The National Journal
National Journal is a right wing weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969 and is now part of National Journal Group, a division of Atlantic Media Company. It was purchased by David G. Bradley in 1997. In the US it is sometimes referred to as 'left-leaning', but this says more about the state of the US mainstream than its actual politics.
National Journal is aimed at Washington insiders. It is read by members of Congress, Capitol Hill staffers, the White House, Executive Branch agencies, the media, think tanks, corporations, associations and lobbyists. It is a subscription-only publication.
Smearing the Lancet
Media Lens reports a:
- propaganda wave has been generated by a January 4 article in the US-based National Journal smearing the 2004 and 2006 Lancet studies on mortality in Iraq, which estimated 98,000 and 655,000 war-related deaths, respectively. Once again, distortions have been boosted through high-profile media, and through the blogosphere, to create the impression of a rational consensus. Once again, the targets are leading scientists working for some of the world’s most respected research organisations. The National Journal’s 6,900-word report, ’Data Bomb,’ by Neil Munro and Carl Cannon used speculation, innuendo and numerous references to mostly unnamed “critics”, to smear the Lancet studies, focusing particularly on the 2006 study known as Lancet II.[1]
Some of its contributors are:
As of 2006, National Journal has an agreement with Washington Week which ensures that at least one National Journal reporter is on the show.
Terrorology think tanks
According to Domain Tools the website of the Council on Global Terrorism was created on 30 August 2006. The first public reference to the group was in a Guardian article published on 27 June 2006.[2] According to Domain Tools the group's website is registered to a not-for-profit entity called the Atlantic Monthly Foundation. Press sources confirm is the institution behind the Council.[3]. Atlantic Monthly Foundation an affiliate of Atlantic Media which publishes The National Journal.[4]
External links
Notes
- ↑ Media Lens january 22, 2008 ALL SMOKE, NO FIRE - THE NATIONAL JOURNAL SMEARS THE LANCET, accessed 8 May 2008
- ↑ John Sutherland, 'The ideas interview: Justine Rosenthal', The Guardian, 27 June 2006
- ↑ John Sutherland, 'The ideas interview: Justine Rosenthal', The Guardian, 27 June 2006
- ↑ 'Al Qaeda's Pandemic', The National Journal, 2 September 2006
