(2020-05-28). Two Fictions of Mainstream Economics. counterpunch.org 
Mainstream economics consistently fails to predict the future. I'm talking about those 'schools' of mis-thought, ranging from Paul Krugman on the 'left' to Glenn Hubbard and other apologists of business and neoliberalism on the 'right'. One of the favorite myths they perpetrate is that 'wages are sticky downwards'. That means that in conditions of recession
(2020-05-28). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
(2020-05-28). Trump's Offer to Mediate China/India Border Dispute? globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, Trump tweeted the following: | "We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute." | He ignored longstanding US efforts to drive a stake …
(2020-05-28). Far-Right's Fake News Network Under Investigation in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) judge Alexandre De Moraes Wednesday issued 29 search warrants against RELATED: | The criminal association investigation is dir…
(2020-05-28). Studies on COVID-19 Lethality. globalresearch.ca . | The following tables provide links to important medical/health studies which are indicated in the Right column. | 1) Covid-19 infection fatality rates (IFR) based on antibody studies: …
(2020-05-28). Did Conservative HQ demand Emily Maitlis be publicly reprimanded? truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: Most of the mainstream media are reporting that Emily Maitlis was replaced as host of Wednesday night's episode of Newsnight by another member of the programme's team after BBC bosses reprimanded her over a monologue in which she attacked the government's handling of Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip to Durham. News bosses at the corporation …
(2020-05-28). US: Trump Challenges Social Media With An Executive Order. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Thursday an executive order that confronts the way Facebook, Google, and Twitter manage their online content policy. | RELATED: | This decision comes days after this social media stamped a fact-checking notification on a couple of Trump tweets, where he complained about the fact that a November presidential election's mail-in ballot would result in a "fraudulent election." Due to this, he cla…
(2020-05-28). Trump's Executive Order Is a Blatant and Unconstitutional Attempt to Silence Critics and Fact Checkers. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-05-27). National Values: Reality or Propaganda? counterpunch.org 
Joe Biden, presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate, thinks he knows what American values are. Here are some of them: "inclusivity, tolerance, diversity, respect for the rule of law." Biden defines these as among the "democratic values that define us." Actually, what Biden is describing are practices that allegedly reflect American values. And, indeed, these are the sort
(2020-05-27). The effect of co-morbid anxiety on remission from depression for people participating in a randomised controlled trial of the Friendship Bench intervention in Zimbabwe. thelancet.com There is a lack of data from low- and middle-income countries on whether anxiety independently predicts a more chronic course for depression.
(2020-05-27). Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet. popularresistance.org Around 5% of all websites use the .org domain, with the most popular being Wikipedia. These websites represent around 6% of the top 1000 websites and 7% of the top 100 000 domains. The domain itself has been controlled by ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which is part of the non-profit Internet Society. In 2019 a private equity firm, Ethos capital, approached ICANN with an offer of buying the .org registrar for $1.6 billion. | As the deal seemed likely to pass, the opposition to the deal mobilised a massive campaign to stop it. ICANN received 3,252 comments, with only 6 in favour o…
(2020-05-27). From Open Skies to Open Season for Nukes. thealtworld.com Washington is destroying trust and integrity by deliberately creating insecurity in order to achieve its geopolitical objective of controlling China. | Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties — quite a record for undermining decades of international security architecture. First there was the nuclear accord with Iran (2018), then the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty (2019), and now the Open Skies Treaty. | There is growing concern that the Trump administration will let the last-remaining arms-control treaty fall — th…
(2020-05-27). Fog Around COVID-19 Made Thicker by New Ontario Rules for Handling Deaths. globalresearch.ca Alarming COVID-19 death statistics from seniors' facilities continue to be in the spotlight in Ontario and elsewhere. | However, all is not as it seems in the mainstream-media reports of those statistics. | Procedures that came into effect in Ontario one month …
(2020-05-26). The power of propaganda: Americans think Trump's COVID-19 performance better than China's. mronline.org 
Americans rate their own government's response, along with that of the UK and Italy, higher than that of China despite those countries having much higher death and infection rates.
