From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Cromwell
David Cromwell
David Cromwell (born 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish was published by Pluto Press in 2006. The authors argue,
oceanographer, writer and activist. He is the author of with reference to numerous examples from press and
Private Planet (Charlbury: Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2001) broadcasting, that the mass media enable state-corporate
and of numerous articles published in several newspa- power to pursue destructive aims at home and abroad.
pers and magazines. Cromwell is currently a monthly It contains details of debates with editors and journalists
ZNet commentator and co-editor of Media Lens. from the BBC, The Guardian, ITN, Channel 4, The Indepen-
Cromwell spent most of his formative years in Bar- dent and others. A second book, Newspeak in the 21st Centu-
rhead and Cumbernauld. He graduated in physics and as- ry, appeared in 2009.
tronomy from the University of Glasgow. After a PhD in
solar physics he moved to the United States in 1988 to
pursue a year-long postdoc at the National Center for At-
References
mospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. [1] Stated objective of Media Lens
Returning to Europe, he joined Shell International in [2] Oliver Kamm "Srebrenica, Trnopolje and the
1989 as an exploration geophysicist. After five months Deniers", TimesOnline, 30 November 2009
of training in geology, geophysics, and "management [3] George Monbiot "Left and libertarian right cohabit
skills", Cromwell was posted to Shell’s exploration and in the weird world of the genocide belittlers", The
production company in Assen, Netherlands, while living Guardian, 13 June 2011. See as a response Edwards
in nearby Groningen. He left Shell in 1993 to take up a re- and Cromwell "A ’Malign Intellectual Subculture’ -
search position in the institution now known as the Na- George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman,
tional Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United King- Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens", Media Lens, 2
dom. August 2011
Cromwell’s articles and letters on human rights, the
environment and grassroots activism have appeared in
newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The
External links
Independent, Financial Times, The Scotsman, The Herald and • MediaLens Media Lens website
Z Magazine. In 2001, he co-founded Media Lens with David • Private Planet Website relating to Cromwell’s book
Edwards (author of Free To Be Human and The Compassion- Private Planet
ate Revolution) and webmaster Phil Chandler, later suc- • National Oceanography Centre Homepage with links
ceeded by Oliver Maw. Media Lens is a media analysis to scholarly publications
website which monitors the broadcast and the print me- • ZNet Author page
dia in the UK, attempting to show evidence of bias, dis- • David Cromwell discusses "Newspeak"
tortions and omissions on such issues as climate change, Persondata
Iraq and the "war on terror". The founders of Media Lens Name Cromwell, David
acknowledge a debt to the ’Propaganda Model’ of media
Alternative names
control advanced by Cromwell’s fellow ZNet contributors
Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman.[1] Short description
Journalists have strongly criticised Media Lens and Date of birth 1962
Cromwell for comments on the Srebrenica massacre and Place of birth
Rwandan Genocide. Oliver Kamm, leader writer for The
Times, has likened Media Lens to Holocaust deniers and Date of death
described it as a "reliable conduit for denying genocide Place of death
and whitewashing war crimes"[2]. George Monbiot,
columnist for The Guardian, has accused Media Lens of
"tak[ing] the unwarranted step of belittling the acts of
genocide committed by opponents of the western pow-
ers".[3]
Cromwell and Edwards have written two books, the
first titled Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media,
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Cromwell
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• Scottish activists
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