Media
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Distorting ‘Democracy’ in Venezuela Coverage By Gregory Shupak
Writing of the failed US-sponsored coup attempt in Venezuela on April 30, Uri Friedman of The Atlantic (5/1/19) referred to the Venezuelan branch of the coup as Juan “Guaidó’s pro-democracy movement.” The logical contradiction could scarcely be more pronounced: A wave of Friedman’s wand transforms a political force seeking the military overthrow of Venezuela’s elected government into… Continue reading
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The West: Full Spectrum Dementia By Stephen Sefton
Journalism has never been free of propaganda. News has always been produced and marketed like any other commodity, satisfying and shaping consumers’ opinions, loyalties and taste. Over the last thirty years, the US elites and their allies have effectively eliminated conventional journalism in favor of propaganda and counter-propaganda serving their relentless war on the majority… Continue reading
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World Press Freedom Day Is a Joke in the Middle East as the West Continues to Destroy Journalism There By Martin Jay
British and Canadian diplomats hijacking World Press Freedom Day is a really bad joke. But that’s what happened recently in Beirut when this not so auspicious day passed, leaving some in the Middle East wondering if journalism can play any role whatsoever in improving governance, holding states to account and emboldening democracy. Continue reading
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Politicians celebrate “World Press Freedom Day” as Julian Assange languishes in prison
UNESCO holds the event, it avows, to celebrate “the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.”Those claims are hollow and duplicitous, as the facts… Continue reading
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The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil destroys Trump’s Venezuela coup on Fox News—not CNN, or MSNBC, or any other liberal platform
The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News to discuss the corporate media’s abysmal coverage of the US-led coup attempt against Venezuela’s democratically elected government. Continue reading
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British MSM – Lapdog Of American Military Coup (again)
By TruePublica: The Washington favourite in Juan Guaido has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization of Venezuela. He has been groomed for 15 years as a long-term CIA project. It was, therefore, never any surprise to those watching that this was somehow a surprise. And of course, it is no… Continue reading
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Zero Percent of Elite Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela by Teddy Ostrow
A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period (1/15/19–4/15/19), zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took an anti-regime change or pro-Maduro/Chavista position. Not a single commentator on the big three Sunday morning talkshows or PBS NewsHour came… Continue reading
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The Open Rights Group 2019 Lineup
We are delighted to announce new speakers for our ORGCon 2019 lineup. If you’re yet to get your early bird ticket it isn’t too late – they’re on sale now! Continue reading
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Media Cheer Assange’s Arrest By Alan MacLeod
Julian Assange was arrested inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 11. The Australian-born co-founder of Wikileaks had been trapped in the building since 2012 after taking refuge there. He was immediately found guilty of failing to surrender to a British court, and was taken to Belmarsh prison. An extradition to the United States… Continue reading
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Heading For A Different Planet: Global Warming, Propaganda-Journalism And The Definition Of Insanity
No event is exempt from manipulation, including those that can lead to major wars. Coverage of this type ushered America’s participation in World War I. Some argue now that the Lusitania disaster, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11 were probably examples of “passive false flags.” Continue reading
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World Press Freedom Index: “UK remained one of the worst-ranked Western European countries”
“the UK remained one of the worst-ranked Western European countries in the World Press Freedom Index, largely due to a heavy-handed approach towards the press, often in the name of national security.” Continue reading
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Google Blacklisting Independent News Sites
A report alleges tech giant Google manually manipulated special search engine results, blacklisting certain websites. RT America’s Manila Chan turns to investigative journalist Ben Swann to decipher this report. Continue reading
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Did the NY Times Violate Its Own Code of Ethics to Feature Child of Venezuelan Coup Plotter? By Anya Parampil
Grayzone — When the New York Times approached me seeking permission to use video I recorded of the Washington DC “Hands Off Venezuela” protest on March 16, I hoped that somebody at the paper was seeking to atone for the Gray Lady’s demonstrably one-sided coverage of the US coup attempt against the internationally recognized Maduro… Continue reading
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“Assange Is Not A Journalist!” Yes He Is, Idiot By Caitlin Johnstone
As we discussed yesterday, whenever Assange is in the news and people are defending him you always see a bunch of hyper-emotional empire loyalists running around online trying to manage the narrative about him. One of the most common talking points which comes up is that Assange is “not a journalist”. Continue reading
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It’s all about Assange… and it’s not
In one sense, this special digest is all about Julian Assange. And in another sense, it’s not. Continue reading
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Australian government sets global precedent with online censorship bill By Mike Head
In the wake of the fascist attack in New Zealand, the Australian government is bulldozing unprecedented laws through parliament this week that will threaten all social media platforms with severe criminal penalties if they host what government authorities consider “abhorrent violent” material. Continue reading
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Media smoothed way to Corbyn target practice
It is time to stop believing these infantile narratives the political and media establishment have crafted for us. Like the one in which they tell us they care deeply about the state of British political life, that they lie awake at night worrying about the threat posed by populism to our democratic institutions. Continue reading
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Open Rights Group Newsletter 3 April 2019
3 April 2019 — Open Rights Group Open Rights Group has announced ORGCon is back on 13 July 2019 with Edward Snowden as our keynote speaker! From the use of data in the democratic process to the impact of algorithms on free expression, we’ll be covering all things digital at our London conference. Early bird tickets are… Continue reading
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Chelsea Manning Again Takes Fall for Defending Public’s Right to Know By Janine Jackson
Manning isn’t just in prison, she’s in solitary confinement—it’s supposedly not punitive because she won’t help the government make its case; no, it’s “administrative segregation,” generally understood to be for prisoners who might be in danger in the general prison population. US media talk about solitary confinement as though it were like a “time out”… Continue reading
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CNN And WaPo Demand That Trump Further Escalate Tensions With Russia by Caitlin Johnstone
CNN has aired a segment in which pundit Fareed Zakaria tells the network’s audience that the US president has “been unwilling to confront Putin in any way on any issue” and asks “will Venezuela be the moment when Trump finally ends his appeasement?” Continue reading
