For today, links to five reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, to commentary from Middle East Eye and Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, and to an essay from the Conversation; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and COVID ETC. entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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FROM JAN. 30 In ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ Oscar winner takes viewers back to Ukraine’s front lines, by Lindsey Bahr | AP PARK CITY, Utah — The day Mstyslav Chernov won the BAFTA for his documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” was the day he learned two soldiers he knew had been killed in combat. They were primary subjects of his new film “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a harrowing portrait of modern warfare that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 30 Trump’s FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS. Reported by David Folkenflik | NPR President Trump’s new head of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Brendan Carr, has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting.”I am concerned,” he wrote on Wednesday, “that . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM JAN. 30 Vance suggests some reporters covering the Trump White House are biased. From AP. WASHINGTON — Vice President J.D. Vance is suggesting that some reporters covering the Trump White House are biased — perhaps even Democratic “propagandists” — and the new administration will keep a close eye on those asking questions at press briefings. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 30 Advertising to kids, not adults, drives sugary cereal sales. Reported by Maria Godoy | NPR High sugar cereal brands target TV ads directly to kids under age 12. And this targeted advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy kid cereals, a new study finds. . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM JAN. 27 ‘The First State of Being’ and ‘Chooch Helped’ win top children’s book awards. Reported by Andrew Limbong | NPR The books The First State of Being and Chooch Helped have won the Newbery and the Caldecott awards, respectively — the biggest honors in children’s literature. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM JAN. 29 On Holocaust day, Palestinians have overcome Israel’s genocidal war and returned home, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye As world statesmen gathered at Auschwitz, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who had endured 15 months of genocidal bombing, starvation and disease at the hands of a state born in the aftermath of the Holocaust marched for hours back into northern Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 24 For elite media, ‘oligarch’ is just a partisan claim, by Janine Jackson | FAIR Sometimes the headline says it all, as with the New York Times on January 17: “If Democrats Attack Trump’s Rich Pals as ‘Oligarchs,’ Will It Stick?” READ MORE . . . Click HERE for a Jan. 16 perspective from the Conversation.
