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Carl Bernstein: “Cold Civil War” Has Taken Over Media; “Fact-Based Debate Is Becoming Impossible”
Carl Bernstein: “Cold Civil War” Has Taken Over Media; “Fact-Based Debate Is Becoming Impossible” To say that the U.S. media has a developed a bit of a credibility issue of late would be an understatement. Mass hysteria over Trump’s victory in November has clearly resulted in a staggering deterioration in reporting standards as dropping the […]
Peak Bull: Fake Economy, and Fake News
Peak Bull: Fake Economy, and Fake News [Urgent Note: David Stockman warns that the nation’s economy and a massive debt ceiling hangs in the balance as Wall Street’s peak bull stocks carry on. The economist is on a mission to send his new book TRUMPED! A Nation on the Brink of Ruin… and How to Bring […]
The “News” Is Content-Free
The “News” Is Content-Free We’re “your” trustworthy news source, even though we’re all owned by six corporations or billionaires with political agendas. The “news” has loomed large in The News–a classic self-referential loop in which the media itself becomes its own content. While the controversy over what constitutes “fake news” and “real news” has itself become […]
The Most Dangerous Fake News of All is Peddled by the Corporate Media
The Most Dangerous Fake News of All is Peddled by the Corporate Media This is not the sort of thing you see in a confident, brave, and civilized nation, it’s the sort of stuff you’d expect to see toward the end. It’s the stuff of craven war-mongers, of dishonest cowards, of a totally deranged and very […]
CNN Caught Faking News Again: Qatar Says News Agency Hacking Linked To Middle East, Not Russia
CNN Caught Faking News Again: Qatar Says News Agency Hacking Linked To Middle East, Not Russia A couple of weeks ago we expressed some level of ‘amazement’ at just how sophisticated, efficient and pervasive the ‘Russian hacking’ community had become after CNN reported that they had managed to hack into a Qatari News Agency and […]
Centralized “Truth” – 13 Ways To Fight Fake News (And The Big Problem With All Of Them)
Centralized “Truth” – 13 Ways To Fight Fake News (And The Big Problem With All Of Them) Will humans or computer algorithms be the future arbiters of “truth”? The following infographic from Futurism sums up the ideas that academics, technologists, and other experts are proposing that we implement to stop the spread of fake news. Below the […]
Facebook Deletes Tens Of Thousands Of Accounts Ahead Of UK General Election
Facebook Deletes Tens Of Thousands Of Accounts Ahead Of UK General Election Ahead of the British general election on June 8, Facebook has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain in its ongoing battle with “fake news” the AP reports. The campaign is part of Facebook’s evolving response to accusations the group was responsible […]
Fake News From the Fed
Fake News From the Fed What you see in the media is mostly “fake news.” Reuters had this story recently: Most Federal Reserve policymakers think the central bank should take steps to begin trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet later this year as long as the economic data holds up, minutes from their last meeting […]
Populism In Our Time – “The Status Quo Is The Fundamental Problem”
Populism In Our Time – “The Status Quo Is The Fundamental Problem” “Be even more suspicious…of all those who employ the term we or us without your permission. This is another form of surreptitious conscription, designed to suggest that we are all agreed on our interests and identity.” – Christopher Hitchens Merriam-Webster defines populist as […]
Don’t You Hate Spammy, Sensationalist Click-Bait Like this?
Don’t You Hate Spammy, Sensationalist Click-Bait Like this? So what’s the difference between “fake news,” spammy sensationalist click-bait and so-called “mainstream news” that serves the interests of the corporate-state? It’s getting hard to tell. We’re inundated with spammy sensationalist click-bait. You know what I mean–the little boxes containing eye-candy photos and headlines such as “you won’t […]
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman to CNN: ‘Stop Spreading Lies and Fake News’
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman to CNN: ‘Stop Spreading Lies and Fake News’ Russia’s outspoken foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, had some choice words for CNN — after being confronted by their reporters over the AG Sessions’ hysteria. In a prepared statement, she called the event ‘media vandalism’ and a ‘disgrace’ — suggesting the US media […]
Faking It
FAKING IT Thanks to the election of President Trump and his uncompromising attitude to the establishment media, much hot air is being expended on the subject of ‘fake news’. Those being so exercised seem unable to stop and wonder when such news has NOT been, shall we say, ‘nuanced’. In Napoleon’s day, a well-worn figure […]
Unbelievable How Mainstream Media Has Become Just Liars
Unbelievable How Mainstream Media Has Become Just Liars Video Player Thomas Friedman of the New York Times demonstrates why mainstream media is just becoming so bought and paid for. You have to wonder if they should not be in prison for attempting to overthrow the government and start a revolution. Here he is still ranting […]
