Gregory Shupak
Gregory Shupak teaches media studies at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto. His book, The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel and the Media, is published by OR Books.
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Views Sunday, May 12, 2019 Distorting 'Democracy' in Venezuela Coverage Writing of the failed US-sponsored coup attempt in Venezuela on April 30, Uri Friedman of The Atlantic ( 5/1/19 ) referred to the Venezuelan branch of the coup as Juan “Guaidó’s pro-democracy movement.” The logical contradiction could scarcely be more pronounced: A wave of Friedman’s wand... Read more |
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Views Thursday, February 21, 2019 US Media Erase Years of Chavismo’s Gains Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, which took off with the election of President Hugo Chávez in December 1998, frequently and even quite recently received praise for its social gains from the United Nations, international humanitarian organizations and economists. This aspect of the country’s story... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, February 06, 2019 US Media Ignore—and Applaud—Economic War on Venezuela The US media chorus supporting a US overthrow of the Venezuelan government has for years pointed to the country’s economic crisis as a justification for regime change, while whitewashing the ways in which the US has strangled the Venezuelan economy ( FAIR.org , 3/22/18 ). Sister Eugenia Russian,... Read more |
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Views Saturday, January 12, 2019 Media Worried US Won't Occupy Syria Forever In December, President Donald Trump said that he planned to withdraw the U.S. troops from Syria, which number between 2,000 and 4,000 . Trump's claim was widely condemned in corporate media, demonstrating the commentariat's shared belief in American benevolence toward other peoples, in Washington's... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 12, 2018 In Wake of AMLO Victory, US Media Fear Chavismo and Hope for ‘Business-Friendly’ Change Neoliberal capitalist dogma pervades mainstream media. A case in point is coverage of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s resounding victory in Mexico’s presidential election. Referring to the president-elect by his commonly used acronym, the New York Times ’ Azam Ahmed and Paulina Villegas ( 7/1/18 )... Read more |
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Views Friday, June 15, 2018 Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced Media outlets don’t want America to negotiate with North Korea; they want the US to hold North Korea for ransom. On MSNBC ’s Rachel Maddow Show , the host was aghast (6/12/18) that the US says it will halt the annual war games it conducts with South Korea on North Korea’s doorstep, because doing so... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 02, 2018 Burying the One-State Solution in Palestine/Israel The one-state solution is the idea of bringing justice and peace to Palestine/Israel by having all inhabitants of historic Palestine—the land that includes Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza—living in one, binational country, where everyone has equal rights and political matters are settled... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 18, 2018 Blaming the Victims of Israel’s Gaza Massacre Israel massacred 60 Palestinians on Monday, including seven children, bringing to 101 the total number of Palestinians Israel has killed since Palestinians began the Great March on March 30. In that period, Israel has killed 11 Palestinian children, two journalists, one person on crutches and three... Read more |
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Views Sunday, May 13, 2018 Media Debate Best Way to Dominate Iran The debate in the New York Times and Washington Post over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran deal, revolves around which tactics America should use to dominate Iran. "That the U.S. and its Israeli partner... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 22, 2018 Media Support US Violence Against Syria, But Long for More Corporate media outlets were glad that the US, France and Britain bombed Syria in violation of international law ( FAIR.org , 4/18/18 ), but lamented what they see as a dearth of US violence in the country. In The Atlantic ( 4/14/18 ), Thanassis Cambanis described the war crime as “undoubtedly a... Read more |