Recent Writing

Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012

"Reporting a massacre … and beating the lies"

THIS WEEKEND BRINGS a piquant moment for me - a telling anniversary in the chronicles of information-management, as well as a horrifying memory in itself. At 4.10 pm on Sunday afternoon exactly forty years ago I witnessed soldiers shooting innocent civilians dead, an atrocity that officialdom instantly lied about - and provoked a four-decade struggle to get the truth finally established. more >>

Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012

"New vs Old again, but Old may still win"

THEY LINED UP in familiar opposing ranks. On one side Rupert Murdoch, sounding crustier than ever now that he tweets ... the Motion Picture Association of America (which of course includes Murdoch's 20th Century Fox studios) ... and other traditional media conglomerates like NBC Universal. more >>

Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012

"Cyber threats - fraudsters and warmongers"

THANK YOU, DIGITAL REVOLUTION!  You've given us many benefits, to be sure, but now this. We are living, apparently, at the mercy of people with the manners of a chimpanzee and the tongue of a Sicilian fishwife. more >>

Published: Thursday, January 5, 2012

"Coming soon, in 2012's media roster"

THE YEAR AHEAD OFFERS a few salient peaks of interest for the media consumer. But I'm not talking of the US presidential election, which already has a lackluster feel. more >>

Published: Thursday, December 29, 2011

"Deadly fire to spread revolutionary ideas"

THIS MEDIA YEAR, closing as it is with courtroom cameras covering Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak on trial for killing his own citizens in the streets, opened with those streets astir with protests. more >>