(2023-02-27). Sensitivity Rewrites: The Cultural Purging of Roald Dahl. dissidentvoice.org 
Censorship is never innocent, made worse for its strained good intentions. For those responsible for setting and policing such policies, the inner judge comes out, stomping on assumed meanings, interpreting and removing things to ensure the masses are not corrupted. Children's stories and tales have not been exempted from this train of revision, expurgation and …
(2023-02-26). People, publishers speaking out against 'insane' censorship of Roald Dahl. americanthinker.com This latest woke assault to common sense and freedom of expression might just be turning against those who launched it.
(2023-02-26). Shadowbanning An Inconvenient Truth. levernews.com This is a column from Lever Weekly, our once-a-week review of what happened over the last week, exclusively for our paid subscribers. When The Lever's rail safety reporting suddenly dominated the national news cycle, I thought we had found an elusive glitch in the matrix — a story so powerful, so rooted in indisputable evidence, and so widely amplified that its most important facts could not be manipulated or suppressed.This, I imagined, could be a rare moment in which politicians, corporate media, and people of all political persuasions would have to fess up to all the truths that we reported — th…
(2023-02-27). Sensitivity Rewrites: The Cultural Purging of Roald Dahl. dissidentvoice.org Censorship is never innocent, made worse for its strained good intentions. For those responsible for setting and policing such policies, the inner judge comes out, stomping on assumed meanings, interpreting and removing things to ensure the masses are not corrupted. Children's stories and tales have not been exempted from this train of revision, expurgation and …
(2023-02-26). People, publishers speaking out against 'insane' censorship of Roald Dahl. americanthinker.com This latest woke assault to common sense and freedom of expression might just be turning against those who launched it.
(2023-02-26). Shadowbanning An Inconvenient Truth. levernews.com This is a column from Lever Weekly, our once-a-week review of what happened over the last week, exclusively for our paid subscribers. When The Lever's rail safety reporting suddenly dominated the national news cycle, I thought we had found an elusive glitch in the matrix — a story so powerful, so rooted in indisputable evidence, and so widely amplified that its most important facts could not be manipulated or suppressed.This, I imagined, could be a rare moment in which politicians, corporate media, and people of all political persuasions would have to fess up to all the truths that we reported — th…
(2023-02-26). With the J6 footage release, the mainstream media begin to panic. americanthinker.com The great thing about their panic attacks is that they become intemperate and begin to tell the truth—which is that they believe only they may control the narrative.
(2023-02-26). How The Press Misled The Public On Russiagate. popularresistance.org A new four-part investigation for the Columbia Journalism Review by Jeff Gertz examines the role of the media in pushing the "Russiagate" narrative that dominated headlines during the Trump administration. Doubts about the veracity of claims of Russian interference from the FBI and even the CIA were repeatedly ignored and pushed aside by mainstream media outlets in their push to hold the narrative together. Jeff Gertz joins The Chris Hedges Report for a deep dive into the role of the Hillary Clinton campaign and individual press outlets in the media show we've come to know as "Russiagate."
(2023-02-27). New technology keeps waste facilities odor under control. ecns.cn A new approach developed by Chinese researchers has been proven effective in controlling the odor of waste transfer stations.
(2023-02-26). Anti-BDS Law Remains In Effect Because SCOTUS Refused To Review It. popularresistance.org While the far right Israeli regime escalates its repression of Palestinians, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to disturb an Arkansas law that requires government contractors to certify they are not boycotting Israel or "Israeli-controlled territories." | The high court didn't specifically uphold Arkansas's anti-boycott law. However, the court declined to review the case because there were not four "justices" who agreed to hear it. So Arkansas's anti-Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) law remains in effect. | The BDS movement was launched in 2005, when 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called for boy…