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Effort by Japan to Stifle News Media Is Working
Effort by Japan to Stifle News Media Is Working It was an unexpected act of protest that shook Japan’s carefully managed media world: Shigeaki Koga, a regular television commentator and fierce critic of the political establishment, abruptly departed from the scripted conversation during a live TV news program to announce that this would be his last […]
READING I.F. STONE ON EARTH DAY: WHY WE STILL WON’T GET ANYWHERE UNLESS WE CONNECT THE DOTS
READING I.F. STONE ON EARTH DAY: WHY WE STILL WON’T GET ANYWHERE UNLESS WE CONNECT THE DOTS One week ago, I was honoured to receive an “Izzy Award” for “outstanding achievement in independent media and journalism.” The annual award, which this year also went to David Sirota for his groundbreaking investigations into political corruption in the U.S. […]
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders”
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders” Few individuals polarize the public with their opinions, statements and mere presence, like Noam Chomsky. The 86 year old linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist advocate, has strong opinions (and in […]
How Trustworthy Are U.S. & Western ‘News’ Media?
How Trustworthy Are U.S. & Western ‘News’ Media? During the days of the Soviet Union, and in all dictatorial countries, the ‘news’ media were and are actually propaganda-media, which filter out information that the aristocracy (the people holding the real power, which in the Soviet Union were the Communist Party bosses) don’t want the public […]
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices It started with the Iranian supply overhang and has grown louder by the day in the media. While we were all supposed to be cowering in fear at the 1MB/D that would be coming from Iran any day, it emerged instead that not only is the deal […]
‘Bloggers’ Compared to ISIS During Congressional Hearing
‘Bloggers’ Compared to ISIS During Congressional Hearing People who challenge establishment narratives online likened with terrorist organization Bloggers, conspiracy theorists and people who challenge establishment narratives on the Internet were all likened to ISIS terrorists during a chilling Congressional hearing which took place yesterday. The hearing, hosted by the House Foreign Relations Committee, was titled […]
NBC’S CONDUCT IN ENGEL KIDNAPPING STORY IS MORE TROUBLING THAN THE BRIAN WILLIAMS SCANDAL
NBC’S CONDUCT IN ENGEL KIDNAPPING STORY IS MORE TROUBLING THAN THE BRIAN WILLIAMS SCANDAL Throughout 2012, numerous American factions were pushing for U.S. intervention in Syria to bring down the regime of Bashar Assad, who throughout the War on Terror had helped the U.S. in all sorts of ways, including torturing people for them. But by then, Assad was viewed mostly […]
How Reliable Is Reuters?
How Reliable Is Reuters? People see their own nation, and foreign nations, through the filter of the press that’s available to them; so, if that filter is systematically distorting (distorting in ways that most of the others similarly do), then democracy cannot function, public opinion can be manipulated and warped; and wars might even start […]
Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy
Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy Did you know that the number of publicly traded companies declaring bankruptcy has reached a five year high? And did you know that Chinese exports are absolutely collapsing and that Chinese economic growth in 2014 was the weakest in over 20 years? Even […]
How ExxonMobil’s PR Machine Impacted The Climate Change Debate
How ExxonMobil’s PR Machine Impacted The Climate Change Debate Our DeSmog UK epic history series continues asExxonMobil uses its PR power to change the public’s mind on climate change. The basic tenet of ExxonMobil’s strategy was clear: it would use PR, not to change their image, but to change the public’s mind. Exxon’s longstanding senior environmental advisor was a large, bullish, but “brilliant”, nuclear engineer, […]
TRUTH – THE CURE FOR COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
TRUTH – THE CURE FOR COGNITIVE DISSONANCE “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell Every time the BLS puts out their monthly propaganda report on the wonderful state of the U.S. jobs market and states with a straight face the unemployment rate is a measly 5.5%, their corporate mouthpieces […]
Media Coverage of Climate Science Is Stunting Climate Action, Especially in US
Media Coverage of Climate Science Is Stunting Climate Action, Especially in US The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change plays an enormous role in shaping how climate science gets translated into policy in countries around the world, but so does the media. A new report finds that, while the IPCCcould have managed the rollout of itsFifth Assessment […]
Wisconsin Climate Change Gag Order Part of Broader Industry-Tied Attacks on Science
Wisconsin Climate Change Gag Order Part of Broader Industry-Tied Attacks on Science On April 7, Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands voted 2-1 to ban those employed by the agency from doing any work pertaining to climate change or global warming while doing public lands related work. Although the story was covered bymultiple media outlets, lost in the public discussion so […]
The American Consumer Will Never Be Back
The American Consumer Will Never Be Back That title may be a bit much, granted, because never is a very long time. I might instead have said “The American Consumer Won’t Be Back For A Very Long Time”. Still, I simply don’t see any time in the future that would see Americans start spending again […]
Ukraine Blocks 10,000 Websites, Confiscates a Newspaper
Ukraine Blocks 10,000 Websites, Confiscates a Newspaper As I reported yesterday, the Security Bureau of Ukraine, on April 7th, had seized and disappeared two Odessa bloggers, who were trying to get an independent investigation, and ultimate prosecution, of the individuals who participated in the 2 May 2014 massacre of regime opponents, and who burned, shot, and […]