(2020-05-26). If only the MSM had held Cummings and co to account this much *before* the 2019 election. thecanary.co 
The mainstream media is rightly holding Too late to do your jobs now. The damage…
(2020-05-25). Episode 86 — COVID Chronicles: San Francisco. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today's episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…
(2020-05-25). Episode 88 — COVID Chronicles: New Orleans. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today's episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…
(2020-05-28). Headlines for May 28, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000, Minneapolis Erupts in Flames as Protesters Rage Against Police Killing of George Floyd, China Tightens Grip on Hong Kong with New National Security Law, House of Representatives Holds First-Ever Remote Vote Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Protesters Surround Sing Sing Prison Demanding Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19, Researchers: 6 Feet of Social Distancing Might Not Be Enough to Stop Coronavirus Spread, Doctors Without Borders Warns of Spike in Coronavirus Cases Among Florida Farmworkers, Brazilian Police Raid Fake News Network Linked to Son of Far-Right President, A…
(2020-05-28). Australia & the Working of the American Imperial Hand. strategic-culture.org 
The paradox of Australia: a wealthy country whose complacent, U.S.-indoctrinated political elites are betraying its promise in so many important ways, writes Tony Kevin. | Tony KEVIN | It is hard to explain Australia to foreigners: a complicated former British colonial society that likes to think of itself as simple and honest, and sometimes persuades others that this may be true. The Australia of the "Dustyesky Russian Choir" that recently became a brief sensation on Russia's mainstream Channel One is a reassuring image: one in which some Russians might still sentimentally like to believe. | Yet there is a darke…
(2020-05-26). How Many Dead Yemenis Does It Take to Equal One Washington Post Contributor? strategic-culture.org 
The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington Post columnist than a quarter of a million Yemenis killed in a Western-backed war. | Gary BRECHER | The headline here is not a joke, unfortunately. It's a question you can't help asking if you've followed the war in Yemen. | You probably noticed that on
(2020-05-27). Trump Threatens to "Close" Twitter for Fact Checking His Tweets on Voting. truthout.org President Donald Trump is threatening that his administration "will strongly regulate, or close" social media sites that attach disclaimers to inaccurate or misleading content, following an incident in which Twitter fact-checked his tweet about mail-in voting. | On Tuesday, a tweet from Trump that included an unsubstantiated claim about voter fraud and mail-in voting was examined by Twitter and later featured a disclaimer from the site at the bottom of it. | "There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In B…
(2020-05-28). Mark Zuckerberg criticises Twitter over fact-checking Trump tweets. thecanary.co Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has defended the platform's decision to fact-check Donald Trump's tweets after Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg questioned the move. | Earlier this week, Twitter added fact-checking labels to two tweets from the US president which made unsubstantiated claims about "fraudulent" postal voting in the United States. | Trump threatened to "close down" social media sites in response, claiming they are biased against him and other conservative voices. | Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has now also weighed into the argument, telling Fox News that Facebook had a different approach and that private com…
(2020-05-27). Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Donald Trump tweets. thecanary.co 
Twitter has flagged tweets from US president Donald Trump with a fact-check warning.The social media site added a warning phrase to two of Trump's tweets in which he called postal voting "fraudulent" and predicted that "mail boxes will be robbed".Under the tweets, there is now a link reading "Get the facts about mail-in ballots" that guides users to a Twitter Moments page with fact checks and news stories about Trump's unsubstantiated claims.
The US government-funded Voice of America's Persian news service must "do a better job" with its anti-Iran news coverage or it risks being shut down, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook has warned. | In an unintentionally irony-laden oped published by the New York Post on Wednesday, Hook
(2020-05-28). 'Election process will become badly tainted & laughingstock': Trump doubles down on mail-in voting in heated tweet. rt.com 
After being fact-checked by Twitter on his assertion that mail-in voting leads to fraud, President Donald Trump doubled down on his stance and directed his anger right at Twitter. | "So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are not subject to FRAUD," Trump tweeted on Thursday. "How stupid, there are examples, & cases, all over the place. Our election process will become badly tainted & a laughingstock all over the World." | He then tagged Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of site integrity, as a "hater." | So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are no…
(2020-05-28). Wait, Twitter, it's a trap! Social media platform pressured to 'fact check' Chinese spokesman after doing so with Trump. rt.com 
Twitter seems to be falling further into the trap of de facto becoming a publisher. After 'fact checking' President Donald Trump's tweets, it was pressured to do the same with a Chinese spokesman. | The decision of Twitter to mark some of Donald Trump's tweets about mail-in ballots with notices implying they contained misinformation, may have been welcomed by the many critics of the US president, but some say the move was short-sighted. After all, how does Trump differ from any other public figure whose tweets may need to be 'corrected' with a 'fact check'? | Apparently, in at least one case, Twitter couldn't…
(2020-05-27). 'Obsessive partisanship': Pew Research blasted for misleading tweet casting Dem districts as doing better on Covid-19 deaths. rt.com 
The Pew Research Center is being criticized on social media for appearing to spin a graphic depicting deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in favor of Democrats — despite the actual data painting a very different picture. | "Covid-19 deaths have declined in Democratic congressional districts since mid-April, but remained relatively steady in districts controlled by Republicans," the research body tweeted on Wednesday. | While the statement was technically true, it didn't quite match up with the data presented. According to Pew, and based on numbers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Democratic district…
(2020-05-27). Trump threatens to SHUT DOWN social media after spat with Twitter over mail-in voting criticism. rt.com 
The US president has threatened to heavily regulate, or even shut down, social media platforms that "silence conservative voices" after Twitter marked his posts with a fact-check notice implying they contained misinformation. | "Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservative voices," Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday. "We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can't let a more sophisticated version of that happen again." ….happen again. Just like we can't let large scale Mail-I…
(2020-05-26). 'Justice for Carolyn': Resistance claims Trump KILLED INTERN, figuring fake news will force Twitter to nuke his Morning Joe tweets. rt.com 
After Twitter refused to censor President Donald Trump for suggesting former Congressman and TV host Joe Scarborough may have played a role in the death of his intern, Trump critics launched a murder conspiracy of their own. | There is no one named Carolyn Gombell, but her name was trending on social media on Tuesday, along with the hashtag #JusticeForCarolyn, after a Twitter account calling itself 'God' posted a thread accusing the current US president of murder. | "He strangled her because he'd gotten her pregnant and was threatening to tell the press. Then he bribed NYPD Police Chief Bernie Kierik to cover…
(2020-05-26). Trump accuses Twitter of election meddling after it bows to outrage mob & 'fact-checks' his tweets about mail-in ballots. rt.com For the first time ever, Twitter has tagged tweets by US President Donald Trump with a link to their 'fact check,' based on a collection of mainstream media reporting on the subject of mail-in ballots and voter fraud in the US.
(2020-05-25). Episode 87 — COVID Chronicles: Miami. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today's episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…
(2020-05-25). Episode 89 — COVID Chronicles: Worcester. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today's episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…
(2020-05-25). Episode 90 — COVID Chronicles: Santa Clara. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today's episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…