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Guterres Fails to Act in the “Brutal” Killing of US-based, Saudi Journalist, Khashoggi

During a press briefing, when asked for the Secretary General’s response to the Special Rapporteur’s request, spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, responded that the Secretary-General “would give full consideration to the recommendations regarding the protection of journalists.” He further stated that the Secretary-General “does not have the power or the authority to launch criminal investigations without a mandate from a competent inter-governmental body. Needless to say, many journalists found this response unsatisfactory...

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Alexander Stille on Italy and the US: Why Trump and Salvini Win (Helped by Media)

As a great expert in journalism and of the dynamics of mass communication, Professor Stille believes that, in the era of populism, the media should draw their inspiration from the principle recently expressed by Martin Baron, director of "The Washington Post”: “We are not at war, we are at work.” “It means not considering the press as a weapon of war against Trump, but, as journalists, devoting ourselves to our own work conscientiously."

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From Cronkite to Hannity: How News Coverage Reflects a Changing Worldview

Today “alternative facts” and “post-truth” are notions that have seeped into our consciousness and the average news consumer rarely stops to dig deeper into the details. The very idea that there could be a single truthful version of any story is alien to us in the age of post-modernist relativity. So we need to ask the obvious question: can any journalism be objective, un-biased, balanced and fair?

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The US Press’ Infatuation with Mussolini: Mauro Canali’s Talk at Casa Italiana NYU

When Benito Mussolini rose to power, American journalists “had very little reference” with which to analyze his initial policies. They were hence limited, by communist fear at home and lack of frame of reference abroad, to what they saw and experienced. What they saw, especially throughout the years that saw Mussolini transition from prime minister to dictator, was a country that, in the face of communism, adopted an alternative, more America-friendly political system that seemed to effectively address many of the issues that had caused such disorder years prior.

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