For now, links to an essay from Liberties via ScheerPost; to a report from from Declassified UK via Consortium News, and to an analysis from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting via ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for MEDIA 4-19-26.  Scroll up for today’s GAZA, IRAN and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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FROM WINTER 2026 and APRIL 28  The rise and fall and rise of American publishing, by Steve Wasserman | Liberties / ScheerPost  I’ve been invited by Robert Scheer to write a monthly column. This inaugural essay will give you a sense of my commitment to the world of books and publishing and, more broadly, to the notion that ideas matter. I’m a former editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review and have headed up several publishing companies, both in New York and California. READ MORE . . .

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For U.S. commentators in Iran, mass murder is magic, by Gregory Shupak | FAIR / ScheerPost  In the wake of the temporary U.S./Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the U.S. can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington’s military might that was hard to justify by . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 27  How UK media shields the Israel lobby, by Mark Curtis | Declassified UK / Consortium News  Britain’s national media fails to recognise the influence – and even the existence – of an Israel lobby, our new media analysis of two years of reporting from seven media outlets shows. READ MORE . . .

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