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Managing Chaos: Adventures in Alternative Media. Greg Guma
Managing Chaos: Adventures in Alternative Media. Greg Guma An eye-witness account that explores the unique, tumultuous history of Pacifica radio and alternative media in America. After an eclectic career, Greg Guma discusses the evolution of radio and television, the impacts of concentrated media ownership, the rise of the alternative press, his own work in Vermont — before […]
Independent Media Outlets Unite to Fight Back Against Corporate Censorship
Independent Media Outlets Unite to Fight Back Against Corporate Censorship During the summit, those who had potential solutions to fighting the censors presented their ideas to the group who then had a round table discussion to decide how best to move forward and carry out these solutions. Over the weekend, members and owners of multiple […]
How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media
NEWSGUARD EXPOSED How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media As Newsguard’s project advances, it will soon become almost impossible to avoid this neocon-approved news site’s ranking systems on any technological device sold in the United States. MINNEAPOLIS — Soon after the social media “purge” of independent media sites and pages […]
How the American Media Was Destroyed
How the American Media Was Destroyed In my September 24 column, “Truth Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes,” https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/09/24/truth-is-evaporating-before-our-eyes/ I used the destruction of the CBS news team that broke the Abu Ghraib story and the story of President George W. Bush’s non-performance of his Texas Air Force National Guard duties to demonstrate how accusations alone […]
Hold the Front Page, the Reporters are Missing
Hold the Front Page, the Reporters are Missing Photo Source Lisa Abitbol/Nieman Foundation for Journalism | CC BY 2.0 The death of Robert Parry earlier this year felt like a farewell to the age of the reporter. Parry was “a trailblazer for independent journalism”, wrote Seymour Hersh, with whom he shared much in common. Hersh […]
Taxing and Tracking the Independent Media: Censorship and Control
Taxing and Tracking the Independent Media: Censorship and Control One of the most heinous things about taxes is that they support the very “organs” (to quote a Soviet-era term) of government that crush the people…even further. The taxes are weapons used by the authorities…and all authority comes from the barrel of a gun (to paraphrase […]
Facebook Cracks Down On Independent Media, Under Guise Of ‘Enhancing Relationships’
Facebook Cracks Down On Independent Media, Under Guise Of ‘Enhancing Relationships’ January 30, 2018 Nothing could have more perfectly exemplified the establishment’s use of Orwellian Newspeak than Facebook’s latest move to censor independent thought under the pretense of caring about the emotional wellbeing of the masses. The media giant has been documented live-streaming murders, suicides, rapes, […]
“It’s Over For Me” Matt Drudge Warns Public “You’re A Pawn In The ‘Ghetto-isation'” Of The Web
“It’s Over For Me” Matt Drudge Warns Public “You’re A Pawn In The ‘Ghetto-isation'” Of The Web The very foundation of the free Internet is under severe threat from copyright laws that could ban independent media outlets, according to Matt Drudge. “I had a Supreme Court Justice tell me it’s over for me,” said Drudge, warning web users […]
