By John Jewell, Cardiff University October, 2016 Recent articles about the public relations firm Bell Pottinger are a stark reminder of the power and pervasiveness of PR in today’s fragmented media landscape. The Sunday Times and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed that
F&O’s Fresh Sheet this week features: Focus on Bob Dylan, who this week won the Nobel Prize for Literature: His Bob-ness joins Yeats, Beckett, and Eliot, by Rod Mickleburgh In the winter of 1990, I waited with a handful of reporters and
F&O’s Fresh Sheet includes: Most US Muslims comfortably integrated, by Tom Regan Column The raging Islamophobia of America’s presidential election present a very negative view of American Muslims. It is also completely false. Nature needs a seat at the UN, by Anthony Burke and Stefanie
Shimon Peres funeral joins Israeli, Palestinian leaders — briefly. By Jeffrey Heller and Jeff Mason Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and U.S. President Barack Obama gently reminded them of the “unfinished business of peace” at the funeral Friday
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs October 1, 2016 When the new United States president moves into the Oval Office early next year, at the top of her foreign policy priorities will be what to do about Vladimir Putin. Forget the various manifestations of
“All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally guaranteed to male and female indigenous individuals.” PENNEY KOME: OVER EASY October, 2016 I did a double-take recently when I came across Article 44 of the 2001 United Nations Declaration on the
Fresh works on Facts and Opinions this week: Bush’s War on Terror Unending, by Jonathan Manthorpe Column Fifteen years ago George W. Bush launched the “War on Terror.” It was an incalculable strategic mistake, and there is no end in sight. Rage over Racism: America Asked For
By Philip Blenkinsop and Tatiana Jancarikova September, 2016 BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – EU ministers took steps Sept. 23 to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while France and Austria demanded that talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should
Fifteen years ago George W. Bush launched the “War on Terror.” It was an incalculable strategic mistake, and there is no end in sight JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs September 24, 2016 Fifteen years ago this week President George W. Bush uttered a few phrases that have tainted much
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs September 17, 2016 There are a few reasons why Canadians might welcome the prospect of Donald Trump winning the United States presidency, among them that it may set off the fourth wave of refugees seeking sanctuary in this
