(2018-08-27). RussiaGate is a sophisticated Shell Game. indybay.org The current U.S. corporate media's hysteria over the "RussiaGate" affair is the outcome of a highly sophisticated Shell Game launched by the deepest bowels of the USA Imperial ruling junta. At its most basic nucleus, it is a desperate last-ditch attempt, by the Empire's GateKeepers, to return to the halcyon days of the 1950s Cold War era; a time when the manipulated consensus and bi-partisan ideological unity existed to promote the post-WW II Pax Americana across the entire Globe.
(2018-08-26). 'Not Based in Much Fact': Chuck Todd Shuts Down Christian Broadcaster Over 'Biased' Media Claims. alternet.org 
The broadcaster ignored a key fact about how the distrust was created. | NBC host Chuck Todd blamed Fox News and Roger Ailes for the state of distrust around American media and dinged a Christian broadcaster appearing on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "One of the best things going in Donald Trump's favor — we know this — is the mainstream media," Christian Broadcasting Network reporter David Brody said. "I hate to say it. I know I'm. . .
(2018-08-25). Google shuts down YouTube channels in expansion of state-directed online censorship. wsws.org Google announced on Thursday that it had shut down 58 social media accounts that the company claimed were part of an Iranian government-sponsored "influence campaign."
(2018-08-24). Weekend Read: From cable to the White House, the mainstreaming of white nationalism. splcenter.org It doesn't take the infiltration of a hate group meeting or a deep dive into extremist chat rooms to be exposed to white nationalist ideas.
(2018-08-24). Egotopia. counterpunch.org 
Imagine Milton Friedman and Robinson Crusoe together, reminiscing about Burning Man, on a remodeled off-shore oil rig. Like the image? Welcome to seasteading. The latest in a long line of libertarian exit strategists, seasteaders aim to create self-governed, private floating platforms on the ocean. In an era of Silicon Valley excess, techno-libertarian optimism, and mainstream More
(2018-08-24). How Ideology in Mainstream Economics Works: Tax Cuts & Savings Rates. counterpunch.org 
Mainstream economic policy is full of misrepresentation of reality. Propositions like 'business tax cuts create jobs', 'income inequality exists because workers are not productive', 'free trade benefits everyone', 'inflation is always due to too much money chasing too few goods', 'the subprime mortgage crash of 2007-08 was caused by a 'global savings glut', 'the US More
(2018-08-24). Big Tech Corporations Are Now Banning Iranian Social Media Accounts — A Censored Student Journalist Speaks out. grayzoneproject.com Google, Facebook, and Twitter are removing social media accounts of real life Iranians who are falsely dubbed as "government trolls."…
(2018-08-24). Big Tech Corporations Are Now Censoring Iranian Social Media Accounts — A Banned Student Journalist Speaks out. therealnews.com 
Google, Facebook, and Twitter are removing social media accounts of average Iranians falsely being dubbed "government trolls." Student journalist Sayed Mousavi warns "this is just the tip of an iceberg."
(2018-08-24). Selected Articles: China's Response to Western Globalization. globalresearch.ca For almost seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the …
(2018-08-24). 'It looks like spam': Facebook hit with more claims that it unfairly censors conservatives. rt.com 
As Facebook continues to be hit with claims of censorship from Donald Trump and other conservative voices, two more alleged cases have been added to the pile, with the social network claiming the posts "look like spam."
(2018-08-24). Saudis Move to Behead Female Activist as Facebook Censors Anti-Saudi Content. mintpressnews.com 
Although Saudi Arabia has killed or injured several thousand women in neighboring Yemen, beheading a female is completely unprecedented inside the Kingdom thus far.
(2018-08-24). Trump accuses social media giants of censorship, says 'millions' being silenced. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at tech companies for deplatforming "millions" of users, arguing that people must be allowed to decide for themselves what is true. |
(2018-08-24). 'Information ops': Secret meeting of social media & tech giants to tackle midterm elections. rt.com 
Representatives from America's tech giants are meeting in private to discuss strategies for countering "information operations" ahead of the midterm elections. The meeting comes amid growing concern over social media censorship.
(2018-08-24). Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify before House committee over 'shadow banning' & bias claims. rt.com 
Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 5 to testify about the company's algorithms that have repeatedly raised suspicions of judgment bias and stealth censorship.
(2018-08-22). That Facebook Will Turn to Censoring the Left Isn't a Worry—It's a Reality. fair.org 
On August 6, a number of giant online media companies, including Facebook, YouTube, Apple, Spotify and Pinterest, took the seemingly coordinated decision to remove all content from Alex Jones and his media outlet Infowars from their platforms. | Jones, perhaps the internet's most notorious far-right conspiracy theorist, has claimed that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax, the Democratic Party is running a child sex ring inside a DC pizzeria and that the Las Vegas shooting was perpetrated by Antifa. Despite or perhaps because of such claims, his website Infowars has built up an enormous following: 3 million Americans, almost 1 percent of the population, visited the site in July 2018, according to Alexa. Alex Jones: First they came for the conspiracy theorists…. | The reaction from the media to the decision to ban Jones and Infowars was largely celebratory. On…
(2018-08-22). 'It can turn around': Trump would rather tolerate 'fake news' than accept 'censorship'. rt.com 
Despite being constantly at odds with liberal mainstream media — often calling them 'fake news' — Donald Trump has told his supporters that even having to tolerate CNN is a much better alternative to censorship.
(2018-08-22). Facebook, Twitter take down 'inauthentic Iran-linked' accounts… but Russia takes the heat. rt.com 
Facebook and Twitter have reported successes in battling alleged information manipulation by Iran-linked accounts. However, an overexcited mainstream media eager to expose 'Russian meddling' did not hesitate to blame Moscow.
(2018-08-14). How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical. democracynow.org 
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of "Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science."