Tag Archives: journalism

Shredding journalistic credibility: Matt Taibbi on Chris Hedges On Contact
Marginalizing the news as propaganda for Democrats or Republicans. Igniting a 2020 firestorm. Includes traditional news sources and social media.

The Julian Assange Hearings: National Security on Trial and Plan to Spy on Assange
After hearing four weeks of evidence in the extradition trial of Julian Assange, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser announced on Thursday she will pronounce judgement on January 4.

Assange Extradition and the War on Journalism with Hedges, Ellsberg, Goodale, Udry
“No journalist or publisher who exposes war crimes or corruption will be safe.”

Why Did Respected Press Freedom Organization Exclude Assange From Annual List Of Jailed Journalists?
“Because CPJ excluded Assange, the organization provoked outrage and distracted from the injustice these other journalists endure.”

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.

Seymour Hersh on America’s Capacity for Fascist Brutality (Audio and Transcript)
“I gave them a good boy, and then sent me back a murderer.”

Don’t Forget Michelle Wolf’s Important Message About Journalism and Truth
It is up to us, the consumers, to stop drinking from the poisoned chalice of corporate news and seek truth somewhere else.

A Tribute to Robert Parry: Independent Journalism at Its Best
Bob believed deeply in journalism, both as a vital force for shaping the world and as a moral imperative.

Jurors to Decide What Constitutes Journalism in Trial of J20 Inauguration Protests
“It’s truly an Orwellian moment.”
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?

Elites ‘Have No Credibility Left:’ Interview With Journalist Chris Hedges
These party elites, consumed by greed, myopia and a deep cynicism, have a death grip on the political process. They’re not going to let it go, even if it all implodes.
Elite Media Need to Recognize Assaults on Reporters as a Pattern–and a Threat
Establishment journalists failed their “first they came for the Communists…” moment at the very beginning of the Trump administration, when DC police arrested and charged at least nine alternative journalists for covering protests at Trump’s inauguration that included property damage. BY JANINE JACKSON FAIR May 25, 2017 It is heartening at least that Montana newspapers […]
John Rachel | The Politics of Panic and Puerile Propaganda
…we are still looking at a total retreat from journalistic integrity, an abandonment of responsibility vital to our survival as a nation…
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