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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 […]
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 […]
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Pt 5
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Pt 5 [T]he West’s energy security is assured to a degree that has not existed in the past. That’s good news for the American people and for the world, even if it is not news that Obama wants to hear. He doesn’t? I wonder how that author knows […]
A Media Unmoored from Facts
A Media Unmoored from Facts Exclusive: Mainstream U.S. journalism has completely lost its way, especially in dealing with foreign policy issues where bias now overwhelms any commitment to facts, a dangerous development, writes Robert Parry. Several weeks ago, I received a phone call from legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh who had seen one of my recent stories about […]
Assessing Blame and the Victim Mentality
ASSESSING BLAME AND THE VICTIM MENTALITY Have you ever experienced a situation while driving where, suddenly, you find yourself in unfamiliar territory and you’re not exactly sure where you are……even though you know you’re close to home or another well-known-to-you area? Maybe you were distracted, daydreaming or preoccupied by thoughts of work or personal issues. […]
Peak Oil: Simplicity Has Its Disadvantages
Peak Oil: Simplicity Has Its Disadvantages Few of us appreciate just how much we rely upon inexpensive, readily-available supplies of energy to live our lives. [W]hat future awaits us if we cannot be courageous and honest enough to plan for that future with the full range and understanding of all the facts now at our […]
Peak Oil: One-Sentence Problem-Solving
Peak Oil: One-Sentence Problem-Solving As is still the case—unfortunately, for all of us—there remains a sizeable number of individuals, organizations, and other associations determined at all costs [literally] to preserve the primacy of fossil fuels to power us into the future. Facts: good when they can be massaged to fit the partial-truth narrative required to […]
Absolutely Right
Absolutely Right Good to see that even after months on hiatus, not much changes on the Right, right? First up: The shale revolution has opened additional centuries of low-cost hydrocarbon resources to modern society…. The anti-fossil fuel environmental movement is in despair. For decades, proponents of the ideology of sustainable development preached that humanity was […]
A Mosaic Of Facts – Media Weapons Of Mass Delusion
A Mosaic Of Facts – Media Weapons Of Mass Delusion Can you tell truth from lies in mass media? RT’s Miguel Francis-Santiago delves deep to try to understand the intricacies of information war. He meets media experts and puts together the Mosaic of Facts, showing how public opinion is manipulated, not just over the Ukrainian Crisis but throughout […]
The Delusions of David Frum’s Mind
The Delusions of David Frum’s Mind Stephen Harper make you worried and angry? Chill, says Canada’s prodigal Republican son. David Frum is not here anymore. That’s apparent from the defence of Stephen Harper he published in The Atlantic yesterday. It’s full of spin and falsehoods evident to those who actually live in Canada and are paying attention. […]
Climate Change
Climate Change Climate change is a controversy. What appear to be independent scientists say that the climate is warming due to greenhouse gases produced by human activity. This warming, apparently measurable, has many impacts on sea levels, and on plant, animal, sea, and bird life, as well as food supply for a heavily populated earth. […]
“Facts Do Not Cease To Exist Because They Are Ignored”
“Facts Do Not Cease To Exist Because They Are Ignored” Courage “The kid had a 94-mile-per-hour fastball, a clean delivery, and a body that looked as if it had been created to wear a baseball uniform. He was, in short, precisely the kind of pitcher Billy thought he had trained his scouting department to avoid.” […]
THE DEATH OF HOPE AND BELIEF
THE DEATH OF HOPE AND BELIEF As much as we would like to ‘believe’ we are all clear headed, logical individuals who only deal with verified ‘facts’ while shunning hearsay, rumor, ‘hope’ and ‘belief’, the reality is to some degree or another we integrate all of the above, and so much more, into our personal […]
The MMR Vaccine Package Insert – Facts or Fibs?
The MMR Vaccine Package Insert – Facts or Fibs? With all the media ‘fear porn’ about measles that’s been inundating everyone recently, perhaps healthcare consumers ought to know some pertinent facts about the MMR vaccines that their MDs, pediatricians, and health agencies apparently NEGLECT to tell the public as part of what should beproperly informed […]
