Media Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention Foreword by Richard Lance Keeble Introduction: propaganda new militarism and intervention Liberal hegemonic and gatekeeper theories: a reassessment The propaganda model of media performance Method of research and case selection The politics of intervention The politics of atrocities management Conclusion: media propaganda and intervention This study investigates US UK and German news media coverage of a range of cases that involved human rights violations during military operations including Kosovo Iraq Libya Syria and Egypt. It will be demonstrated that humanitarian intervention and R2P are evoked in the news media if so called enemy countries of Western states conduct human rights violations. The Western news media shows far less concern for human rights violations if they are conducted by Western states and their allies. The news media is supposed to scrutinize governments particularly during times of war. Yet this study demonstrates that the news media plays a crucial role in facilitating a selective process of shaming during the build up towards military interventions. This process has led to an erosion of internationally agreed norms of non intervention as enshrined in the UN Charter . Provided by publisher