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The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions
The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions Photo by watchsmart | CC BY 2.0 I am loath to draw more attention to the kind of idiocy that passes for informed comment nowadays from academics and mainstream journalists. Recently I lambasted Prof Richard Carver for his arguments against BDS that should have gained him an F for logic in […]
How WaPo, BuzzFeed, And Soros-Backed Group Pushed The Phrase “Fake News” Until It Backfired
How WaPo, BuzzFeed, And Soros-Backed Group Pushed The Phrase “Fake News” Until It Backfired In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, several major news outlets published a report that the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was a member of a white supremacist organization. In fact, the MSM was hoodwinked by 4chan users into publishing fake […]
The Looming Crisis in the Private Provision of Public Services Close Parallels With the Systemic Failure of Banks
THE LOOMING CRISIS IN THE PRIVATE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES CLOSE PARALLELS WITH THE SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF BANKS The collapse in January of Carillion PLC, the UK’s second largest construction and outsourcing company has attracted considerable media coverage. Carillion was principally engaged in public sector contracts to build (and in some cases operate) hospitals, prisons, […]
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power Noted journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s collection of work has been archived by the British Library, but deep-rooted problems of Western media create an increasingly difficult landscape for ethical journalism, as Pilger explained in an interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico. Emmy award-winning filmmaker John Pilger is among the […]
Is “Fake News” Really Fake?
Is “Fake News” Really Fake? The more complicated a situation, the more open to interpretation it is. The term “fake news” has been much in the news since the 2016 election. Unfortunately, it is not usually defined in any clear fashion. The implication is that the media engages in deliberate distortion and misrepresentation of the […]
Global Crisis Events: The Weird Keeps Getting Weirder
Global Crisis Events: The Weird Keeps Getting Weirder While the mainstream media and general public tend to assume that every new day is bringing us closer to a better future, many alternative analysts focus on the underlying weirdness of our world and all of the crisis factors that average people don’t want to think about. […]
There’s No ‘Fake News’ In Holland?
There’s No ‘Fake News’ In Holland? Following President Trump’s ‘Fake News’ Olympics this week, we wondered just how widespread the belief in the inaccuracy of the news worldwide really is. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, the growing phenomenon of fake news has exacerbated fractured attitudes on the accuracy of the news media, especially on matters such […]
Media Lies About Fake News
Media Lies About Fake News A major new Gallup report that was issued on January 16th headlined “American Views: Trust, Media and Democracy” (it’s issued in conjunction with the Knight Foundation) and it finds that “Internet-only news websites” are the least-trusted of all newsmedia. 54% trusted “Your local newspaper.” 52% trusted “National network news.” 51% […]
Top 5 Stories Buried or Deliberately Ignored by Mainstream Media In 2017
Top 5 Stories Buried or Deliberately Ignored by Mainstream Media In 2017 From the government’s disregard for civil liberties, to new research showing the power of cannabis, here are the stories the mainstream media missed in 2017 As public trust in the mainstream media continues to fall to a new all-time low each year, it […]
The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham
The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham Hollywood loves to make heroes of The Washington Post for the rare moments when it has stood up for journalism – while forgetting the blood-soaked cases of the Post spreading lies to justify wars, writes Norman Solomon. Movie critics are already hailing “The Post,” directed by Steven […]
Newsweek: “U.S. Government Planned False Flag Attacks to Start War”
Newsweek: “U.S. Government Planned False Flag Attacks to Start War” Mainstream Media Admits that False Flags Are Real Last month, Newsweek ran an article headlined (all caps in original Newsweek title): U.S. GOVERNMENT PLANNED FALSE FLAG ATTACKS TO START WAR WITH SOVIET UNION, JFK DOCUMENTS SHOW The article notes: The U.S. government once wanted to […]
CNN Desperate to Overthrow the US Government
CNN Desperate to Overthrow the US Government CNN, who claims to be Most Trusted Name in News™, has demonstrated that they are by no means to be trusted nor are they ever impartial. They are never reporting the news, they try so desperately to make the news. CNN, along with MSNBC and CBS, have shown the entire […]
Russia-gate’s Litany of Corrections
Russia-gate’s Litany of Corrections Exclusive: As much as the U.S. mainstream media insists that the Russia-gate scandal is growing, what is undeniably growing is the list of major corrections that news outlets have been forced to issue, reports Robert Parry. The U.S. mainstream media’s year-long hysteria over Russia’s alleged role in the election of Donald […]
The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened
The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened FRIDAY WAS ONE of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind, with countless pundits, commentators and operatives joining the party throughout […]
