 August 2011

Footage of the heaviest night of the London riots, Monday 8th August, showed frequent scenes of what were described as a ‘stand-offs’ between police and rioters. In cases where there was no stand-off, police appeared to watch while acts of looting and arson took place. During both the student protests of November...

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The Issues of Murdoch's Influence in British Politics Have Yet to be Addressed
Graham Bell, 20 July 2011

The events of the past few weeks regarding the hacking scandal at the News of the World and the closure of the paper resulted in yesterday's hearing in which Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch faced questioning from a panel of MPs about the phone hacking scandal. The British public...

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Shaping Public Opinion: The Media's Response to Iain Duncan Smith's Speech
Graham Bell, 3 July 2011

“Migrants ‘take the jobs from young Britons’”, ran the headline of the Telegraph’s website on 30th June , the night before Iain Duncan Smith’s speech on jobs and immigration. The subheadline elaborates: “Mass immigration poses the biggest threat to attempts to get millions of people off benefits, Iain Duncan Smith...

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The Telegraph and Policy Exchange make Joint Attack on Public Sector
Amy Woods, 13 May 2011

Earlier this week an editorial in The Telegraph pronounced that: “The overwhelming majority of public sector workers are significantly better paid than those in the private sector – and the differential is actually increasing.” The paper was citing a report released by the conservative think tank Policy Exchange which claims findings...

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