The Brutality of Robert Mugabe and Zanu-Pf In Zimbabwe
Kenneth Good | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
The independence elections, 27-29 March 1980, saw two main parties competing: ZANU-PF won 57 of the then 80 common roll seats, and 63% of the popular vote; and PF-ZAPU led by Joshua Nkomo gained 20 seats and 24% of the vote. It was clear that ZANU-PF controlled the ZANLA guerrillas whose 'presence was felt in over two-thirds of the country', mostly in the Shona-speaking regions, and there was no doubt that 'peace meant a ZANU-PF victory.' Turnout was a huge 91% of eligible voters. But participation fell to 54% in 1990, ZANU-PF having engulfed ZAPU after December 1987, and fell further to 31% in 1996. A deep and r…
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Colombia Hides Largest Mass Grave in Latin America
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Colombia has been hiding the fact that it has Latin America's largest mass graves according to a recent finding by the country's war crimes tribunal. It also said that Colombia may have been falsifying homicide rates for propaganda. | RELATED: | Brazil: 8 Bodies Found in Secret Mass Grave Used by Rio Militia | The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)…
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How do we get the media more focused on climate change?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-10
Since I'm part of the Global Climate Strike (in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, although I'm a U.S. citizen), I want to do what I can to boost its success. "If American journalism doesn't get the climate story right–and soon–no other story will matter. The news media's past climate failures can be redeemed only by an immediate shift to more high-profile, inclusive, and fearless coverage." I got this quote through Nation of Change, which nge sent a letter to its subscribers saying, "The mainstream media has admitted that climat…
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Proof Joe Biden Has the Mainstream Media in His Pocket
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
The former vice president is using his dead son to discredit Medicare for All, and the political press appears all too willing to let him.
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'The Nation' Launches 'Signal:Noise,' a New Column Confronting Mainstream Media Myopia
Press Room | thenation.com | 2019-09-10
'The Nation' Launches 'Signal: Noise,' a New Column Confronting Mainstream Media Myopia…
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John Bolton, welcome to #Resistance? Media, Democrats lament Trump firing national security hawk
rt.com | 2019-09-10
Within hours of his firing by President Donald Trump, the hawkish national security adviser John Bolton was embraced by mainstream media outlets and even some Democrats, even if only as an excuse to criticize the White House. | Trump announced Bolton's ouster via Twitter on Tuesday morning, stunning even those in Washington who have reported on the possibility of such a move for months. As the shock wore off, however, reporters and lawmakers figured they would offer their thoughts — which, unsurprisingly, went along the usual lines. | "Can't wait for the Resistance, led by Maddow & O'Donnell & Hayes, to e…
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What Corporate Media and the Neolibeal Establishment Can't Admit About the Climate Emergency
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
Warming of 3 or more degrees C would—literally—create a world that is alien to human experience. (Photo: Screenshot/Tumblr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Climate minimizers don't deny climate change–but find endless reasons to reject Sanders' plan to stop it
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-10
Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization. If only corporate media acted like it. | Source…
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More Fake News from 'Big Joe' and 'Santa Cruz Keepin' it Real'
Santa Cruz News Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
After apologizing to his followers for creating multiple fake news posts on his Santa Cruz, CA: Keepin' It Real hate blog in August, Joe Netro, who publishes the blog anonymously as 'Big Joe 77', is back to creating fake news. Today, Netro is passing along a number of inaccuracies in a post published to the 'Keepin it Real' blog about the City of Santa Cruz Public Safety Committee's report on investigations of the Santa Cruz Police Department completed in 2017 and 2018, which was submitted to the City Council in the September 10 meeting agenda packet. Netro claims the Public Safety Committee report states that "a…
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Trump Dismisses John Bolton, Says They 'Disagreed Strongly'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. | The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton's less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start. | Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House and Bolton submitted his resignation Tuesday morning. Bolton…
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Somewhere Beyond Corporate Media Yemenis Die
Elizabeth Keyes | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-09
Somewhere Beyond Corporate Media Yemenis Die (Parody of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg) Somewhere beyond corporate media Yemenis die, Folk rarely heard of, yet our weapons they're killed by. Somewhere beyond corporate media Al Qaeda of AP expands, Saudi/US war crime crony, sanctity of human life be damned. Yemenis wish…
