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Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum 190
Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum 190 Al Jazeera’s Listening Post programme on the EU referendum media coverage was just broadcast. They only used about 5% of what they recorded of me, split into four soundbites to fit their format. I think the much more interesting points I made were not used at all. […]
Revealed: The Hidden Agenda of Davos 2016
Revealed: The Hidden Agenda of Davos 2016 “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it!” I’m often reminded of these words, spoken by the great comedian George Carlin, when I read about the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. That’s where the global power elite gather to discuss the big issues […]
BREXIT Reality or a Manipulated Outcome?
BREXIT Reality or a Manipulated Outcome? COMMENT: Dear Martin, London 23rd Feb, it is very sad, I cannot find one main stream news outlet that is backing a Brexit. They are all preaching fear, even Boris is not campaigning hard (yet only I hope) and the BBC which is meant to be unbiased is clearly Pro […]
UK’s European Future In Jeopardy: London Mayor Boris Johnson Will Campaign For Brexit
UK’s European Future In Jeopardy: London Mayor Boris Johnson Will Campaign For Brexit Yesterday, when we summarized the statements by UK politicians regarding the June 23 EU referendum, we said the one most important opinion has yet to come: that of London mayor Boris Johnson’s whose “opinion may sway the vote one way or another […]
NATO’s Provocative Anti-Russian Moves
NATO’s Provocative Anti-Russian Moves Official Washington’s demonization of Vladimir Putin and the neocon “group think” about “Russian aggression” have fueled a reckless drive to move NATO forces up to Russia’s border, thus heightening risks of nuclear war and not serving real U.S. national interests, writes Jonathan Marshall. Twenty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO is […]
WikiLeaks ‘waiting for official confirmation’ after reports UN ruled in Assange’s favor (VIDEO)
WikiLeaks ‘waiting for official confirmation’ after reports UN ruled in Assange’s favor (VIDEO) © TF1 / AFP WikiLeaks said it is “waiting for official confirmation” after the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the BBC reported that a UN panel has ruled the arbitrary detention of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London is illegal. The […]
Distortion, Revisionism & the Liberal Media
Distortion, Revisionism & the Liberal Media American readers will be familiar with the enduring notion that the media has a liberal bias. Sensible ones will know that this notion is absurd, or at least requires a rather loose working definition of the word “liberal”. There isn’t quite the same feeling about the media in Britain, […]
BBC Protects U.K.’s Close Ally Saudi Arabia With Incredibly Dishonest and Biased Editing
BBC Protects U.K.’s Close Ally Saudi Arabia With Incredibly Dishonest and Biased Editing The BBC loves to boast about how “objective” and “neutral” it is. But a recent article, which it was forced to change, illustrates the lengths to which the British state-funded media outlet will go to protect one of the U.K. government’s closest allies, Saudi Arabia, […]
Edward Snowden’s New Revelations Are Truly Chilling
Edward Snowden’s New Revelations Are Truly Chilling Former intelligence contractor and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told the BBC’s Panorama that the UK intelligence centre GCHQ has the power to hack phones without their owners’ knowledge In an interview with the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ which aired in Britain last night, Edward Snowden spoke in detail about the spying […]
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not We at the Automatic Earth always try to steer clear of elections as much as possible, because there are no functioning democracies left in the west -no more than there are functioning markets-, and no journalists reporting on them either. Interesting question, by the way: how can a journalist […]
As 1000s Mourn At Nemtsov’s Funeral, Seven Main Conspiracy Theories Emerge
As 1000s Mourn At Nemtsov’s Funeral, Seven Main Conspiracy Theories Emerge Tens of thousands marched Sunday through Central Moscow to honor Boris Nemtsov, outspoken opposition critic of Vladimir Putin who was murdered Friday night and thousands more mourned today at his funeral (though notably not Putin himself) and more pointedly, The BBC reports, several EU politicians and […]
BBC AIRS MAIDAN FIGHTER ADMITTING HE FIRED ON POLICE BEFORE KIEV MASSACRE
BBC AIRS MAIDAN FIGHTER ADMITTING HE FIRED ON POLICE BEFORE KIEV MASSACRE The BBC has aired footage of an opposition fighter who says he fired at police Nearly a year after the massacre on Kiev’s Maidan left over 50 dead, the BBC has aired footage of an opposition fighter who says he fired at police […]
The Dark Heart Of This Shape-Shifting World: Quantitative Easing | Zero Hedge
The Dark Heart Of This Shape-Shifting World: Quantitative Easing | Zero Hedge. Everything we’re told by journalists and politicians is confusing and contradictory. As The BBC’s Adam Curtis explains in this brief documentary, it is an odd, non-linear world that plays into the hands of those in power. But the real epicenter of this non-linear world is […]
What Submarine in Sweden? » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
What Submarine in Sweden? » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. Lund, Sweden. You have heard that Sweden is hunting a ”submarine” and that it is ”presumed to be Russian”. Here is an example Financial Times of October 21 – which incidentally also announces that the Swedish Prime Minister vows to increase defence spending. Not the slightest […]
