Israel Is off the Leash
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/29/israel-is-off-the-leash/
Des Freedman on the dramatic change that a plethora of editorials in the broadsheet U.K. press have taken on Israel’s assault on Gaza. By Des Freedman Declassified UK After 19 months of supporting Israel’s “right to self-defence,” gently criticising its…
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UK Media Beating War Drums
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/27/uk-media-beating-war-drums/
Des Freedman asks: “When did you last see someone interviewed on the BBC who opposed spending more money on the military?” By Des Freedman Declassified UK The airwaves are currently dominated by gung-ho politicians, military “specialists” and defence correspondents talking…
#Politics #Commentary #Media #Militarism #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedKingdon #Bbc #DesFreedman #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentVladimirPutin #PrimeMinisterTonyBlair #SkyNews #TheSun

Tell the British State Journalism’s Not a Crime
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/14/tell-the-british-state-journalisms-not-a-crime/
Des Freedman on why national news outlets are not covering the crackdown on pro-Palestinian journalists in Britain. By Des Freedman Declassified UK “Journalism is the lifeblood of democracy” proclaimed Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a comment piece for The Guardian…
#Politics #Censorship #CivilRights #Commentary #Israel #Media #Palestine #PressFreedom #UnitedNations #AsaWinstanley #CommitteeForTheProtectionOfJournalists #DefenceAndSecurityMediaAdvisoryCommittee(dsma) #DesFreedman #HaimBresheeth #NationalUnionOfJournalists(nuj) #OperationIncessantness #RichardBarnard #RichardMedhurst #SarahWilkinson #TheElectronicIntifada #TheGuardian #TheSun #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer #U.k.TerrorismAct