(2018-08-21). Mainstream Media Concedes Defeat On Yemen: Ends Blackout Coverage. iranian.com Last month, an article by Fair.org went viral in republications by popular alternative media outlets ranging from Salon to Zero Hedge to Alternet to Truthdig, among many others. The article was initially titled "ACTION ALERT: It's Been Over a Year Since MSNBC Has Mentioned US War in Yemen", but many subsequent republications went with variations on the more attention-grabbing headline, "MSNBC has done 455 […]
(2018-08-21). Station Manager Quincy McCoy Disgraces KPFA and Pacifica Radio With Unilateral Banning. indybay.org KPFA manager Quincy McCoy has unilaterally banned the longtime show Guns and Butter without any hearing or due process and censored all the past shows. This is from "Free Speech" radio. Quincy has a long history of deciding what should be on the air without any process of the staff and community who pay for the station.
(2018-08-21). KPFA Management Abandoning The Station's Principles. indybay.org The KPFA of 2018, however, seems all-too aligned with national security state messaging, with its constant parroting of corporate media's evidence-free "Russia meddled" narrative and, with occasional exceptions, no recognition of the grotesque but almost completely unexamined and outsized influence of the state of Israel over US politics. | The unhealthy hierarchical structure of the station—well protected and benefited paid staff versus a majority of unprotected unpaid staff—also falls into the pattern of haves and have-nots in our society at large, and the negative consequence of such a structure is…
(2018-08-20). Fox News' Shep Smith Shuts Down Giuliani's Absurd Defense of Trump's Lies: 'Truth Is Truth. There'. alternet.org 
The Fox News host wasn't impressed. | Fox News host Shep Smith shot down Rudy Giuliani's ridiculous claim that "truth isn't truth" during his Monday show. "Webster's defines [truth] as body of real things, events and facts and the state of being the case," Smith explained. Chief White House correspondent John Roberts compared Giuliani's remarks to Kellyanne Conway's infamous claim that President Donald Trump has "alternative facts. "Rober. . .
(2018-08-20). American Television Audiences Don't Care for Palestinian Lives — Just Ask the Networks. mintpressnews.com 
Not a single mainstream television network in the United States carried any mention of Israel's barrage of 140 bombs and missiles directed at Gaza on Wednesday.
(2018-08-20). US Mainstream Media is No Friend of the American People. mintpressnews.com 
Is it any surprise that public trust in the US media is reaching all-time lows, while news consumers are increasingly looking to alternative news sites?
(2018-08-20). Journalist Exposes Western, Gulf Arming Terrorists in Syria. globalresearch.ca In August of 2017, Bulgarian reporter Dilyana Gaytandzhieva published a report in mainstream outlet Trud in her home country exposing the paper trail documenting the US, NATO, and Gulf countries were …
(2018-08-20). The Mass Media's Outrage at Trump: Why the Surprise? counterpunch.org They're coming fast and furious! Here come 343 media outlets that are criticizing (Guardian, August 15, 2018—at least 350 at this writing) Il Duce for creating the frenzy of "fake news" among his followers and encouraging the violent among his ilk to attack counterprotesters and journalists at campaign events and "public" appearances. The Boston Globe took the lead position More
(2018-08-20). Americans Should Be Freaking Out About Online Censorship. truthdig.com The approaches Facebook and Google are taking toward free speech are a serious cause for concern; scientists have found a song that reduces anxiety; meanwhile, our national debt has hit historic highs.
(2018-08-20). Teacher hostility grows to Michigan Department of Education's curriculum changes. wsws.org The Michigan Department of Education has proposed new social studies standards which remove references to essential democratic rights and aim to censor the study of history.
(2018-08-19). Selected Articles: Turkey's Financial Crisis, Sanctions, Dollar Hegemony. globalresearch.ca For almost 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 …
(2018-08-19). US govt doesn't think people have intelligence to decipher news, hence censorship — Keiser. rt.com 
As Twitter and Facebook are criticized over censorship and constant finger-pointing at Russia, RT's Max Keiser speaks to the senior editor of the Grayzone Project, Max Blumenthal, who sums up the reality of the situation. |
(2018-08-19). Facebook 'censors' conservative education page, says it was a mistake, but few are convinced. rt.com 
Facebook says it had mistakenly deleted videos and limited the reach of US conservative educational organization PragerU. The content has now been restored, but PragerU supporters don't think it was an accident.
