Media, 2-2-25

For today, links to a report from Common Dreams and to commentary from Indian Punchline and Middle East Eye; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA, WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. MEDIA 1-31-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

   

FROM JAN. 31  Doctor says LA Times disingenuously spun his RFK Jr. op-ed, by Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams  A public health expert on Friday accused the Los Angeles Times of distorting a highly critical opinion piece he authored in order to paint Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a positive . . . READ MORE . . .

   

FROM FEB. 1  Syria enters new era amidst uncertainties, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  The appointment of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as Interim President on Wednesday marks the advent of a new era in Syria’s history. The New York Times in a feature article on al-Sharaa called the HTS an “Islamist rebel group once linked to Al Qaeda.” [Emphasis added.] READ MORE . . .

   

FROM JAN. 31  ‘The Brutalist’: What this Oscar contender really says about the American Dream and Israel, by Joseph Fahim | Middle East Eye  When Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” premiered at the Venice film festival last September, few film experts believed it could have any impact on the erratic U.S. box office. A nearly four-hour-long immigrant drama . . . READ MORE . . .

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