Links to reports from Fairness and accuracy in Reporting via ScheerPost, and from Consortium News, and to an appreciation from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (MEDIA 10-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 25  Western media use ‘peace’ prize to fuel war propaganda, by Ricardo Paz | FAIR / ScheerPost  The awarding of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan far-right leader María Corina Machado took nearly everyone by surprise (with the exception of insiders who apparently used advance knowledge to profit on betting markets—New York Times, 10/10/25). READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 25  The voices of many Jews, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News  You may by now be aware of the open letter signed by 450–plus American, European and Israeli Jews and made public this week. The Guardian is at writing alone among major Western media to report on this momentous call . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 25  Susan Stamberg’s legacy of visual storytelling. Reported by Sacha Pfeiffer, Neda Ulaby, Bob Mondello and Linah Mohammad | NPR  Ulaby and Mondello reflect on Stamberg’s lasting influence on arts reporting, sharing how her inventive use of sound, vivid writing, and curiosity taught generations of journalists to make listeners see what they could not watch. Click HERE to listen and read.

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