[youtube=http://youtu.be/f1Zvo8N3G94] By Staff PopularResistance.org October 4th, 2013 www.youtube.com Powered by Translate In this interview on BBC, journalist Glenn Greenwald describes the job of journalist as to “prevent people in power from lying to the people over whom they are ruling.” He sees the job of journalists as to “shine a light” on what government is really More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/AchVwoRGmdI] August 23, 2013 Moyers & Company Bill talks with journalist Mark Leibovich about his latest book,This Town, a city where money rules the day and status is determined by who you know and what they can do for you. “If you can sell yourself as someone who knows how Washington works, someone who has More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 534, July 25, 2013 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ ****** 1. “Quote” of the Week: “What Americans Want to See and Hear When They Watch the News” 2. Thinking Dualistically Leads to Confusion: Here’s How 3. Why Study Media? ****** Now available on the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/
It’s never going to be easy. There’s going to be repression. There’s going to be backlash. But that’s the way society moves forward. Noam Chomsky> The Modern Success Interview By Michael S. Wilson May 31st, 2013 www.modernsuccess.org Everyone knows what one looks like. They’ve got the leather boots. Maybe some chains. Trench-coats. They wait in dark More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/6ljSr7cqNKg] democracynow Published on May 30, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS broadcast of another film critical of him, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream," by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney. More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/6ljSr7cqNKg] democracynow Published on May 30, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS broadcast of another film critical of him, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream," by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney. More
In era of "most aggressive government assaults on press freedom," new open source dropbox provides "secure route" for leaks Lauren McCauley, staff writer May 19, 2013 CommonDreams.org Kevin Poulsen and Aaron Swartz working out the kinks of their open sourced safe house. (Photo via The New Yorker) One month before his January 11th suicide, web pioneer More
In era of "most aggressive government assaults on press freedom," new open source dropbox provides "secure route" for leaks Lauren McCauley, staff writer May 19, 2013 CommonDreams.org Kevin Poulsen and Aaron Swartz working out the kinks of their open sourced safe house. (Photo via The New Yorker) One month before his January 11th suicide, web pioneer More
Mistakes, Miscues, & Islamophobia Thom Hartmann [youtube=http://youtu.be/7i6dcmiLBTE] TheBigPictureRT· Published on Apr 24, 2013 Barry Nolan, Journalist/Filmmaker joins Thom Hartmann. In the near wall-to-wall coverage of the Boston terrorist attack and subsequent manhunt last week - the mainstream media once again missed the mark. Did the media fail the American people - and will there ever More
Jon Stewart Comedy Central Click to watch a video of the show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ESTHER ZUCKERMAN APR 25, 2013 The Atlantic Wire On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart explained how, in the wake of the Boston bombing and at the beginning of the controversial prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fox News went all willy More
