Chris Hedges and Abby Martin — Propaganda Buries Facts and Manipulates Emotions
How the US military uses propaganda in covering wars. Complicity of reporters.
6 Elements of Police Spin: An Object Lesson in Copspeak by Adam Johnson
Why do these reporters and editors take simple, straightforward events such as one person shooting and killing another and turn it into rhetorical highwire act?
Russia or Corporate Tax Cuts: Which Would Comcast Rather MSNBC Cover?
MSNBC is a hopped-up Cold War cover band, and its two lead singers are Maddow and Hayes.
Edward S. Herman: Master of Dissent (1925–2017)
Ed was the main author of "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media," written with Noam Chomsky
How Trump Brought the Political Media Class to Its Knees
For the American public, trying to make sense of the most disruptive moment in American politics since Vietnam and Watergate, little is accomplished. *** The political media has failed to reckon with its biggest, most enduring challenge, which it has nothing to do with revenue or audience growth or cord-cutters. The political press is facing a crisis of substance—and it’s not just poisoning the public’s perception of journalism, it’s playing right into Trump’s hands.
FAKE NEWS ALERT: Media Conglomerates convince FCC that Facebook can replace local news stations
Driven by profits, broadcasters have lobbied to weaken the public’s access to quality information about their elected representatives.
Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Disappearance, a Body, and What It Takes to Make the News
The Journalist and the Fixer: Who Makes the Story Possible?
Perspectives on the Burns/Novick Vietnam series by a member of the MN 8 draft resisters
If we're going to prevent future wars, it cannot be about us the victims; it has to be about us and our government as perpetrators.
After Russian-linked ads, put social media under the microscope
Our response to this new problem, partly made easier by the growth of social media, must be multi-faceted.
Robert Parry | Russia-gate’s Totalitarian Style
...the point is that we don’t know the truth and neither does The New York Times
Robert Parry | Russia-gate’s Totalitarian Style
...the point is that we don’t know the truth and neither does The New York Times
The Orwellian-Octopus of the Entrenched-Interests Media
Does the media you ingest benefit the same old parties and people - left and right - who refuse to effect meaningful change? Does the media you take in day in and day out, feed the perpetual war machine...?