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Tag Archives: Alternative news
‘Rules-Based International Order’ Means Washington-Based International Order
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com The US government has shut down multiple news media websites based in the Middle East, including Iran’s state-owned Press TV, and al-Masirah TV which is owned by the Houthi group Ansarullah in Yemen. The Department of Justice said … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Masirah TV, Alternative news, censorship, civil liberties, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, iron, Joe Biden, media, news, press freedom, Press TV, rules-based order, Technocracy, The Biden administration has been bleating “rules-based order” so frequently and with such obvious meaninglessness that even The New York Times voiced some criticism of the way that vapid, Totalitarianism, US Foreign Policy, Yemen
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Social media fact-checking, brought to you by the Deep State
By Daniel Espinoza Source: Off-Guardian Almost four years of mainstream media hype about “fake news” and “Russian meddling” propaganda has brought to the world exactly what they were intended to bring: an effective mechanism for internet and social media censorship. In the center of this move … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Alternative news, Atlantic Council, censorship, CIA, Clayton R. Koppes, corporate media, Facebook, Fake News, Google, Hollywood Goes to War, independent media, Internet, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, NED, Office of War Information, propaganda, Russia-gate, Social Media, the Poynter Institute
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Elite television news rescued by COVID
By Jon Rappoport Source: NoMoreFakeNews.com Yet another consequence of the fake pandemic is the propping up of that doddering old fool, elite television news. The COVID story doesn’t need Walter Cronkite. It only needs wall to wall. From 5AM to … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, elites, History, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Alternative news, Authoritarianism, Cable News, censorship, Cognitive Dissonance, coronavirus, corporate news, Covid-19, elites, independent media, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, MSM, network news, Oligarchy, Pandemic, propaganda, Television
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The War on Fake News
By Anthony Freda Source: Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox As it becomes increasingly clear that yesterday’s conspiracy theories are today’s real news, the call to kill the messengers just gets more shrill and hysterical. The attacks on free speech with high-tech censorship … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, censorship, conditioning, corporate news, culture, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Alternative news, censorship, corporate news, Fake News, Grassroots Media, independent media, Information Warfare, Mainstream Media, Media Activism, MSM, propaganda, surveillance state, war, whistleblowers
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The attack on “fake news” is really an attack on alternative media
As the author of an article labeled “pro-Russia propaganda,” I can testify that unorthodox views are under attack By Dave Lindorff Source: Salon.com These are tough days to be a serious journalist. Report a story now, with your facts all … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative news, Broadcasting Board of Governors, censorship, Center for Information Analysis and Response, Cold War, corporate media, corporate news, Department of Defense, Donald Trump, Fake News, Mainstream Media, Mainstream News, Media Literacy, NDAA 2017, propaganda, ProporNot, Russia, Ukraine, US State Department, washington post
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The Deepening Deep State
By James Howard Kunstler Source: Clusterfuck Nation One amusing angle on the news media broadside about Russia “hacking” the US election is the failure to mention — or even imagine! — that the US incessantly and continually runs propaganda psy-ops … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil liberties, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Economics, Election Fraud, Empire, Financial Crisis, freedom of speech, Hackers, hacktivism, History, Law, media, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Alternative news, bernie sanders, corporate news, Deep State, DNC, Election 2016, Fake News, financial crisis, government propaganda, Hackers, hacking, Hillary Clinton, HR 6393, Inedpendent Media, Intelligence Authorization Act, James Howard Kunstler, Mainstream News, NSA, propaganda, ProporNot, ProporNot.com, Psy-ops, Russia, The Washington Post, WikiLeaks
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Libeled by the Washington Post in a ‘False News’ McCarthyite Attack on Alternative Media
By Dave Lindorff Source: This Can’t Be Happening Is the Pentagon behind this massive hit on independent journalism? ThisCantBeHappening.net didn’t make the Washington Post’s list of 200 news sites that are “purveyors of Russian propaganda” designed to “undermine Americans’ faith … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative media, Alternative news, Cold War, Constortium News, corporate media, corporate news, Counterpunch, Dave Lindorff, Fake News, Hillary Clinton, independant news, Mainstream News, Prop or Not, propaganda, Red Baiting, Russia, This Can't Be Happening!, U.S. Propaganda, Ukraine, washington post
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