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With Bezos at the Helm, Democracy Dies at the Washington Post Editorial Board
In the Soviet Union, everybody was aware that the media was controlled by the state. But in a corporate state like the U.S., a veneer of independence is still maintained, although trust in the media has been plummeting for years. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged bernie sanders, corporate media, empire, Fred Hiatt, geopolitics, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, Israel, Jeff Bezos, kakistocracy, Mainstream Media, Megan McArdle, MSM, Neocons, Neoliberalism, Nicolas Maduro, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, ProporNot, Ruth Eglash, surveillance state, The Washington Post, venezuela, war
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Big Media: Selling the Narrative and Crushing Dissent for Fun and Profit
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The profit-maximizing Big Tech / Big Media Totalitarian regime hasn’t just strangled free speech and civil liberties; it’s also strangled democracy. The U.S. has entered an extremely dangerous time, and the danger … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Approved Narrative, Big Media, Big Tech, censorship, circular sources, civil liberties, corporate media, free speech, investigative journalism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Consolidation, Media Literacy, Official Narrative, propaganda, ProporNot, shadow banning, Social Media, Technocracy, terms of service, Totalitarianism
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Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media “Just the Beginning,” Says Top Neocon Insider
At a Berlin security conference, hardline neocon Jamie Fly appeared to claim some credit for the recent coordinated purge of alternative media. By Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague Source: Gray Zone This month, Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, war
Tagged Alliance for Securing Democracy, Andrew Weisburd, Anti-Media, Atlantic Council, censorship, Clint Watts, Cold War, Cop Block, Craig Timberg, Department of Defense, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Facebook, Foreign Polict Institute, FPI, geopolitics, George W. Bush, Hamilton 68, Hillary Clinton, Jamie Fly, John Podesta, Laura Rosenberger, Marco Rubio, National Security Council, Neocons, PNAC, Project for a New American Century, propaganda, ProporNot, Russia, RussiaGate, Social Media, Social Media Purge, The Free Thought Project, Twitter, war, washington post
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Is the Purge of Independent Media a Coordinated Attack by the Military Industrial Complex?
By Derrick Broze Source: Activist Post Victims of Facebook’s most recent purge should not forget the connections between the social media giant and the Western Military-Industrial Complex. On Thursday, Facebook announced they were unpublishing, or purging, over 500 pages and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, elites, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged alternative media, censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Facebook, Fake News, geopolitics, George Eliason, Internet Freedom, Iran, Mainstream Media, media, Melissa Zimdars, military-industrial complex, ProporNot, Russia, social control, Social Media, The Atlantic Council, The Interpreter, Twitter
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Pages purged by Facebook were on blacklist promoted by Washington Post
By Andre Damon Source: WSWS.org Media outlets removed by Facebook on Thursday, in a massive purge of 800 accounts and pages, had previously been targeted in a blacklist of oppositional sites promoted by the Washington Post in November 2016. The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Counter Current News, empire, Facebook, geopolitics, Google, imperialism, Internet Freedom, ProporNot, Psy-ops, Russia, Social Media, The Anti-Media, The Free Thought Project, Twitter, washington post, World Socialist Web Site
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The Utility of the RussiaGate Conspiracy
New McCarthyism allows corporate media to tighten grip, Democrats to ignore their own failings By Alan MacLeod Source: FAIR To the shock of many, Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential elections, becoming the 45th president of the United States. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative media, censorship, Cold War, corporate news, Deep State, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2016, elites, Hillary Clinton, independent news, Jeremy Corbyn, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, new McCarthyism, propaganda, ProporNot, Russia, RussiaGate, Sergei Skripal, Social Media
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Untying PropOrNot: Who They Are … and a Look at 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story
By George Eliason, an American journalist living in Ukraine. Source: Washington’s Blog Preface by Washington’s Blog: A leading cybersecurity expert has publicly said that Mr. Eliason’s research as presented in this article does not violate the law. Washington’s Blog does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Applebaum, Aric Toler, BBG, Bellingcat, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, censorship, CNN, Crowdstrike, Daily Beast, Dataminr Inc., Dimitry Alperovich, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, Eliot Higgins, EurasiaNet.org, Fake News, foreign policy, freedom of speech, Hillary Clinton, InterpreterMag.com, Irena Chalupa, James Miller, Left Foot Forward, Michael Weiss, Pierre Vaux, propaganda, ProporNot, psy-op, RFE/RL, Robert Parry, Russia, Steele Dossier, StopFake, Syria, The Atlantic Council, Ukraine
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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
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
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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