Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests by Beth Buczynski April 28, 2012 care2.com May Day, otherwise known as International and Immigrant Workers’ Day, marks the first major resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street movement since massive arrests and police brutality drove most occupations indoors over the winter. Although OWS has More
Shedding Light on the Secret Pre-Trial of Bradley Manning By Mike Ludwig 26 April 2012 Truthout | News Analysis With the threat of life in prison and the ideal of government transparency looming heavily in the background, Pfc. Bradley Manning's hired defense attorney and attorneys representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pressed the military More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NU9NmghlEc&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by townsquare on Feb 23, 2012 Mimi Kennedy (actress, Midnight In Paris) makes a point about how Hollywood exports violence abroad, and Jordan Zakarin (writer/editor, The Huffington Post) shares his thoughts on the cozy relationship between the film industry and the Pentagon. The final point is on what may be the most controversial moment in More
Conservatives mad at liberal media, Obama over Afghanistan photos Confused right-wing responses to a grisly scandal BY ALEX PAREENE APR 19, 2012 Salon.com U.S. Army soldiers from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division walk during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 17, 2012 (Credit: REUTERS/Baz Ratner) The L.A. Times Wednesday published More
Moyers: Media Giants Fight Proposal That Could Shed Light on Who’s Buying Our Elections The new rule would require the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox affiliates in the top 50 markets to make their files on political advertising available on line immediately. by Bill Moyers April 18, 2012 BillMoyers.com By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship More
On Drones and Democracy By Peter Hart 4/13/2012 FAIR Photo: AFP/Getty Yesterday (4/12/12) Pakistan's parliament unanimously voted in favor of a resolution that, among other things, calls for an immediate end to CIA drone strikes in their country. The Washington Post's account of this news included this curious observation: From Washington's perspective, the debate in Parliament was More
Afghan War Just Needs a Better Sales Pitch Posted on 03/27/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR The big New York Times story on the Afghan War today (3/27/12) focuses on public opinion in the United States, which is now dramatically anti-war: 69 percent think we shouldn't be there. An interesting point argument is raised later in the piece, when two More
CNN Pushing Alarmist Tales of Hezbollah Sleeper Agents Posted on 03/26/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR With discussions of a military attack on Iran circulating among U.S. and Israeli political elites, CNN has added fuel to the fire with a series of alarmist reports about supposedly Iranian-linked terrorist operatives inside the United States who are ready to strike. On the March More
State-dominated media and Iran BY GLENN GREENWALD APR 5, 2012 Salon.com Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands beneath a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Credit: Reuters/Caren Firouz) The New York Times this morning is prominently featuring a long article documenting the Terroristic aggression of Iran, as evidenced by that country’s attempts to exert influence More
Anonymous- Mainstream Media Corruption Exposed [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBF6f3_dRLw&w=420&h=315] For the year of 2011, the four owners of CNN, FOX, and NBC have spent $44,246,979 dollars on lobbying… Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” us. riseuptimes.wordpress.com. WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 504, March 23, 2012 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ This Week: Voter Suppression and War Propaganda “Quote” of the Week The U.S. and Afghanistan: “Trust Has Eroded” Anonymous + Classified = Propaganda This Ad Brought to You by The Pentagon Voter Suppression Resources: Education and Action Greetings, This More
The corporate media crisis: Everything old is new again By Robert Jensen 03 April 2012 MWC News These days there’s one political point on which one can usually get consensus: Mainstream journalists are failing. In common parlance, most everyone ‘hates the media.’ But there is little agreement on why journalism might be inadequate to the task More
