Rapper activist and host of the Watchdog podcast, Lowkey, is joined by MintPress senior staff writer Alan MacLeod to break down media sources cited by CNN, The Washington Post and other mainstream outlets tying them back their funding to Western governments and the double standards in media coverage when comparing to other crises.

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In addition, dozens of prominent Jewish voices have rejected the Israel lobby’s attempts to silence Lowkey and signed the letter. These include writer and activist Naomi Klein, Professor Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents magazine, and journalist and lawyer Glenn Greenwald. A number of prominent Israelis have also endorsed Lowkey, including historians Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappé, as well as activist Miko Peled.

New York Times’ ridiculous attack on [Ben Norton] exposes its deceitful propaganda tactics.

New York Times hatchet job on independent investigative journalist Ben Norton with whom many of us have worked over the years-& have said exactly what he has said about the US sponsored coup in Ukraine in 2014.  (Comment by Ann Wright.)

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