(2018-08-18). Google employees protest plans to build censored search engine in China. wsws.org Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed Thursday that the company has worked to develop a censored version of its search engine in collaboration with the Chinese state.
(2018-08-18). Trump: 'We won't let' discrimination of conservatives on social media happen. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has spoken out about censorship against conservatives on social media, saying it is a "very dangerous thing" and calling for everyone to be allowed to participate in the online conversation.
(2018-08-17). Google Executives Misled Staff in Meeting on China Censorship. Here Are 13 Questions They Must Answer. theintercept.com Co-founder Sergey Brin said he didn't know about the China plans, which CEO Sundar Pichai said are "in an exploration stage" — despite previous reports.
(2018-08-17). Corporate Media: the Enemy of the People. counterpunch.org I detest the malignantly racist, sexist, narcissistic, and authoritarian pathological liar and bully Donald Trump on many different levels, and I share none of his sick world view, but the corporate media really is, well (to use Trump's recurrent phrase), "the enemy of the people." Here below is an essay I first published (on the More
(2018-08-17). Pentagon hypes China threat amid renewed strategic competition. rt.com 
The Pentagon is raising an alarm about "rapidly" growing Chinese military capabilities, from long-range bombers to a blue-water navy, as mainstream media warn that Chinese pilots are "likely" training for strikes against the US.
(2018-08-16). Trump-Media Logrolling. consortiumnews.com Hundreds of mainstream newspapers on Thursday have coordinated editorials against Trump's attacks on the press, but as Sam Husseini explains, the major media need to do some soul-searching itself. By Sam Husseini Today, hundreds of newspapers, at the initiative of The Boston… Read more →
(2018-08-16). Google Staff Tell Bosses China Censorship is "Moral and Ethical" Crisis. theintercept.com Google employees are demanding answers from the company's leadership amid growing internal protests over plans to launch a censored search engine in China. | Staff inside the internet giant's offices have agreed that the censorship project raises "urgent moral and ethical issues" and have circulated a letter saying so, calling on bosses to disclose more about the company's work in China, which they say is shrouded in too much secrecy, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. | The internal furor began after The Intercept earlier this month revealed details about the censored search engine, which would remove content that China's authoritarian government views as sensitive, such as information about political dissidents, free speech, democracy, human rights, and peaceful protest. It would "blacklist sensitive queries" so that "no results will be shown" at all when people enter certain words or…
(2018-08-16). Fake news media is 'opposition party' & bad for America – Trump. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has tweeted that the "fake news media" is the "opposition party," while calling it "very bad" for the US. In true Trump style, he followed that up by saying "we are winning" the fight.
(2018-08-16). 'Full of itself': Facebook using Russia as excuse to censor information online, says Steve Malzberg. rt.com 
Facebook is using false claims against Russia and its supposed "bots" and "trolls" as justification to shut down pages of news outlets it doesn't agree with, conservative commentator Steve Malzberg told RT's "Watching the Hawks."
(2018-08-15). Alex Jones suspended from Twitter after tweet calling to end censorship. rt.com 
Controversial right-wing commentator Alex Jones has been banned from tweeting after he posted a link to a video of himself calling on President Trump to "take action" against tech companies censoring his content. |
(2018-08-15). Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right. rt.com 
The banning of right wing controversialist Alex Jones from multiple social media platforms last week was a cause of celebration for many liberals, but should those on the left really be so complacent about creeping censorship? |
(2018-08-14). How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical. democracynow.org 
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer, Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of "Whitewash – The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science."
(2018-08-13). Hatewatch Headlines 8/13/2018. splcenter.org ADF goes on hate radio to attack hate-group status; White nationalists' message permeates mainstream right; Twitter gives Proud Boys the boot; and more.