Propaganda

In The Dark, Without Witnesses And Cameras

December 27, 2017 Miko Peled, Ahtribune.com Resist! Israel, Nationalism, Propaganda

“In the case of the girls the price must exacted at another time, in the dark, without witnesses and cameras.” Wote Israeli journalist Ben Caspit about Ahed Tamimi who kicked and slapped an IDF officer who invaded her home. In his piece he congratulates the officer who didn’t respond to the slapping and kicking and he continues to say that the Tamimi family must learn the hard way that provoking IDF fighters will cost them dearly. "The IDF has creative abilities" Caspit asserts, abilities with which to exact a price in ways that will not damage its image. Reading the Israeli press, one is reminded of the story where an evil Jinn came in to a city one day and poured a drug into all the wells of that city.

Why We Shouldn’t Fall For Members-Only Unionism Trap

December 27, 2017 By Chris Brooks, Portside.org Strategize! Corporations, Labor, Propaganda, Unions

One of corporate America’s next big goals might surprise you: passing legislation to prevent unions from having to represent workers who don’t pay dues. This is just the latest of many business-friendly labor law reforms proliferating across the country. Over the past decade, the Republican Party has ascended to become the dominant political force in the U.S. government, controlling two-thirds of state legislatures, a majority of governorships, both houses of Congress and the White House. Conservatives also make up a majority on the Supreme Court. This growth in power of the GOP has also given rise to a new slew of anti-union legislation. States in over half the country have passed open-shop laws, euphemistically referred to as “right-to-work.”

This New Book Shows The Future Of The US

December 26, 2017 By Alexander Mercouris, Theduran.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Propaganda, Russia

One of the most deeply frustrating things for anyone with any knowledge of Russia who has been following the Russiagate saga is the staggering ignorance of basic facts about Russia which is so prevalent amongst elites in the US. What makes this especially frustrating is that there is actually no shortage of knowledgeable and erudite experts about Russia who could be called upon if any true desire for knowledge about Russia actually existed. Of those one who who stands out is Gilbert Doctorow, who has been a professional Russia watcher since 1965. Gilbert Doctorow has now offered us a new book – “Does the United States have a Future” – which brings together his splendid collection of essays about Russia and about Russian-American relations which he has been writing since 2015.

The Permanent Lie, Our Deadliest Threat

December 26, 2017 By Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com Educate! Capitalism, Class war, Propaganda, Repression

The most ominous danger we face does not come from the eradication of free speech through the obliteration of net neutrality or through Google algorithms that steer people away from dissident, left-wing, progressive or anti-war sites. It does not come from a tax bill that abandons all pretense of fiscal responsibility to enrich corporations and oligarchs and prepares the way to dismantle programs such as Social Security. It does not come from the opening of public land to the mining and fossil fuel industry, the acceleration of ecocide by demolishing environmental regulations, or the destruction of public education. It does not come from the squandering of federal dollars on a bloated military as the country collapses or the use of the systems of domestic security to criminalize dissent

Ten Big Lies About Venezuela And Its Revolution

December 25, 2017 Carlos E. Lippo, Resumen Educate! Media, Propaganda, Venezuela

The Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela has been widely vilified by the means of the right even before its rise to power in 1999; an example of this was when its top leader, Commander Hugo Chávez, was falsely accused by Ernesto Samper, then president of Colombia, to be behind the infamous Colombian guerrilla attack on the Venezuelan border naval post in 1995. This falsehood was disseminated by the media on the right without a shred of evidence but was not retracted even when Chavez went to the neighboring country to undermine such a lie. The dirty war labs that create the alter reality about Venezuela started to dramatically increase to the stratospheric levels it is at now when Chavez declared the anti imperialist character of the Bolivarian Revolution on May 16, 2004. Here we present a list of 10 of the greatest lies lodged against Venezuela . . .

