Daily Archives: June 24, 2021

2021-06-24: News Headlines

Anthony Hall (2021-06-24). Suppression of Evidence: CBC Censorship of Top Scientists in COVID-19 Research: Prof. Anthony Hall. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-06-24). US seizes PressTV.com and 32 other Iranian media website domains. wsws.org In a provocative act of censorship and imperialist gangsterism, the Biden administration took control of three dozen internet domains and shut down websites affiliated with Iran-based media organizations on unsubstantiated grounds of "disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations."

Staff (2021-06-24). Rise in Fake News Tarnishing Venezuela's Mass Vaccination Campaign against COVID-19. orinocotribune.com Since the transformation process led by Commander Hugo Chávez began, Venezuela has continuously been in the eye of the media hurricane. A good research project for the new generations of communicators and journalists would be to make a detailed inventory of the many and varied lies against the Bolivarian Revolution, all set against the country and its people over the last two decades. The media disinformation campaign has even worsened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Surely the list of falsehoods will be as surprising as it is extensive. But perhaps it has been in these last 5 or 6 years of extreme aggre…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-24). Russian Warplanes Bombed Outskirts Of Militant-Held Idlib City (Videos, Photos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On June 24, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out at least three airstrikes on the western outskirts of Idlib city in northwestern Syria. | The airstrikes targeted buildings and fields in the village of Ein Shib. Idlib city and its outskirts are tightly controlled by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the Greater Idlib region…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-24). Turkey's Attempt At Military Self-Sufficiency Now Includes Automated Turret. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Turkey's efforts to modernize its military might with indigenous equipment are all-encompassing, as developments in every domain are on-going. | Turkey's state-controlled military electronics company Aselsan unveiled the first of what will become an upgraded armored combat vehicle used by the military. | In the first phase of the upgrade program, Aselsan will modernize 133 vehicles, lengthening their life span and survivability. | The first batch of vehicles is part of a whole convoy of…

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-24). US Intelligence Says Kabul Could Fall 6 Months After Pullout. news.antiwar.com As the US is pulling out of Afghanistan, Western media has been full of stories warning that the Afghan government will collapse shortly after the US leaves. On Wednesday, While mainstream media reports citing anonymous officials are not the most trustworthy sources, the story is notable because hawks want to use what t…

David Rosen (2021-06-24). When a President Lies. counterpunch.org Presidents lie — it goes with the job. If Biden lied about the U.S.'s role in innumerable coups and regime changes, one can only wonder what else he is lying about. More troubling, with the exception of NBC News and The Guardian, the mainstream media chose to ignore or avoid challenging Biden, thus reenforcing their role as echo chambers of Democratic-corporate establishment agenda.

WSWS (2021-06-24). Instead of Verdi's fruitless strike calls, workers at Amazon in Germany need independent action committees! wsws.org Verdi wants to be recognised by the company because the union officials are afraid that otherwise, resistance against the brutal methods of exploitation could develop spontaneously, uncontrolled, and explosively.

Brenda Norrell (2021-06-24). Censored News: The Twin Forces of Light and Darkness. indybay.org Duane Chili Yazzie, Dine', describes the Earth's defense to extractive industries and white supremacy. The Zapatistas have just arrived in Spain. At the same time, Yaqui Water Protectors are assassinated, and mass graves reveal genocide at residential schools. — Censored News…

Jeff Cohen (2021-06-23). Liberal Media Propaganda Tells the World: America is First. zcomm.org CNN or MSNBC or NPR or similar outlets bombard us with hour after hour with the idea that the U.S. has the absolute right to impose sanctions on country after country overseas if they violate human rights or are not democratic…

_____ (2021-06-23). US 'Seizes' Iranian And Other Regional News Sites. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, June 22, the US government "seized" several news websites, alleging their involvement in spreading "disinformation" and calling them a "threat to national security". The seized websites include Iranian state-owned Press TV and its Arabic version Al-Alam, the Houthi controlled Al-Masirah TV, and Palestine Today, among others. The move has created global outrage with activists calling it an attempt to censor the press and detrimental to the ongoing talks in Vienna. | Visitors of Press TV and the other Iranian and regional websites can now see a notice which mentions the "seizure". The notice cites certa…

Paul Street (2021-06-23). No Comparison: Thoughtcrime Reflections on the Latest Imperial Smackdown of the Nation's Best Congressperson. counterpunch.org United States political culture is an Orwellian nightmare. Two plus two equals five in the propaganda spectacle that passes for "democratic" news and debate here. Take the latest bipartisan establishment disciplining of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the U.S. House's most courageous and eloquent member, for saying this: "We must have the same level of accountability

WSWS (2021-06-23). Texas governor signs series of reactionary laws, announces plan to build border wall. wsws.org Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled state legislature have enacted a series of reactionary laws attacking immigrants and robbing residents of their democratic rights.

_____ (2021-06-23). The Mainstream Media's Manipulative Language Is the Real #1 Threat. strategic-culture.org Any list of potential threats to America, a corporation or an individual (etc.) will always have a top threat that could very well be a non-threat. | We could be living in a very calm world. Unlike generations past, there are no massive traditional wars, nor do we need to sew our own clothing or pray that the yield of our field will keep us alive till spring. For much if not most of the world there really is no particular fight for survival. But humanity has been fighting for its place under the sun for so long that we have become simply restless by nature and with the power of modern media we are easily convinc…

Brenda Norrell (2021-06-23). Censored News: The Twin Forces of Light and Darkness. indybay.org Duane Chili Yazzie, Dine', describes the Earth's defense to extractive industries and white supremacy. The Zapatistas have just arrived in Spain. At the same time, Yaqui Water Protectors are assassinated, and mass graves reveal genocide at residential schools. — Censored News…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-23). US 'seizes' Iranian and other regional news sites, cites 'disinformation' and 'national security threats'. peoplesdispatch.org The move has been criticized by activists as an attempt by the US government to censor unfavorable content, an attack on the freedom of the press, and a deliberate act of hostility…

Moderator (2021-06-23). Democracy Dies At The Washington Post Editorial Board. scheerpost.com In the Soviet Union, everybody was aware that the media was controlled by the state. But in a corporate state like the U.S., a veneer of independence is still maintained, although trust in the media has been plummeting for years. Flickr) By Alan Mcleod / MintPress News The Washington Post's glaring conflicts of interest have of late once again been the subject of scrutiny online, thanks to a new… |

Moderator (2021-06-23). Democracy Dies At The Washington Post Editorial Board. scheerpost.com In the Soviet Union, everybody was aware that the media was controlled by the state. But in a corporate state like the U.S., a veneer of independence is still maintained, although trust in the media has been plummeting for years. By Alan Mcleod / MintPress News The Washington Post's glaring conflicts of interest have of …

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