Why Bernie Sanders Is Correct About the Washington Post — and Corporate Media Overall
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-08-14
"The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself"
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/14/1882547…
Why Bernie Sanders Is Absolutely Correct About the Washington Post—and Corporate Media Overall
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-08-14
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to journalists after speaking at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair August 11, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Peak PC logic: To shield students from 'offensive' image, activists opt to censor anti-racist mural
rt.com | 2019-08-14
Who would ever have thought it would be liberal students and activists leading the charge to have an anti-racism mural removed from public view at an institute of education? | …
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Corporate Media's Embarrassing New Case for Joe Biden
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-14
Media insist that criticizing Obama will somehow hand the election over to Trump, but this storyline is just another way to defend Joe Biden.
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Big election business: Democratic candidates, even critical of Facebook, pour millions into platform
rt.com | 2019-08-14
Though many Democrats have decried the role of social media giant Facebook in spreading 'fake news' during the 2016 presidential election, the party's new debate rules are driving candidates to shovel millions into the platform. | …
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MSM circles the wagons after Sanders jab at WaPo, comparing him with Bad Orange Man
rt.com | 2019-08-14
Mainstream media has stepped up its attacks on Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders after he slammed the Washington Post for biased coverage of his campaign, calling him "dangerous" and likening him to Trump. | …
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Selected Articles: Brexit Conundrum
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
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New Ukip leader claims media is controlled by 'traitor class' over Brexit
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-14
Ukip's new leader has claimed the press is being controlled by a "traitor class" which is "conspiring with foreign powers" against Brexit. | Richard Braine, who took the helm of the Eurosceptic party last week, said there was an "EU federalist class" controlling the media, as he lashed out at the "bias" in Brexit reporting. | Speaking at a press conference in Westminster, Mr Braine cited the change of editor at the Daily Mail and appointment of former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg at Facebook. | "In the last three years we have seen a concerted effort in the media — we've seen Geordie Greig installed at…
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Trump Keeps Cracking Down on Legal Immigration Because His Base Loves Cruelty
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-13
| When Democrats dismissed the Fox News-led fear-mongering about "hordes" of undocumented immigrants "invading" the United States from the south as a manufactured crisis, they were pilloried by Republicans and the mainstream media alike for not taking the issue seriously. Hardly anyone demonstrated an understanding of Democrats' nuanced argument. | Illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border appeared much more substantial precisely because the Trump administration had choked off acces…
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MSNBC and the Next Election: Racism is the Issue
Gary Leupp | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-13
After Donald Trump unexpectedly won the 2016 election, the Democrats and the mainstream media they shape sought to explain the disaster as a result of Russian meddling. Such meddling, which had been alleged for months, was documented in an (unconvincing) intelligence report prepared by the lame-duck Obama administration, made public Jan. 6, 2017; Congress followed …
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'The Hunt' cancellation: A healthy country doesn't ban fiction & allow real lies, hatred & violence
rt.com | 2019-08-12
The pearl-clutching that led to the shelving of the liberals-vs-rednecks splatter film 'The Hunt' is unbefitting for any land that values artistic freedom, and utterly laughable in light of everything else happening in America. | …
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Israel's Flagship Lobby Organization Collapses
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-11
Richard Silverstein discusses the fall of The Israel Project (TIP), the best-funded organization promoting pro-Israeli propaganda in the United States and around the world. Why did TIP collapse and what does this mean for organizing around Palestinian rights?
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Obama, Biden, Mattis and Clapper Expressed Skepticism on Syria, so Why Is Gabbard Singled Out?
Ali A. Taj | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-08
Why must Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard be smeared and attacked for questioning the mainstream narrative on Syria when even Barack Obama has done the same?
mintpressnews.com/skepticism-syria-why-t…
Informe de empleo del gobierno de EE. UU .: la realidad detrás de la falsificación
Paul Wilcox | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-08
Detrás de la propaganda, la realidad es muy diferente. Cada vez más personas que trabajan están desempleadas, subempleadas y / o no ganan lo suficiente para satisfacer las necesidades más básicas.
liberationnews.org/informe-de-empleo-del…
A New App Allows Readers in China to Bypass Censorship of The Intercept
Ryan Gallagher | theintercept.com | 2019-08-08
Since June, people in China have been unable to read The Intercept, after the country's government apparently banned our website, along with those of several other media organizations. Today, we are happy to announce a workaround that will allow people in China to circumvent the restrictions, access our full site, and continue to read our award-winning journalism. | In partnership with Psiphon, an anti-censorship organization based in Canada, we are launching…
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U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines
Michael Edison Hayden | splcenter.org | 2019-08-06
A U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.
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U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines
Michael Edison Hayden | splcenter.org | 2019-08-06
A U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/07/us-st…
NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration's Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted "a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as "too easy on the Sandinistas," and…
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The Politics of Petulance, from Donald Trump to Boris Johnson
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2019-08-01
Four decades of relentless there-is-no-alternative propaganda has so many people believing that change is impossible, so you might as well stick your middle finger up at the world instead.
progressive.org/dispatches/politics-of-p…
Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-18
Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14592