Lee Camp Dissects NPR’s Propagandistic Attack Against Him

December 21, 2017 By Lee Camp, nakedcapitalism.com Educate! Journalism, Media, Propaganda

I never thought I’d be the target of an NPR attack piece. Through my twenties I even looked to NPR as an outlet full of good, progressive, thoughtful reporting – You know, the soothing voices occasionally interrupted by music no one really listens to but that sounds good between soft-spoken ivy league journalists over the age of 50. Everything about NPR subtly reinforced the idea, “Everything is fine. You’re probably a middle to upper class white person or you hope to be one day, and that’s just great. Everything is fine.” They might not SAY that, but they say that. And for a long time, I was cool with that message.Then I woke up. About the time NPR was avoiding Occupy Wall Street...

Most Censored Stories Of 2017, Honduras V. Venezuela

December 20, 2017 Lee Camp, youtube.com Resistance Report Censorship, Honduras, Media, Propaganda, Venezuela

Lee Camp covers what were some of the most censored stories this year, according to the media watchdog site “Project Censored.” He also discusses accused pedophile Roy Moore, who lost his bid for the Senate in Alabama. Then, correspondent Naomi Karavani joins Lee at the desk to discuss just how corrupt local politicians are and correspondent John F. O’Donnell reports on the hypocrisy of US treatment of Honduras and Venezuela.

Russia-Gate’s Litany Of Corrections

December 19, 2017 Robert Parry Educate! Corporate Media, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Media, Propaganda, Russia

The U.S. mainstream media’s year-long hysteria over Russia’s alleged role in the election of Donald Trump has obliterated normal reporting standards leading to a rash of journalistic embarrassments that have both disgraced the profession and energized Trump’s backers over new grievances about the MSM’s “fake news.” Misguided groupthink is always a danger when key elements of the Washington establishment and the major news media share the same belief – whether that is Iraq’s supposed possession of WMD or the need to bring down some foreign or domestic leader unpopular with the elites. Yet, we have rarely witnessed such a cascading collapse of journalistic principles as has occurred around the Russia-gate “scandal.”

Media Truth In A Post-Truth World; Dirty Mines on Your Dime, Pipelines & More

December 18, 2017 Eleanor Goldfield Resistance Report Media, Mining, Pipelines, Propaganda

This week on Act Out! we gave you a lowdown last week on oil pipelines – but what about natural gas? Safer, right? Not so much. Here's the explosive reality of the natural gas pipelines criss crossing our nation. Next up, mining companies have been given a greenlight to pollute on your dime and the profession with the highest suicide rates in the country will surprise you. Finally, Mickey Huff from Project Censored joins us to talk about corporate media, truth in a post-truth era and stories you didn't know you didn't know.

Atrocious Anti-Wind Article Published; Devoid Of Scientific Evidence

December 16, 2017 Brendan DeMelle, desmogblog.com Educate! Clean Energy, Journalism, Media, Propaganda, Wind

Meanwhile, in the realm of scientific facts, the American Wind Energy Association, the main trade group representing the wind power industry, points to 25 scientific reviews that document the safety of wind farms for human health and the environment. One health researcher has told DeSmog the GateHouse article was “simply irresponsible journalism” and actually had “potential to exacerbate the experience of anxiety and related health effects.” Although GateHouse, a syndication outfit that publishes 130 daily newspapers in 36 states, briefly mentions the fact that scientific evidence for these claims is nearly non-existent, it plows ahead with a lengthy article full of anecdotes and unsubstantiated claims that aren’t supported by real science.

South Korea’s History Making Geo-Political Pivot Frightens US

December 16, 2017 Adam Garrie, theduran.com Educate! China, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Propaganda, South Korea, US Imperialism

Throughout the Cold War, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction, somewhat appropriately referred to by the acronym ‘MAD’, ensured that in spite of high tensions, none of the nuclear powers ever directly attacked each other. While the Cold War is over, the principle of understanding the mutual detriment of killing millions in two or more nations still holds strong. It is for this reason that Russian President Putin again stated that there is a clear rationale for North Korea’s weapons programme. The authorities in Pyongyang do not want to see their country and people destroyed in the way Iraq and Libya were, as the Arab states did not have a ‘MAD’ deterrent.

