1. America#s last taboo
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2002
   The unspoken premise of the mainstream press is that no Palestinian or Arab position on Israeli police terror, settler-colonialism, or military occupation is worth hearing from.
2. Justice in the News: A Response to the targetting of media in Gaza
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   A mission to Gaza found that media were subject to intimidation and direct military assault and deliberately prevented from working freely. The findings confirm evidence of frequent targeting of media during the operations.
3. Manufacturing Consent
   The Political Economy of the Mass Media
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1988
   Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
4. Necessary Illusions
   Thought Control in Democratic Societies
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1991
   An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control."
5. Sources.com
   Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   Published: 2009
   Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
   Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
   Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
6. Turn off the Canadian Media, Please
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   If you want to have the first idea what is happening in Israel/Palestine (or most of the rest of the world), the best thing to do would be to turn the Canadian media off completely.
7. Weapons of Mass Persuasion
   Marketing the War Against Iraq
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2004
   Rutherford, an academic and media critic at the University of Toronto, tries to show how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out with the aid of a compliant media.
8. When journalists forget that murder is murder
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2001
   When Israelis are involved, our moral compass, our ability to report the truth, dries up.

Experts on Media Coverage/Middle East in the Sources Directory

1. Electronic Intifada
2. Honest Reporting Canada
3. Independent Jewish Voices
4. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
5. Seriously Free Speech Committee