Yale University’s Timothy Snyder is the world’s leading historian of Eastern Europe. His series of articles in the New York Review of Books has been hailed as the definitive analysis of this crisis.
Independent front page
Today’s London Independent front page: pic.twitter.com/jcdGzvvynJ
— Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) October 4, 2014
Responsible journalism like this should be applauded. Terrorism feeds on publicity. Deny them that and they will wither and die.
The decline of investigative journalism
The rise of new media has seen the decline of journalism. Here, Edward S. Herman, co-author with Noam Chomsky of “Manufacturing Consent”, is interviewed on changes in the media over the last 25 years. All the problems of the propaganda media model have grown worse; new media like Real News show potential but need funding for investigative journalism.