U.S. Media Suffered Most Humiliating Debacle In Ages

December 11, 2017 Glenn Greenwald, theintercept.com Educate! Corporate Media, Journalism, Propaganda, Transparency

Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind, with countless pundits, commentators and operatives joining the party throughout the day. By the end of the day, it was clear that several of the nation’s largest and most influential news outlets had spread an explosive but completely false news story to millions of people, while refusing to provide any explanation of how it happened. The spectacle began on Friday morning at 11 a.m. EST, when the Most Trusted Name in News™ spent 12 straight minutes on air flamboyantly hyping an exclusive bombshell report that seemed to prove that WikiLeaks, last September, had secretly offered the Trump campaign, even Donald Trump himself, special access to the DNC emails before they were published on the internet. As CNN sees the world, this would prove collusion between the Trump family and WikiLeaks and, more importantly, between Trump and Russia, since the U.S. intelligence community regards WikiLeaks as an “arm of Russian intelligence,” and therefore, so does the U.S. media.

Reporters Without Borders Tries To Shut Down Press Event

December 6, 2017 Brandon Turbeville, transcend.org Resist! Journalism, Propaganda, Protests

By Brandon Turbeville for Transcend Media Service - 28 Nov 2017 – Self-proclaimed “press freedom watchdog” Reporters Without Borders launched a new campaign that it deemed of urgent importance – shutting down a short panel discussion by journalist Vanessa Beeley and Swedish Doctors for Human Rights. The USAID/NED-funded RWB wrote an open letter published in the Tribune de Geneveaddressed to Guy Mettan, Executive Director of the Swiss Press Club, the organization that was hosting the event, where it dismissed Beeley as a “so-called” journalist who is cited only by “Russian media propaganda” and claimed that Doctors for Human Rights is merely “a tool of Russian propaganda.” The letter urged Mettan to cancel the event or risk tarnishing the image of the Swiss Press Club. The event was entitled “They don’t care about us: About White Helmets True Agenda,” where Vanessa Beeley, who has reported extensively from inside Syria would present alongside fellow panel members Richard Labeviere’ and Marcello Ferranda De Noli editor of the Proche et Moyen Orient and Swedish Doctors For Human Rights respectively were scheduled to present. As the title suggests, the event was merely a platform to discuss the possibility that the reputation of the White Helmets in Western countries may be different from the reality on the ground. Beeley was included not only because of her expertise in terms of research but also because of her extensive on-the-ground experience in Syria, her length of time in country, and her numerous interviews and investigative reports from Syria itself.

Thank CNN For The Slave Auctions In Libya

November 30, 2017 Danny Haiphong, blackagendareport.com Educate! Corporate Media, Libya, Propaganda, Slavery

By Danny Haiphong for Black Agenda Report - On November 14th, CNN produced an "exclusive" report about the slave trafficking of migrants in Libya. The report detailed the devastating conditions of migrants fleeing from crisis in nations across North and East Africa. Smugglers, as CNN calls them, capture and terrorize migrants before selling them into day labor. Libyan authorities then detain the migrant laborers and repatriate them back to their nation of origin. CNN emphasizes the horror of the slave auctions with the caption "I was sold" underneath a picture of one of the migrants, Victory, whose story is told in the report. CNN's coverage of the matter is typical of the corporate media. Zero context is given as to why the slave auctions exist in the first place. It is as if the horrors in Libya had just been discovered because of CNN’s investigative journalism. The underlying assumption of the report is that slave markets are a fetter of the past completely foreign to the enlightened audiences in the US and Western countries. Yet we have CNN to thank for the emergence of slave relations in Libya. It was CNN that took part in the most slanderous of lies in cooperation with the US-NATO war on Libya in 2011. Libya was bombed for over seven months while CNN provided media cover all along the way. CNN produced opinion pieces explaining why the invasion of Libya was a just war . Reports from CNN described Libya as a nation ruled over by crazed dictator Muammar Gaddafi who suddenly found the appetite to murder "his own people."

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