Always and Everywhere The New York Times and the Enduring “Threat” of Isolationism By Andrew J. Bacevich October 24, 2013 tomdispatch.com Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. The abiding defect of U.S. foreign policy? It’s isolationism, my friend. Purporting to steer clear of war, isolationism fosters it. Isolationism impedes the spread of democracy. It inhibits trade and therefore prosperity. More
Obama's anti-press measures 'are the most aggressive I've seen since the Nixon administration' UPDATE Edward Snowden was awarded this year's Sam Adams Whistleblower Award, and several of his fellow heroic whistleblowers - including Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack and Coleen Rowley - traveled to Moscow to present it to him. An excellent photo of that event is here. More
The NBC star tells his viewers that Iranian leaders are 'suddenly claiming they don't want nuclear weapons', even though they've been saying it for years Glenn Greenwald Saturday 28 September 2013 06.47 EDT theguardian.com Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani has said he wants direct negotiations with the United States. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP There is ample More
The NBC star tells his viewers that Iranian leaders are 'suddenly claiming they don't want nuclear weapons', even though they've been saying it for years Glenn Greenwald Saturday 28 September 2013 06.47 EDT theguardian.com Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani has said he wants direct negotiations with the United States. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP There is ample More
Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should 'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control' By Lisa O'Carroll Published on Friday, September 27, 2013 The Guardian via CommonDreams.org Seymour Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. (Photograph: Wally McNamee/Corbis) More
Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should 'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control' By Lisa O'Carroll Published on Friday, September 27, 2013 The Guardian via CommonDreams.org Seymour Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. (Photograph: Wally McNamee/Corbis) More
To stop attack on Syria, we must support whistleblowers. By Norman Solomon August 28, 2013 opednews.com Source: AlterNet Without whistleblowers, the mainline media outlets are more transfixed than ever with telling the official story. And at a time like this, the official story is all about spinning for war on Syria. Every president who wants to launch More
Mass Media Helps Keep Americans in the Dark About US Foreign Policy By Mark Weisbrot 06 August 2013 The Guardian | Op-Ed via truthout.org Juana Brito prays over the bodies of her father and an unidentified youth, both killed by Guatemalan soldiers in the civil war 30 years ago, as a team from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation More
If we have liberal media," as conservatives absurdly claim, why isn't it flooded with stories about US prisons, wealth inequality, outsourcing? Daily Kos / By akadjian August 7, 2013 via alternet.org Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/ Artisticco Prince Riebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there's a liberal media. While I share Prince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like More
If we have liberal media," as conservatives absurdly claim, why isn't it flooded with stories about US prisons, wealth inequality, outsourcing? Daily Kos / By akadjian August 7, 2013 via alternet.org Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/ Artisticco Prince Riebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there's a liberal media. While I share Prince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 534, July 25, 2013 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ ****** 1. “Quote” of the Week: “What Americans Want to See and Hear When They Watch the News” 2. Thinking Dualistically Leads to Confusion: Here’s How 3. Why Study Media? ****** Now available on the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/
[youtube=http://youtu.be/MyKIb3f1qk8] punksterdaddy 3 days ago I really hope that the right thing that should be done, finally is done here? In releasing this man Bradley Manning and stop this media blackout! It's disgusting! This situation is a fine example of how the governments of the western world, not just the U.S. are all about the More
