Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this week's…
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Empowering local services is key to fighting virus, says public health expert
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
A leading public health expert has urged the government to drop its top-down "command-and-control" response to coronavirus (Covid-19) to give the UK the best chance to fight future spikes in infections. | Andrew Lee said empowering local services is the key to tackling the further outbreaks he expects as the country learns to live with Covid-19, but said these surges will be geographically specific. | Dr Lee, who is reader in global public health at Sheffield University, said the key to controlling these outbreaks is speed of response and the current centralised system is too slow to react. | He said: "We just ha…
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British propaganda efforts in Syria may have broken UK law
The Alternative World | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Ian Cobain, Alice Ross- Internal assessment concluded UK government's covert support of 'moderate opposition' was shallow, lacked coherence and cost lives | MEE- The UK's covert propaganda programmes in war-torn Syria were poorly planned, probably illegal and cost lives, according to a scathing internal review of the initiative that has been seen by Middle East Eye. | Using news agencies, social media, poster campaigns and even children's comics, communications companies working under contract to the British government attempted to undermine both the Assad government and the Islamic State group and bolster elemen…
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"Operation Volute": Covert UK Propaganda Efforts in Syria May Have Broken UK Law
Ian Cobain | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The UK's covert propaganda programmes in war-torn Syria were poorly planned, probably illegal and cost lives, according to a scathing internal review of the initiative that has been seen by Middle East Eye. | Using news agencies, social media, poster campaigns …
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Facebook paying $52 million settlement to moderators who claim they developed PTSD through work
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Current and former moderators for Facebook will each be receiving $1,000 or more, as part of a settlement in a lawsuit that claimed having to deal with censoring content made them develop post traumatic stress disorder. | The social media giant will be paying out extra to individuals for additional mental health issues stemming from their jobs, such as depression. The settlement, first reported by The Verge, covers 11,250 moderators, while current employees will rec…
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The Censorship of Inequality in the Covid-19 Era: How Corporate and Market-Based Metrics Rule the News, and Why it Matters
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
By Anthony DiMaggio The old adage that "the more things change the more they stay the same" seems particularly appropriate to media coverage in the Covid-19 crisis. Old patterns of media…
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College forced to apologize after trying to CENSOR professor over 'offensive' questions about 'Islamic terrorism'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
A public college in Arizona has been forced to backtrack on plans to censor a professor's quiz content on 'Islamic terrorism' which had "offended" students, after a legal warning was sent by an academic freedom organization. | The uproar began when Professor Nicholas Damask, who chairs the political science department at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) and teaches a module called 'Islamic Terrorism', included questions on a quiz about how terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic faith
Low-Balling the Unemployed in the Era of the 2020 Great Recession
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
This past Friday, May 8, the US Labor Dept. released its latest jobless figures. The official report was 20 million more unemployed and an unemployment rate of 14.7%. | Both mainstream and progressive media reported the numbers: 20 million more jobless …
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Reinventing History a US Specialty. The Role of the Soviet Union In Defeating Nazi Germany
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
The power of endlessly repeated propaganda gets most people to believe almost anything
How Much Are You Prepared to Pay for Your 'Free' Press? Arab Media Wars Are Driving Us All Towards Twitter
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-11
In the coming months, it is likely that more Arab media titles in the region will fold following the financial crisis and the vociferous media wars which they conduct which are costly and self-defeating. How do you like your fake news? With or without a media banner? | World Press Day passed like a thief in the night in the Arab world. It's largely seen as something lauded by western countries who use it to chastise what they see as backward countries with authoritarian leaders who only know the one model of journalism in their countries: pay-as-you-go. | Or, if you like, the advanced version of the state dictati…
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Doctors Speak Out About COVID 19 & The Violent Suppression Of Your Rights
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
The only question, is whether We The People have the courage to stand for what we know to be right, or if we will allow ourselves to be scared into passively accepting the "new normal," a locked down controlled society that was prepped for, planned out, and designed years ago. I for one, will never …
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Yemen's Aden Declared 'Infested' as COVID-19 Cases Jump
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The interim seat of Yemen's United Nations-recognized and Saudi-backed government, Aden, was declared Monday an "infested" city by authorities after new cases of coronavirus were reported in the war-ravaged country. | RELATED: | WHO Halts Activities in Houthis-Controlled Areas in Yemen | The Aden-based national coronavirus committee announced Sunday that the southern port city had 10 of the 17 new Covid-19 cases registered, bringing the total number in areas under the control of th…
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This Is Why You Can't Trust The Fact Checkers
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
For the last eight years I have worked as a writer, researcher, and investigative reporter for many well-known American independent media outlets. I have spent my time investigating digital surveillance technology, attacks on indigenous communities, and the overall growth of the government and corporate power. As someone working in this field, writing about topics which …
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US coronavirus death toll tops 80,000
rt.com | 2020-05-11
Deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic in the US have topped 80,000, just as some states have begun relaxing lockdown measures and President Donald Trump tweeted the numbers are "looking much better." | WH officials had previously predicted a death total of 100,000 to 240,000 from the virus. Some states have already begun slowly reopening, including New York, which has been the hardest hit state in the US. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday some non-essential businesses will be allowed to reopen on Friday, declaring a partial victory over the virus, saying, "we are on the other side of the mountain." | The p…
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WHO Halts Activities in Houthis-Controlled Areas in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-10
The World Health Organization (WHO) halted Saturday its activities in Yemen's areas controlled by the Houthis in order to pressure the group "to be more transparent about suspected coronavirus cases," Reuters reported Sunday. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Will Spread Easily Across Yemen, WHO Warns | An order was sent to staff in Sanaa, the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the northern province of Saada, and the central province of Ibb, to stop "all movements, meetings, or any other activity," until further not…
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Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.
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Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episo…
Anatomy of a fake news campaign: Media spreads lie from US govt-funded Korean outlet that Kim Jong-un died
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-04
Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/04/fake-news-ned…
Special Guests Nicholas Baham, III, Anthony DiMaggio
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-04
This week's program focuses on the media's response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mickey's first guest is ethnic studies professor Nicholas Baham, III, who outlines his "Covid Chronicles," a continuing…
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Peter Kuznick and The Global Covid 19 Solidarity Manifesto
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-27
Historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of "The Untold History of the United States," returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss his latest project: working with a team of other…
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Their Second Recession: For the Second Time in Their Lives, Millennials Will Head to the Polls with an Economic Depression Looming
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-25
By Nolan Higdon On Election Day 2020, millennials face a difficult choice: vote or stay home. Either way, their decision will need to be accompanied by wide-spread activism, something they…
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Britain's political-media complex in the COVID-19 war
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-12
By TruePublica: It is not as if the battle of information warfare has not been going on for some time now. It was amply demonstrated in the runup to Brexit, throughout the three years to last December and is now fully deployed to contain the COVID-19 crisis. The mainstream media frenzy over Prof Neil Ferguson's …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britains-political-media-complex-in-the-covid-19-war/
Andy Lee Roth, April Anderson, and Peter Obstler Discuss LGBTQ Issues
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-20
For the first half of the program, sociologist Andy Lee Roth describes his latest work with research librarian April Anderson indicating that Google and other internet giants are filtering out material…
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