Media
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Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III By Gregory Shupak
President Donald Trump is threatening to escalate the Syrian war, as are France and the United Kingdom, while Israel apparently bombed Syria three days ago. In this context, major “liberal” media outlets are writing that Trump should attack Syria further. Continue reading
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Media’s Linguistic Gymnastics Mislead on Gaza Protests By Gregory Shupak
As Adam Johnson (FAIR.org, 4/9/18) writes, media have engaged in extraordinary mental gymnastics to describe the Israeli military’s deliberate killing of Palestinian protesters in the Great Return March, framing long-distance sniper shootings as “clashes” in order to misleadingly “give the reader the impression of two equal warring sides.” Continue reading
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This is how you stop the Link Tax
Axel Voss MEP is determined to push through the legislation that his lobbyist friends have asked for, destroying our ability to link to news, and to find information online. His latest suggestions include copyrighting facts, and making it impossible to share even your own stories for free. Continue reading
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‘Plan to make me look foolish failed’ – Craig Murray to RT on Skripal interview for Sky News
In his interview with Burley on Sky News, Murray and the presenter clashed about Sky News’ Porton Down interview, with Murray suggesting that an extra question may have been recorded after the original interview and tacked on to the end. Continue reading
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Degeneracy and Fundamentalism of Western Media Control By Andre Vltchek
Lately, the West has gone clearly berserk. The more it is scared of losing control over the brains of billions of people in all corners of the world, the more aggressively it is screaming, kicking and making a fool of itself. Continue reading
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US Isn’t Leaving Syria—but Media Lost It When Possibility Was Raised By Gregory Shupak
The White House made clear that Trump’s talk of pulling out of Syria was just talk (Independent, 4/4/18)–but not before numerous media figures expressed alarm that the illegal occupation might end. Continue reading
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Sinclair’s Synchronized Fake News Broadcast Goes Viral
The broadcasting giant’s efforts to coordinate the messages coming from local stations has landed it in the national spotlight, but Sinclair’s efforts to effect local education policy in Baltimore may be more nefarious and ultimately more dangerous to democracy (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Media Boosts Obvious Saudi Front Group as Neutral ‘Think Tank’ By Adam Johnson
The Arabia Foundation appeared in spring 2016, seemingly out of nowhere, as a Saudi-focused think tank with “ties to Riyadh,” but vaguely independent of the regime. Or at least independent enough so that media wouldn’t represent it as an extension of the kingdom. But the past few weeks have clearly shown it to be little… Continue reading
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Evidence of Violent Extremism of Little Interest When Killer Is White By FAIR
29 March 2018 — FAIR If a Muslim bomber had received religious-based weapons training (Independent, 3/22/18), that would likely be the lead fact in every report on them. Remember that Muslim mass murderer who belonged to an Islamic home-madrassa called INTIFADA, where knife-wielding Shari’a survivalists studied the Qur’an, guns and dangerous chemicals? And how the liberal… Continue reading
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For WaPo, ‘What Next in Africa?’ Doesn’t Include US Getting Out By Gunar Olsen
The Washington Post (3/19/18) thinks the question is thorny, so it makes sure to prune the answers. “Pentagon Grapples With a Thorny Question After Niger Ambush,” a recent Washington Post headline (3/19/18) read: “What Next in Africa?” Among the possible answers not considered by the Post article: “Close US military bases,” “End US drone strikes”… Continue reading
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Cambridge Analytica And The Manipulation Of People
20 March 2018 — Moon of Alabama by Debs is Dead lifted from a comment MoA-ites correctly distrust every word emanating from the mealy mouthed Guardian because it has been used in a vicious campaign to advance the interests of Zionists to the point where the well being of Guardian readers has been relegated below… Continue reading
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Journalism of, by and for the Elite By Reed Richardson
23 March 2018 — FAIR American journalism has long maintained a sort of egalitarian myth about itself. While our country’s free press requires no formal training or licensing, an honest history of the profession shows very distinct hierarchies, from the vaunted Runyonesque blue-collar beat reporter to legendary insiders, like Washington uber-columnist Scotty Reston, who act… Continue reading
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Google sets up “news initiative” to censor political opposition and promote mainstream media By Andre Damon
Google announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times and other major news outlets to reinforce their monopoly over news coverage by blocking independent news organizations. Continue reading
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Liberals, Conservatives Worry About Korean Peace Threat By Gregory Shupak
Commentators across the spectrum of acceptable establishment opinion are alarmed by the possibility of peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula. Continue reading
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‘Modernization’: Media's Favorite Euphemism for Military Buildup By Adam Johnson
One of the most effective rhetorical tools in normalizing massive military budgets is to treat spending billions—and sometimes trillions—of dollars as something one has to do in order to be “modern.” “Modernization” is, after all, a normative label; who doesn’t want to be modern? Continue reading
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Media Erase US Role in Syria’s Misery, Call for US to Inflict More Misery By Gregory Shupak
7 March 2018 — FAIR Simon Tisdall argues in the Guardian (2/10/18) that “the West let down Syria”—not by fueling a murderous civil war, but by failing to ensure that its chosen side prevailed in that war. In the Guardian (2/10/18), Simon Tisdall described the US and its Western partners as “hovering passively on the sidelines in Syria,”… Continue reading
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