The Khashoggi affair: The art of the leak
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Nick Paton Walsh articulated it well: “The role [Turkey has] taken is not that of the virtuous prosecutor, but of the exploitative politician,” he wrote on […]
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The Farrakhan elephant in the room at Aretha Franklin’s funeral
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN What was far-right religious leader Louis Farrakhan doing at Aretha Franklin’s funeral? The Forward asked this question, but most major media has sought to not discuss the […]
The June 18 airstrike on Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah in Syria has been blamed on Israel, here’s how it unfolded
Breaking: Mystery surrounds overnight airstrikes on pro-Syrian regime fighters June 18, 0800 hours Jerusalem time After Syrian regime blamed US and US denied the attacks, questions remain over who carried […]
Western privilege and the interviews of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ in Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The SDF in Syria seem to be holding a circus for journalists to come and profile the ISIS ‘Beatles.’ One after another the detainees have been […]
Journalism, privilege, and victim narratives
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A lot of people have read Jared Yates Sexton’s tweets about getting death threats after he outed a Reddit user who made a gif about Trump […]
When western media calls Syria war confusing “free for all” it’s a form of racism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I was reading a major US media outlet about Turkey’s president visiting Washington and there was a link to the “free for all” in Syria. “The […]
Five faces of the Trump election and the origins of political dysfunction
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Racist. Bigot. Ignorant. Sexist. Homophobic. Islamophobic. Angry. White. Men. If you’re going to insult people repeatedly, and you are running an election against them, you’d better […]
American media created “Ken Bone”, then tore him down in its populist, puritanical bizarre fashion
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “America needed a hero, Kenneth Bone answered the call,” claimed The Washington Post on October 10 just after the US Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald […]
When journalists call Israelis ‘scum’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN originally published at The Jerusalem Post On July 17, 2014 CNN’s Diana Magnay stood atop a hill in Sderot, and after having filmed Israelis cheering the […]
