corporate media – Charm

Palestine Action smear in the Times was planted by Israel lobby

On 31 October, Private Eye ran a short column detailing the potential origins of a rumour – breathlessly printed by the Times – that Palestine Action was under investigation for receiving funding from Iran. The Eye alleges that a boss at CMS Strategic, once a lobby group for Israeli arms firm Elbit, is taking credit for…

Bezos-Owned Washington Post Caught Omitting Amazon Conflicts of Interest in Editorials

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Veteran reporters, journalism professors, and former Washington Post staffers are among those raising alarm over the respected newspaper’s increasingly common publication of editorials that directly support the business interests of its owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, without disclosing potential conflicts of interest. NPR reported on Tuesday that at least three editorials published by the paper…