European Union steps up Internet censorship in the name of opposing "disinformation"
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-26
The EU summit threatened with sanctions and penalties any party that diverges from the prescribed political line in the 2019 European election campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/26/euro…
Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media "Just the Beginning," Says Top Neocon Insider
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-25
This October, Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of hundreds of users, including many alternative media outlets maintained by American users. Among those wiped out in the coordinated purge were popular sites that scrutinized police brutality and U.S. interventionism, like … | The post Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media "Just the Beginning," Says Top Neocon Insider appeared first on Global Research.
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Two Stories from the Propaganda War
Philip M. Giraldi | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-25
Two recent stories about Russians have demonstrated how the news is selected and manipulated in the United States. The first is about Maria Butina, who apparently sought to overthrow American democracy, such as it is, by obtaining a life membership in the National Rifle Association. Maria, a graduate student at American University, is now in detention in a federal prison, having been charged with collusion and failure to register as an agent of the Russian Federation. She has been in prison since July, for most of the time in solitary confinement, and has not been granted bail because, as a Russian citizen, she i…
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Is Facebook Systematically Censoring Alternative Media?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-25
This October, Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of hundreds of users, including many alternative media outlets maintained by American users. Among those wiped out in the coordinated purge were popular sites that scrutinized police brutality and U.S. interventionism, like The Free Thought Project, Anti-Media, and Cop Block, along with the pages of journalists like Rachel Blevins. | Facebook claimed that these pages had "broken our rules against spam and…
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Comptroller's report details crisis of New York's decaying transit system
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-25
The statistics highlight a fiscal and infrastructure disaster in the making.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/25/rail…
Suspicious packages could be 'Russian operation,' says MSNBC host
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-25
It took less than 48 hours for the US mainstream media to go from blaming President Donald Trump for a series of suspicious packages sent to leading Democrats and CNN to blaming – who else? – Russia. | …
rt.com/usa/442301-suspicious-packages-ru…
Western Media Launch Attack on Critics of Controversial White Helmets Group
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-24
The October 16 issue of NY Review of Books has an article by Janine di Giovani titled "Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets". The article exemplifies how western media promotes the White Helmets uncritically and attacks those who challenge the myth. | A Crude & Disingenuous Attack: Council on Foreign relations fellow Janine di Giovanni wrote a scathing takedown of critics of the White Helmets, dismissing them as Russian and Syrian propaganda. Screenshot | YouTube | Giovani's article attacks sever…
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Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media 'Just the Beginning,' Warns Top Neocon Insider
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-10-24
At a Berlin security conference, hardline neocon Jamie Fly appeared to claim some credit for the recent coordinated purge of alternative media, report Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague. By Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague Gray Zone Project This October, Facebook… Read more ?…
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Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media "Just the Beginning," Says Top Neocon Insider
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-23
At a Berlin security conference, hardline neocon Jamie Fly appeared to claim some credit for the recent coordinated purge of… | The post Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media "Just the Beginning," Says Top Neocon Insider appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/23/facebook-…
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.
theintercept.com/2018/10/22/msnbc-and-da…
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.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/21/vice-prop…
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."
progressive.org/dispatches/author-suzann…
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.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/02/after-che…