Thanks to Seth Mountain for this list.Resources for those of you (especially In the US) who wish to get past the memes and extremely partisan, often ahistorical, US-centered and decontextualized narratives making the rounds this week about what happened in Singapore on Tuesday.Here are 11 LINKS (in English) to important articles, analyses, critiques, official documents … [Read more...] about Non-US-centric reporting on Kim-Trump summit
Nation reporter Tim Shorrock on the banality of the US media
Here's the moment of levity from the isolated White House press room in Singapore (picture: Tim Shorrock), where the elite reporters covering a historic summit between the US and North Korea blithely ignore South Korea. Thanks to Seth Mountain for his input from Seoul. … [Read more...] about Nation reporter Tim Shorrock on the banality of the US media
What to expect at the Trump-Kim summit (Tim Shorrock)
http://peaceinkoreanews.timshorrock.com/2018/06/11/what-to-expect-at-the-trump-kim-summit-on-tuesday/ https://youtu.be/3WUv8Gk-Le0 … [Read more...] about What to expect at the Trump-Kim summit (Tim Shorrock)
North Korea: * Peace? * Hypocrisy of U.S. Nuclear Policy
JAMES BRADLEY, james@jamesbradley.com Bradley, educated in Japan, has written about Korea in two of his books, published English and translated into Korean, among other languages. His books include Flyboys, The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia and The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War. He currently is working on a book about the … [Read more...] about North Korea: * Peace? * Hypocrisy of U.S. Nuclear Policy
NYT Carries IDF Attack on Murdered Medic–Reveals It’s a Smear in 20th Paragraph
by Adam Johnson/Fairness and Accuracy in ReportingJournalism how-not-to: New York Times (6/7/18) puts the attack inthe headline, reveals it’s a smear in paragraph 20.A reporter at the most influential paper in English-language media appears to not know the difference between a government “tightly editing” and selectively editing video.New York Times reporter … [Read more...] about NYT Carries IDF Attack on Murdered Medic–Reveals It’s a Smear in 20th Paragraph