26 May 2017 — TRNN
Rex Tillerson now acknowledges climate change science, but as CEO of Exxon Mobile did he do anything about it? The New York State Attorney General wants to know says Investigative journalist David Hasemeyer (inc. transcript)
Day: May 26, 2017
Selected Articles: A Corrupted View of Reality in the Western Media
26 May 2017 — Global Research
Below is a selection of recent articles which bring to the forefront the process of media disinformation which supports a corrupt and criminal political agenda.
In the words of award winning investigative reporter Robert Parry (see article below):
“The mainstream U.S. media is congratulating itself on its courageous defiance of President Trump and its hard-hitting condemnations of Russia, but the press seems to have forgotten that its proper role within the U.S. democratic structure is not to slant stories one way or another but to provide objective information for the American people.”
What this suggests is that more than ever we need to stand together to continuously question politics, false statements, and the suppression of independent thought.
Elite Media Need to Recognize Assaults on Reporters as a Pattern–and a Threat
25 May 2017 — FAIR
It is heartening at least that Montana newspapers withdrew their endorsements of Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, after he grabbed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs by the neck for trying to ask him a question, slammed him to the floor and punched him repeatedly (Fox News, 5/24/17). More heartening would be a full recognition across elite media that the incident is far from isolated.
As Huffington Post‘s Michael Calderone (5/24/17), for one, pointed out, a Republican state senator in Alaska, David Wilson, reportedly slapped reporter Nathaniel Herz earlier this month over a story Wilson didn’t like; FCC security pinned reporter John M. Donnelly against a wall for trying to ask a commission member a question last week; and West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman was arrested May 10 for trying to ask a question of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who declared himself pleased with that outcome.
Media: WaPo Provides Platform for Calls to Imprison WaPo Sources
25 May 2017 — FAIR
Washington Post editorial (9/16/16)
For the third time in a year, the Washington Post has promoted the prosecution of Washington Post sources.
Last September, the Post controversially published “No Pardon for Edward Snowden” (9/16/16), an editorial calling for prosecution of the whistleblower who helped the paper win a Pulitzer Prize in 2014.
In the past weeks, two Post columnists have joined the Post editorial board in calling for Post sources to be jailed—this time in regard to the Post’s major scoop (5/16/17) about President Donald Trump leaking classified intelligence to Russian diplomats.
FreedomInfo.org Update – May 25, 2017
25 May 2017 — Freedom Info
freedominfo.org is a one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world. It contains crucial information on freedom of information laws and how they were drafted and implemented, including how various provisions have worked in practice. Continue reading
ICH Headlines 25 May 2017
25 May 2017 — Information Clearing House
Trump’s Art of the Deal: Selling Wars and Terrorism
By Finian Cunningham
Donald “the peace-maker” is sowing decades of further violence in the war-torn region.
The New Dark Age 