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Hurricane Dorian Was Fueled by Climate Change. Why Isn't the Mainstream Media Making the Connection?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-09
At least 44 people are dead, and the number is expected to rise dramatically, as the Bahamas continues to reel from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian last week. More than 70,000 on Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands have been left homeless, and hundreds, perhaps thousands, remain missing. As the Bahamas faces unprecedented destruction and thousands continue to seek shelter and aid, the island nation has been described as "ground zero" for the climate crisis. Despite this, the mainstream media has largely omitted any mention of global warming in its coverage of the disaster. We speak to Allison Fisher, o…
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Ultimate troll? Trump tweets meme-y CNN video amid Hurricane Dorian 'Sharpie' scandal
rt.com | 2019-09-08
The internet is in meltdown mode after Donald Trump tweeted a CNN-mocking meme inspired by his recent briefing on Hurricane Dorian. Media outlets accused Trump of making erroneous changes to a map showing the hurricane's path. | Reports allege that during a White House briefing, Trump incorrectly altered a map with a Sharpie felt pen to highlight areas of Alabama that could be targeted by the cyclone. The hurricane never hit the state, sparking allegations that Trump had made the whole thing up. | Trump posted a series of tweets defending his statement, insisting that initial forecasts predicted that the south…
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New Season of Amazon's Jack Ryan Focused on Venezuela Denounced as 'Over-the-Top and Ridiculous' US Propaganda
Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-08
The upcoming season of Amazon's Jack Ryan could have been scripted by John Bolton.
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The Washington Post Nominated Glenn Kessler for a Pulitzer Prize
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-09-07
Earlier this year, the Washington Post nominated Glenn Kessler and his "Fact Checker" team for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in the National Reporting category. Kessler was not named as a finalist by the Pulitzer committee, which meant that the nomination was never made public. Marty Baron,…
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Climate Minimizers Don't Deny Climate Change–but Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders' Plan to Stop It
Esha Krishnaswamy | fair.org | 2019-09-06
Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization. If only corporate media acted like it. | While the majority of corporate media do not outright deny the reality of the human-caused climate crisis, they are filled with another brand of insidious ideologues that I call climate minimizers. These downplay the threat that climate change poses to all of us by ignoring scientific data, avoiding discussion on the actual impact of climate change, and hyper-focusing on trivial details. | These tendencies were on display…
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Will NPR Now Officially Change Its Name to National Propaganda Radio?
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-06
Back in the 1960s, the CIA official Cord Meyer said the agency needed to "court the compatible left." He knew that drawing liberals and leftists into the CIA's orbit was the key to efficient propaganda. Right-wing and left-wing collaborators were needed to create a powerful propaganda apparatus that would be capable of hypnotizing audiences into …
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Thursday's Daily Brief: Facebook rallies against vaccination 'fake news', DPR Korea UN staff cuts call, Syria crop report, crisis funding and Dorian latest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-05
A recap of Thursday's stories: Facebook and WHO work together to stem misinformation on vaccines; North Korea tells UN to cut staff; $75 million allocated for eight crises; mixed news on Syria crop production; 'digital divide' sidelines most vulnerable.
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China scare campaign ignores greater threat
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-05
Our Common Cause Chris SleeIssue 1236 Australia China anti-Chinese racism free speechSeptember 5, 2019The corporate media have been fu…
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Identity Unmasked: Meet the Proprietors of the Internet's Largest Neo-Confederate Propaganda Machine
splcenter.org | 2019-09-03
A small Facebook campaign predicated on keeping Confederate monuments in place has morphed into a group of more than 200 ardent, secretive separatists planning to make the South a separate nation.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence…
New Resource Tool Sheds Light on Government's Prepublication Review System
aclu.org | 2019-08-27
Millions of current and former government employees are subjected to this far-reaching censorship system. | This piece was originally published in Just Security. | For more than three years, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University have been litigating a series of Freedom of Information Act requests relating to "prepublication review." Under this far-reaching censorship system, millions of current and former government employees, con…
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Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
The same media that has spent years dragging Assange's name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you're going to be disappointed.
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