Tag Archives: corporate media
Organized Chaos and Confusion as Political Control
By Edward Curtin Source: Dissident Voice There’s something happening here, but what it is ain’t exactly clear. — Buffalo Springfield 1967 It’s not supposed to be clear, now or then. If you’re confused by the news you’re hearing, you should … Continue reading
The War on Social Media is Being Stepped Up
By Jonathan Cook Source: Dissident Voice A really social media, one where we can freely express ourselves and where we alone control the content, is the problem. It must be stopped at all costs. First, it was “fake news”: the … Continue reading
Ken Burns’ Vietnam War: An Object Lesson in the Failures of the Objective Lens
By Reed Richardson Source: FAIR If journalism resigns itself to being a “first draft of history,” Ken Burns’ popular PBS documentaries, written by Lynn Novick, have increasingly aspired to—and achieved—a coveted status as popular historical canon. This has, in part, been accomplished by … Continue reading
The social pathology of the Las Vegas Massacre
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org In yet another eruption of savage impersonal violence, at least 59 people were killed and 527 people wounded as an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, attended by more than 20,000, was suddenly … Continue reading
The Silencing of Dissent
By Chris Hedges Source: Information Clearing House The ruling elites, who grasp that the reigning ideology of global corporate capitalism and imperial expansion no longer has moral or intellectual credibility, have mounted a campaign to shut down the platforms given … Continue reading
New York Times Propagates Russia Hacking Conspiracy Theory
The New York Times reports as fact that Russia hacked the 2016 US presidential election despite failing to present any evidence to support this claim. By Jeremy R. Hammond Source: Foreign Policy Journal In late 2002 and early 2003, those of … Continue reading
Media’s Grim Addiction to Perseverance Porn
By Adam Johnson Source: FAIR You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college (ABC7, 2/8/17), a man with unmatched moxie walks 15 miles to his job (Today, 2/20/17), … Continue reading
False Flag Terrorism Isn’t a “Theory” … It’s ADMITTED and Widespread
Source: Washington’s Blog Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror In the following instances, officials in the government which carried out the attack (or seriously proposed an attack) admit to it, either orally, in writing, … Continue reading
