Day: October 29, 2016

At DAPL, Confiscating Cameras as Evidence of Journalism

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29 October 2016 — FAIR

Interccpt footage of riot police at DAPL protest

Riot police confront demonstrators over the Dakota Access Pipeline. (image: The Intercept, 10/25/16)

While elite media wait for the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline to go away so they can return to presenting their own chin-stroking as what it means to take climate change seriously, independent media continue to fill the void with actual coverage.

One place you can go to find reporting is The Intercept  (10/25/16), where journalist Jihan Hafiz filed a video report from North Dakota, where the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies continue their stand against the sacred site–trampling, water supply–threatening project.

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Bayer-Monsanto: We need to stop this nightmare merger

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29 October 2016 — SumOfUs

In just a few weeks Bayer and Monsanto are getting ready to file their merger with antitrust authorities in Europe and the U.S.. If they succeed, we are facing a nightmare scenario: more bee-killing neonics in our fields, more toxic glyphosate on our plates, and more corporate control over our food supply. 

Regulators can still stop this merger, but they’re already getting hammered by corporate lobbyists pressuring them to back off.

That’s why we need to move fast — antitrust regulators have a limited amount of time to take action, and the clock is already ticking.

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