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The truth will not be Googled
The truth will not be Googled Google has come under scrutiny by free-speech organisations for shutting down neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer, seemingly too distracted to notice the tech giant has been waging a censorship campaign against progressive news organisations that publish content which conflicts with the narrative of the Washington establishment, along with Facebook and […]
Before “Fake News,” America Invented “Pseudo Events”
Before “Fake News,” America Invented “Pseudo Events” In the wake of the Chalottesville riot, it’s been interesting how quickly the focus has shifted away from the actual events in Charlottesville and toward the public pundits and intellectuals are expressing opinions about the events. Already, the media has lost interest in analyzing the details of the event […]
The Madhouse
The Madhouse In the late 17th century, we British decided that, as a humanitarian effort and public service, we’d collect up all the people from the towns and countryside who were bonkers and confine them in institutions, so that society could be protected from them. As so often proves the case, the idea of a […]
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 […]
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 […]
US Journalism’s New ‘Golden Age’?
US Journalism’s New ‘Golden Age’? Exclusive: The Washington Post and other big media are hailing a new journalistic “golden age” as they punish President Trump for disparaging them, but is this media bias a sign of good journalism or itself a scandal, asks Robert Parry. The mainstream U.S. media is congratulating itself on its courageous […]
Sergey Lavrov Says US Media Reminds Him of Soviet Union’s “Pravda”
Sergey Lavrov Says US Media Reminds Him of Soviet Union’s “Pravda” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a few choice words for the U.S. media during a press conference in Cyprus a few days after the NYT and WaPo unleashed a pair of dubiously sourced accusations about what was said between President Trump and the […]
Comey and the End of Conversation
Comey and the End of Conversation Ray K. Metzker Philadelphia 1962You might have thought, and hoped, that recent events, such as the election of Trump as president of the US, or Brexit, or the rise of Marine Le Pen and other non-establishment forces in Europe, would, as a matter of -natural- course, have led to […]
‘Voice of America, Radio Liberty, CNN are tools for US to press Russia’ – State Duma MP
‘Voice of America, Radio Liberty, CNN are tools for US to press Russia’ – State Duma MP Russian State Duma plenary meeting. © Vladimir Fedorenko / Sputnik Washington used CNN and Russian-language US outlets Voice of America and Radio Liberty in attempts to meddle into the 2016 Russian elections and the situation in the country in […]
Should People Trust CBS, ABC, NBC, NYT, WP, WSJ, BBC, AP, etc.?
Should People Trust CBS, ABC, NBC, NYT, WP, WSJ, BBC, AP, etc.? The following facts were established and published in obscure places in 2002, well before the U.S. and UK invaded Iraq, but did you know them, from the news-reports you saw, at that time, before we invaded, on that day which will forever be […]
Dan Rather Exposes Corrupt Media – But Back in 2008
Dan Rather Exposes Corrupt Media – But Back in 2008
Newly-Declassified Documents Show that CIA Worked Closely with Owners and Journalists with Many of the Largest Media Outlets
Newly-Declassified Documents Show that CIA Worked Closely with Owners and Journalists with Many of the Largest Media Outlets Newly-declassified documents show that a senior CIA agent and Deputy Director of the Directorate of Intelligence worked closely with the owners and journalists of many of the largest media outlets: The United States Senate Select Committee to Study […]
Watergate’s Bob Woodward: “Press Shouldn’t Whine About Trump, It Doesn’t Work With The Public”
Watergate’s Bob Woodward: “Press Shouldn’t Whine About Trump, It Doesn’t Work With The Public” Infamous Watergate reporter Bob Woodward had some uncomfortable words for the mainstream media’s safe-space-seekers. Following a tempestuous few days as the media and the White House toss propaganda grenades at one another, on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball” show, the Washington […]
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 […]
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before […]
