Dennis J Bernstein — Russia-gate’s Reach into Journalism

Summary:
The investigation to somehow blame Russia for Donald Trump’s election has now merged with another establishment goal of isolating and intimidating whistleblowers and other dissidents, as Dennis J Bernstein describes. Narrative control is essential to elite control in a representative democracy. Consortium NewsRussia-gate’s Reach into Journalism Dennis J Bernstein, a host of “Flashpoints” on PacificaAlso A smear campaign targeting Seder accused him of joking about rape in a satirical tweet from 2009. VoxMSNBC won’t cut ties to Sam Seder after all: succumbing to alt-right outrage was a “mistake”Aja Romano Also Business InsiderWikileaks faces U.S. probes into its 2016 election role and CIA leaks: sources Reuters

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: free press, Journalism, narrative control

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