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The MSM Never Was Objective—and It Never Questioned Power, Either
By Iain Davis Source: The Disillusioned Blogger In his excellent exposé of the recent decision by the Knight-Cronkite News Lab (KCNL) to advocate journalism that goes beyond objectivity, and in light of the report from the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) confirming that RussiaGate … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged CIA, corporate media, Deep State, geopolitics, Germany, infodemic, James Corbett, Journalism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, Narrative, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Seymour Hersh, Ukraine, war
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A Weird, Stupid Dystopia
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com The last few days in the United States have seen a parade of wealthy freaks fellating each other’s egos and preening for the cameras in outlandish garb while ordinary Americans suffer more and more. The … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, civil liberties, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Journalism, media, Met Galal, propaganda, society, The Atlantic, Trevor Noah, White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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Edward Snowden On Big Tech Companies, Like Facebook, Censoring & Controlling Information
By Arjun Walia Source: Collective Evolution Glenn Greenwald is no stranger to censorship, he’s the journalist who worked with Edward Snowden (NSA mass surveillance whistleblower) to put together his story and release it to the world while working for the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, elites, media, Media Literacy, news, NSA, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Big Tech, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, corporate media, Dystopia, Edward Snowden, Facebook, free speech, Glenn Greenwald, Google, Intelligence Community, Internet Freedom, Journalism, NSA, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Not News But A Juicy Collection Of Narratives – How The New York Times Failed Its Readers
By Moon of Alabama The New York Times star reporter Rukmini Callimachi had been widely criticized for her exaggerated reporting about the Islamic State and terrorism. But her editors kept supporting and promoting her stories. That finally ended when Canada recently indicted one Shehroze Chaudhry, also … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war on terror
Tagged Abu Huzaifa, Caliphate podcast, Claas Relotius, corporate media, corporate news, Der Spiegel, ISIS, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Narrative, New York Times, NYT, propaganda, Rukmini Callimachi, Shehroze Chaudhry, war on terror
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Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange
By Timothy Erik Strom and John Pilger Source: CounterPunch John Pilger has watched Julian Assange’s extradition trial from the public gallery at London’s Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Ström of Arena, Australia: Q: Having watched Julian Assange’s trial firsthand, can … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Whistleblowers
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, John Pilger, Journalism, Julian Assange, State Crime, Timothy Erik Ström, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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The Death of Andre Vltchek, A Passionate Warrior for Truth
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtin “If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn’t we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?” – Eduardo Galeano, Upside Down, 1998 For decades, Andre … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Philosophy, society, Spirituality
Tagged activism, alternative media, Andre Vltchek, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, independent news, Journalism
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How Corporate Tyranny Works
By Chris Hedges Source: OpEdNews.com Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find the institutions of power unite to crucify them. The persecution of the attorney Steven Donziger … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, History, Law, media, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Amazon Watch, Chevron, Corporate Crime, corporatocracy, Ecuador, environmental justice, Journalism, law, Oligarchy, Steven Donziger, Texaco
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