Anonymous Declares War on WikiLeaks After Syria Files’ Row By GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE July 13, 2012 2:37 PM GMT International Business Times Anonymous declares war to WikiLeaks (Anonops/WikiLeaks) The Anonymous hacking collective has declared war on whistleblowing website WikiLeaks following a furious Twitter row over the disclosure of two million e-mails from Syrian political figures, ministries More
OCCUPY WALL STREET Media Making as Participatory Democracy: Port Huron to OWS One of the most important characteristics of the Occupy movement is the expanding universe of media makers –citizen journalists, livestreamers, artists and others. AlterNet / By Josh Stearns May 10, 2012 | Photo Credit: OakFoSho “If we appear to seek the unattainable, it has been said, then More
OCCUPY WALL STREET Media Making as Participatory Democracy: Port Huron to OWS One of the most important characteristics of the Occupy movement is the expanding universe of media makers –citizen journalists, livestreamers, artists and others. AlterNet / By Josh Stearns May 10, 2012 | Photo Credit: OakFoSho “If we appear to seek the unattainable, it has been said, then More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dh8OZqXQA&w=560&h=315] Lawrence Lessig talks with FSTV's Marcy Miranda on the importance of Independent Media and their role in the current political landscape. 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! “Like” our More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dh8OZqXQA&w=560&h=315] Lawrence Lessig talks with FSTV's Marcy Miranda on the importance of Independent Media and their role in the current political landscape. 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! “Like” our More
Falling for New Neocon Propaganda Exclusive: One not-so-funny fact about Washington is that nearly all the news media stars who fell for neoconservative falsehoods about Iraq are still around to fall for new ones on Iran, even some like Richard Cohen who briefly regretted his earlier gullibility, notes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern October 22, 2011 consortium news More
Monday, August 17, 2011 A White House terrorism strategy released today says Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks aid in "advancing violent extremist narratives" and should be monitored by the government. The 12-page strategy (PDF), which outlines ways to respond to violent extremism, promises that: "We will continue to closely monitor the important role the More
Freedom of Speech in the Age of WikiLeaks Posted on July 16, 2011 by Nozomi Hayase A World Beyond Borders Thanks to Coleen Rowley for calling attention to this article. Image Credit – Nilankur Das, www.multiastudio.com “Give me your secrets, your oppressed, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your tax havens offshore. Send these, More
Slouching Towards Faux Patricia J. Williams July 13, 2011 | This article appeared in the August 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation. How the media frenzy obliterated the presumption of innocence and relentlessly impugned both Strauss-Kahn and his accuser in vulgar stereotypes. Shortly after Dominique Strauss-Kahn was indicted on charges of attempted rape, his friend Bernard-Henri Lévy More
Media Malpractice on the Debt Debate 07/15/2011 by Peter Hart Fair.org Fairness and Accuracy in Media The convention in mainstream journalism is that the new stories give you the facts, and the columnists give you their opinions (hopefully backed by facts). But in the coverage over the debt ceiling and budget debates sometimes you're More
The Guardian / By Dean Baker July 11, 2011 | From Alternet.com Stealing from Social Security Is NOT a Debt Solution -- Why Do the Media Promote This Dangerous Myth? Pursuing a plan to kill social security, politicians are relying on a credulous public and compliant media to ramp up debt panic. The conventional wisdom More
Rupert Is Not Above the Law He's Not Above the Law. Tell Congress to Investigate. Rupert Murdoch and other News Corporation executives are at the center of a shocking British media scandal that involves spying, bribery, corruption, a corporate cover-up and even murder. We need to know if this media giant’s potential criminal behavior has crossed the More
