The New York Times' Animal Cruelty Fetish
Michael Howard | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-22
In league with its fellow corporate media, The New York Times has for a very long time devoted itself to advertising, sanitizing and lying about American imperialism. From the Cold War to the War on (sic) Terror, the NYT has bent over backward to reassure the American people that their government's actions, however heinous, were and…
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Hipster Media Giant VICE Did Paid Propaganda For Saudi Arabia
Ben Norton | iranian.com | 2018-10-22
Hipster media giant VICE worked with Saudi Arabia's regime mouthpiece SRMG to create propaganda. The hipster corporate media giant VICE did paid propaganda for Saudi Arabia, according to a British report on Saudi astroturf efforts. Jim Waterson, the media editor for The Guardian, reported that VICE has worked with a soft-power arm of the Saudi royal family […] | The post Hipster Media Giant VICE Did Paid Propaganda For Saudi Arabia appeared first on The Iranian.
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MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2018-10-22
This is as extreme a perversion of journalism as can be imagined, yet it pervades the nation's largest corporate media outlets. | The post MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice appeared first on The Intercept.
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War, censorship, and the invention of "fake news"
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-22
Under conditions of mounting social opposition and escalating plans for military conflict, the US political establishment is moving to ever more brazenly implement internet censorship.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/22/pers…
Assange Should Be Thanked — Not Smeared — for WikiLeaks' Service to Journalism
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-10-22
(MEE Op-ed) — Twelve years ago this month, WikiLeaks began publishing government secrets that the world public might otherwise never have known. What it has revealed about state duplicity, human rights abuses and corruption goes beyond anything published in the world's "mainstream" media. After over six months of being cut off from outside world, on 14 October Ecuador has partly …
Assange Should Be Thanked — Not Smeared — for WikiLeaks' Service to Journalism
Imperial-Hipster Bible VICE Did Paid Propaganda for Saudi Arabia
Ben Norton | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-21
Hipster media giant VICE worked with Saudi Arabia's regime mouthpiece SRMG to create a video promoting tourism and a camel… | The post Imperial-Hipster Bible VICE Did Paid Propaganda for Saudi Arabia appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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Selected Articles: US-NATO War Crimes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-21
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, we call upon our readers to participate in an … | The post Selected Articles: US-NATO War Crimes appeared first on Global Research.
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Elle Magazine forced to apologize as Kim & Kanye fake news completely backfires
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-19
Elle Magazine has apologized for their "bad joke" which saw the publication post a false 'breaking news' tweet about the break up of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, in an effort to lure readers to a voter registration site. | …
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Marijuana legalization linked to spike in car crashes, studies reveal
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-19
Marijuana legalization hit another milestone this week as Canada lifted its ban on the drug. But new research may undermine pot's march towards the mainstream, as two studies have linked legalization with a rise in car crashes. | …
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CNN's Acosta bizarrely tells former WH official to 'Fu*k off' for teasing tweet
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-19
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta has been outed for an abusive outburst following some mild trolling by a former White House official on Twitter. | …
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Hatewatch Headlines 10/18/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-10-18
Are Proud Boys new face of the GOP? Fake news makes students doubt all news; 'Today' gives white supremacists a shiny platform; and…
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Twitter & NATO think tanks publish database of tweets, pics… and GIFs by 'Russian trolls'
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-18
Ahead of midterm elections, Twitter has reminded Americans that democracy is still under threat by releasing millions of tweets by pesky Russians (and Iranians) from the past decade. How do they know? Well, that's the question. | …
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Consortium News' Comment Policy
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-10-17
We are republishing our Comment Policy to remind readers to please adhere to it. We do not practice censorship based on political views but comments that violate the Policy will be removed to maintain a dignified and fact-based comments section. … Read more ?…
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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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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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