Glenn Greenwald: What Are the Major Media Sources of Fake News and Disinformation?
Two minutes of outright lies.
The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate, by Chris Hedges
The media model ... mutes and destroys investigations into corporate systems of oppression and genuine dissent.
Jeff Cohen | ‘The Doves Are Hawks and the Hawks Are Super-Hawks’
It’s a closed system. It’s a narrow system. What FAIR has talked about for decades is, we have a corporate spectrum: It goes from General Electric to General Motors. It goes from hawk to dove, but the doves are hawks, and the hawks are super-hawks. So you have this narrow spectrum, and if you don’t More
Jeff Cohen | ‘The Doves Are Hawks and the Hawks Are Super-Hawks’
It’s a closed system. It’s a narrow system. What FAIR has talked about for decades is, we have a corporate spectrum: It goes from General Electric to General Motors. It goes from hawk to dove, but the doves are hawks, and the hawks are super-hawks. So you have this narrow spectrum, and if you don’t More
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.
The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened by Glenn Greenwald
WHY DOES THIS MATTER SO MUCH? For so many significant reasons...
Dan Rather Slams Journalists Who Hailed Donald Trump’s Bombs As ‘Presidential’
Whether this should have been a unilateral action is something we all must consider.
Dan Rather Slams Journalists Who Hailed Donald Trump's Bombs As 'Presidential'
Whether this should have been a unilateral action is something we all must consider.
Five Top Papers Run 18 Opinion Pieces Praising Syria Strikes–Zero Are Critical
No need to debate the morality or utility of the strikes, because the scene played out per usual
Elayne Clift: Troubling Times in the Bush, and in Media’s Back Rooms
From the article: Writer Roxane Gay captured this troubling situation in The New York Times. "I'm personally going to start wearing a lion costume when I leave my house so if I get shot people will care," she wrote, while acknowledging the brutality of Cecil's death.
Cornel West: “He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency”
It’s not pessimistic, brother, because this is the blues. We are blues people. The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. That’s different.
John Stauber> The Progressive Movement as PR Front
Paid to Lose The Progressive Movement as PR Front by JOHN STAUBER WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 15-17, 2013 Counterpunch.org Editor's Note: This article should be read in conjunction with Chris Hedges "The Day That TV News Died" to understand the role of the corporate mainstream and progressive media. There is good news in the Boston Globe today for More