Category Media
The Espionage Axe: Donald Trump and the War Against a Free Press
Throughout its history, the Espionage Act has been used as a weapon to attack free speech and dissent.
The Warmakers Assault on Free Press: Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and US War Crimes, a panel with Coleen Rowley, Mel Reeves, Sue Ann Martinson
The “warmakers,” the ruling elite who wish to control the world, including of course the USA, found the short video “Collateral Damage” taking its place in global politics.
Chris Hedges: The Rot of American Journalism Runs Deep
…the ways in which Fox News has reshaped the industry in its own image, and how networks like MSNBC have come to tell viewers exactly what they want to hear.
It Is Time To Kill The Espionage Act, by Thor Benson
We’re still seeing the Espionage Act used to kill free speech on a regular basis today, just over a century since its passage into law.
Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks, and The Deepwater Horizon
If the the U.S. jails Julian Assange, they should jail me, and my colleagues at The Guardian and New York Times. We all used the Manning / Assange / WikiLeaks emails
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S INDICTMENT OF JULIAN ASSANGE POSES GRAVE THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOMS
The indictment seeks to criminalize what journalists are not only permitted but ethically required to do: take steps to help their sources maintain their anonymity.
Assange Arrested: Call for protests and phone calls; also links to articles
The prosecution of Julian Assange is an attack on Freedom of the Press in the 21st Century. WikiLeaks is democratizing journalism, redistributing power and increasing transparency. Publishing the truth is not a crime.
Weaponized Social Media Is Driving the Explosion of Fascism, by Dr. Michael I. Niman
By 2016, sophisticated propagandists utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms driven by a seemingly limitless trove of data points on damn near every internet user, revolutionized social media-based psych-ops campaigns.
Two by Chris Hedges: The Mueller Report and the Press and Guns and Liberty
The Mueller report’s categorical statement that Donald Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russia ends one of the most shameful periods in modern American journalism…
“The Left Can’t Meme”: How Right-Wing Groups Are Training the Next Generation of Social Media Warriors
…memes in politics: Cheap, subversive, and designed to provoke an emotional response, memes are a disruptive form of information guerrilla warfare. Republicans have gotten Giesea’s message, while Democrats have all but ignored it.
Chelsea Manning and the New Inquisition, by Chris Hedges
The corporate state hardly intends to stop with Manning and Assange. The target is the press itself.
Debate Over Labeling Omar Obscures Vital Debate on Israel/Palestine
Chait has a clear double standard for cultural sensitivity and respect: He requires a young Muslim woman to be conversant in and circumspect of even antiquated stereotypes about Jews, while his own remark makes use of the much more current stereotype of the sneaky, shady Arab or Muslim who is not to be trusted. By […]
JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
A war has been declared on Venezuela, of which the truth is “too difficult” to report.
NPR, the Pentagon, and U.S. Foreign Policy
While of dubious value, it is common practice at NPR to seek perspective on wrongdoing from the wrongdoers themselves.
Media Bits and Bytes, by Portside
In the era of fake news, a cottage industry of startups is competing to turn media credibility into a booming business. Do we really want that?
State of the Media: How Congress Can Fix the Crisis
What can Congress do about the FCC rulings and the mainstream corporate media.
Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America
Do the U.S. and its allies have a moral or ethical right to determine the political future of Venezuela?
A N.Y. Times Story Just Accidentally Shredded the Russiagate Hysteria, by Lee Camp
It made our mass media pundits look like hardened fools. But they have kept spouting their nonsense anyway, hoping no one notices the soup dripping down their faces.
What Activists Today Can Learn From MLK’s Bold Anti-War Stance, by Naomi LaChance
“The speech he delivered in New York, on April 4, 1967, was a speech for all humanity—for the world community. “
Israel just ‘lost Cronkite’ — the struggle for Palestinian rights at ‘The New York Times’, by Robert Herbst
“Not so long ago, it was fairly rare to hear this perspective. That is no longer the case.”
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