Media
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‘CIA Sidekick’ NED Gives £2.6M to UK Media Groups
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a non-profit corporation funded by the U.S. Congress, has ploughed over £2.6m into seven British independent media groups over the past five years. Continue reading
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Syrian Extremists Had Free Access To Western Media, Says Award Winning Syrian Photographer
Issa Touma, photographer from Aleppo, has portrayed the Syrian people before, during and after the war. But it was only when he moved to Sweden that he understood why the Western world’s image of Syria was so distorted. Despite great difficulties in Syria, he feels hopeful for the future. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures to denounce the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. Melzer’s integrity and courage, for which he has been mercilessly attacked, stand in stark contrast to the widespread complicity of many human rights and press organizations, including PEN America, which… Continue reading
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The Media Navigator
The Media Navigator classifies 72 influential media outlets based on their political stance and their relationship to power. In many cases, the latter is more significant. Continue reading
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CONFIRMED: Reuters Caught Posting Fake Pictures of US-backed Thai Protesters
November 16, 2021 (The New Atlas) – Reuters has been caught publishing photos depicting Thai protests that are confirmed to have been staged. Continue reading
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Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets
Sifting through over 30,000 grants in the company’s database, MintPress can reveal that the Gates Foundation has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets and ventures, to the tune of at least $319 million. Continue reading
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Paul Dacre: a rigged appointment
When it comes to the Prime Minister’s allies, there’s a pattern emerging in Downing Street. When Boris Johnson doesn’t like the outcome of an official process, he tries to rip up the rules and start again. Continue reading
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Watch: Our Broken Media and What To Do About It
27 October 2021 — MintPress News MintCast Higdon, Huff and MacLeod talk about censorship, fake news, disinformation and the prevalence of conspiracy theories in this free-flowing discussion. Continue reading
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60 Hours After Publishing A Fake News Report On Afghanistan The New York Times Still Spreads The Story
On Tuesday I provided that the New York Times and CNN were spreading fake news about Taliban policy in Afghanistan by quoting a hoax tweet from an imposter’s Twitter account. Forty-eight hours later both stories are still uncorrected despite the fact that many have have pointed out the ‘error’ in them. Continue reading
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HBO’s Anti-Maduro Propaganda Is Cruder Than Venezuelan Oil
According to Daily Beast‘s Nick Schager (9/13/21), A La Calle “addresses the sad state of affairs plaguing Venezuela, a country ruled by a so-called ‘socialist’ dictator who refuses to acknowledge his anti-democratic nature.” Continue reading
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‘The Demonization Was Meant to Pacify Readers to Accept the Brutality’
Listeners will be familiar with the imagery that corporate media have long used to talk about Africa and Africans. Not just tabloids that blare their racism in crude cartoons–elite media have been key in promoting the narrative in which Europeans represent civilization, which they feel moved to provide, on their own terms naturally, to Africans… Continue reading
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Watch: Top New York Times, WaPo Experts Affiliated With Pentagon-Funded CNAS Think Tank
Imagine a country where there’s no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it’s a perfect description of the United States today. And here in Washington, the think tank inside this nondescript building – Center For A New American Security… Continue reading
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Watch: The Making of Two Political Prisoners: Daniel Hale and Craig Murray
“U.S. prosecutors didn’t get what they wanted in their vindictive Espionage Act prosecution against Daniel Hale. They wanted 9 years in prison, especially since he succeeded in convincing many he is a conscientious soul. But 45 months is still 45 months too many.” — Kevin Gosztola, “Shadowproof” Continue reading
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Climate Change: Why we can’t trust mainstream media
MANUFACTURING CATASTROPHE How and why mainstream media minimizes climate change Continue reading
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How Not to Cover Critical Race Theory
After working the right up into a lather over Black Lives Matter (FAIR.org, 5/27/21), Fox News and its conservative media allies have turned white rage onto a more actionable target: critical race theory. Though the theory is a longstanding and specific academic lens for understanding systemic racism, the right has transformed it into a catchall for anything that… Continue reading
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Can the power of information be controlled?
“Knowledge is power”, or so the old adage goes. Perhaps what the proverb overlooks is that those who facilitate the spread of knowledge hold more power than anyone. In human rights terms, freedom of expression is the right to impart and to receive information; and while a greater emphasis is often placed on the abilities… Continue reading
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With Bezos at the Helm, Democracy Dies at the Washington Post Editorial Board
The Washington Post’s glaring conflicts of interest have of late once again been the subject of scrutiny online, thanks to a new article denouncing a supposed attempt to “soak” billionaires in taxes. Written by star columnist Megan McArdle — who previously argued that Walmart’s wages are too high, that there is nothing wrong with Google’s… Continue reading
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The Mind of Lady Dorrian
This paragraph is from Lady Dorrian’s original judgement on Craig Murray. It oozes malice and prejudice in its very plain twist of both logic and fact. She seeks to make something obviously to Murray’s credit work to his detriment. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 