2018 Media Freedom Summit
Project Censored | indybay.org | 2018-10-16
College of Marin, Kentfield Campus, 835 College Avenue Kentfield California 94904…
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Khashoggi Picked the Wrong Prince
Shared by Sharmini Peries | therealnews.com | 2018-10-16
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi should be denounced. Professor As`ad AbuKhalil says western media's uncritical praise of Khashoggi is unworthy, he was a loyal member of the Saudi propaganda apparatus and chose the wrong side of the House of Saud | The post Khashoggi Picked the Wrong Prince appeared first on The Real News Network.
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Trapped in information bubbles? Consequences of the media's polarized Trump coverage (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-16
Shrill media reports about Donald Trump's alleged praise of Confederate General Robert E. Lee underscore the president's deep-rooted racism, or America's fake news epidemic — depending on where you get your news from.
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Fox News Host Deletes Tweet After Getting Mocked for Complaining Interviewer 'Peppered' Trump 'Endlessly' with Questions
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-10-15
That's kind of Lesley Stahl's job. . . | Fox News Monday morning did its usual propaganda pitch for President Trump, defending the lying leader's responses during his rare "60 Minutes" interview which aired Sunda. . .
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GOP Candidate Invents Fake Washington Post Fact Check to Cover Up His Awful Record on Health Care
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-15
GOP Rep. Dave Brat issued a press release that the Washington Post had found his Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, had lied about him. The Washington Post did not say that. | House Republicans are desperate to throw off Democratic attacks alleging they voted to kick poor and sick people off of their health insurance — which is difficult, because they very. . .
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Trump Told Lesley Stahl He Calls the Truth "Fake News" to Discredit Journalists. So Why Did She Let Him Do It Again on "60 Minutes"?
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2018-10-15
In her "60 Minutes" interview of Trump on Sunday, Lesley Stahl asked very few follow-up questions and allowed a number of blatant lies to go unchallenged. | The post Trump Told Lesley Stahl He Calls the Truth "Fake News" to Discredit Journalists. So Why Did She Let Him Do It Again on "60 Minutes"? appeared first on The Intercept.
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Selected Articles: Facebook Censorship and the Atlantic Council
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide of Facebook and Search Engine manipulations, we call upon … | The post Selected Articles: Facebook Censorship and the Atlantic Council appeared first on Global Research.
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Facebook's purge of left-wing media: A frontal assault on freedom of speech
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-15
The social media monopoly's removal of left-wing news pages with millions of followers is the latest step in a conspiracy by the state and the technology giants to censor the internet.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/15/pers…
The Russian connection? Banned Facebook pages were featured on 2016 'blacklist'
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-15
A host of alternative news pages banned by Facebook last week were first featured on the PropOrNot blacklist in 2016 — a list of "Russian propaganda" sites that was compiled with little evidence and called "McCarthyite."
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Five Questions For: Author Suzanne Gordon on the VA as a 'Model for American Health Care'
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2018-10-14
"Many liberals and progressives who don't buy the propaganda about climate, or about education, buy the propaganda about the VA."
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Patriot Prayer again brings violence to Portland with 'flash march' downtown, rounding out a weekend of far-right violence
David Neiwert | splcenter.org | 2018-10-14
Proud Boys again join Joey Gibson's crew of violent extremists to troll city streets in search of leftist opponents — and eventually they find some to beat bloody.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/15/patri…
Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide "Broad Benefits"
Ryan Gallagher | theintercept.com | 2018-10-12
Google CEO Sundar Pichai refused to answer a list of questions from a bipartisan group of six senators. | The post Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide "Broad Benefits" appeared first on The Intercept.
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'Land of censorship & home of the fake': Alternative voices on Facebook and Twitter's crackdown
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-12
Alternative voices online are incensed after Facebook and Twitter closed down hundreds of political media pages ahead of November's crucial midterm elections. Facebook says they broke its spam rules, they say it's censorship.
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Censorship crackdown? Top 10 alt-media pages newly banned by Facebook & Twitter
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-12
Sites dealing with government transparency, pages dedicated to police brutality and alternative media — take a closer look at the top ten accounts with millions of followers that were recently suspended by Twitter and Facebook.
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I Was Reported to Police as an 'Agitated Black Male' — for Simply Walking to Work
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-10
A Black employee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst opens up about the racial profiling incident that rocked the campus and upended his life. | Last month, I walked across the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to get to work. It was an ordinary stroll. But to a bystander, the sight of an educated Black professional going about his day was apparently cause for alarm. | That bystander called the police. My workplace was shut down. I was, and remain, humiliated. | Racial profiling at predominantly white institutions is nothing new, and this wasn't the first time that I had to grit my teeth th…
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New Writers Welcomed to Consortium News
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-10-10
In the past few weeks Consortium News has added a group of accomplished writers as regular contributors, ensuring that Consortium remains a unique source of news, analysis and commentary that you will not find in mainstream media. Pepe Escobar, the… Read more ?…
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Publishing Police Press Releases as Local 'Crime' Reporting
Adam Johnson | fair.org | 2018-10-10
Block Club Chicago suffers, particularly on the issue of "crime" reporting, from the same stunted ethical scope all other local corporate media does. Again and again, Block Club's "crime" reporting consists of simply copy-and-pasting Chicago police blotters about alleged crimes, with no effort to report any side other than the police's.
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Trump Admin Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War With Iran
John O'Day | fair.org | 2018-10-04
John Bolton (BBC, 9/26/18): "Let my message today be clear: We are watching, and we will come after you." | Three years ago, as Americans debated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran–popularly known as "the Iran deal"–I highlighted a troubling media trend on FAIR.org ( 8/20/15): "For nearly all commentators, regardless of their position, war is the…
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After Chemnitz: Germany's Extreme Right Exploits Government Passivity and Public Resentment to Enter the Mainstream
Denijal Jegić | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-02
While the AfD party emerges as a leading voice of political opposition, the government downplays its danger and even co-opts… | The post After Chemnitz: Germany's Extreme Right Exploits Government Passivity and Public Resentment to Enter the Mainstream appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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Presenting The Syria Deception: Al Qaeda Goes to Hollywood (VIDEO)
Dan Cohen | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-09-16
An exclusive Grayzone investigative documentary rips the cover off of the most sophisticated and expensive campaign of humanitarian interventionist propaganda… | The post Presenting The Syria Deception: Al Qaeda Goes to Hollywood (VIDEO) appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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