The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking? The media have been too passive when it comes to Syrian opposition sources, without scrutinising their backgrounds and their political connections. Time for a closer look … Charlie Skelton guardian.co.uk Thursday 12 July 2012 10.48 EDT Click> Video> Inside Syria – Has the UN observer mission failed in Syria? The More
The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking? The media have been too passive when it comes to Syrian opposition sources, without scrutinising their backgrounds and their political connections. Time for a closer look … Charlie Skelton guardian.co.uk Thursday 12 July 2012 10.48 EDT Click> Video> Inside Syria – Has the UN observer mission failed in Syria? The More
The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking? The media have been too passive when it comes to Syrian opposition sources, without scrutinising their backgrounds and their political connections. Time for a closer look … Charlie Skelton guardian.co.uk Thursday 12 July 2012 10.48 EDT Click> Video> Inside Syria – Has the UN observer mission failed in Syria? The More
Bored With Occupy—and Inequality Class issues fade along with protest coverage By John Knefel Extra! May 2012 FAIR Occupy Wall Street is rightly credited with helping to shift the economic debate in America from a fixation on deficits to issues of income inequality, corporate greed and the centralization of wealth among the richest 1 percent. The movement More
Bored With Occupy—and Inequality Class issues fade along with protest coverage By John Knefel Extra! May 2012 FAIR Occupy Wall Street is rightly credited with helping to shift the economic debate in America from a fixation on deficits to issues of income inequality, corporate greed and the centralization of wealth among the richest 1 percent. The movement More
Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests by Beth Buczynski April 28, 2012 care2.com May Day, otherwise known as International and Immigrant Workers’ Day, marks the first major resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street movement since massive arrests and police brutality drove most occupations indoors over the winter. Although OWS has More
Anonymous- Mainstream Media Corruption Exposed [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBF6f3_dRLw&w=420&h=315] For the year of 2011, the four owners of CNN, FOX, and NBC have spent $44,246,979 dollars on lobbying… 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
Occupy America by Michael Parenti Published on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Beginning with Occupy Wall Street in September 2011, a protest movement spread across the United States to 70 major cities and hundreds of other communities. Similar actions emerged in scores of other nations. For the first two weeks, the corporate-owned mainstream media along More
Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don’t get it! By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN updated 1:09 PM EST, Wed October 5, 2011 A protester holds a sign at the Occupy Wall Street protest last weekend Story Highlights Media condescends to Occupy Wall Street movement He says that’s because its 21st-century, net-driven narrative doesn’t fit More
Regulation Nation: Fox Begins Weeklong Assault On Government Regulations September 12, 2011 2:50 pm ET MediaMatters.org Fox is launching a weeklong attack on government regulations, promising to “expose how excessive laws are drowning American businesses” – a message that coincides with a Republican push to focus on deregulation. But economists say that More
What Have We Wrought: thoughts on freedom, taxes, capitalism and democracy Part IV: Media and Propaganda With a mainstream corporate media that is bought and sold by the likes of Rupert Murdoch, with Clear Channel's and other right-wing owners control of local radio around the country, how do we reach these relatives and neighbors? Every More
Deal With It They Died in Vain By Ray McGovern Counterpunch August 8, 2011 Thanks to Coleen Rowley for recommending this article. Many of those preaching at American church services Sunday extolled as "heroes" the 30 American and 8 Afghan troops killed Saturday west of Kabul, when a helicopter on a night mission More
