Tag Archives: US journalism

Smackdown of the New York Times culture. I don't even link it to it anymore. Why drive traffic in the direction of propaganda (think "anonymous" sources) and journalistic standards that should be considered substandard?Grasping Reality Genius no-longer-quite-so-young whippersnapper Ezra is, I think, massively overly polite here: As Ezra Klein say, Jill ...Brad DeLong | Professor of Economics, UCAL Berkeley

If you haven't seen the Morning Joe interview with Tulsi Gabbard, you should. It's even worse than Caitlin Johnstone makes it out to be. Pictures are more powerful than words. This is supposed to be professional journalism and expert opinion?Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue JournalistTulsi Gabbard Is Driving The MSM Bat Shit CrazyCaitlin Johnstone

Bringing down the curtain of censorship in US media. Moon of AlabamaThe Media War On Truthful Reporting And Legitimate Opinions - A Documentary b Related Tony Blair redux? It worked the first time around. Consortium NewsAnother Dodgy British Dossier: the Skripal CaseGareth Porter

A survey by FAIR of the top 100 papers in the US by circulation found not a single editorial board opposed to Trump’s April 13 airstrikes on Syria. Twenty supported the strikes, while six were ambiguous as to whether or not the bombing was advisable. The remaining 74 issued no opinion about Trump’s latest escalation of the Syrian war. This is fairly consistent with editorial support for Trump’s April 2017 airstrikes against the Syrian government, which saw only one editorial out of 47...

What we are watching in the US is a hysteria being orchestrated by parties and members of the US corporate and political establishment to rally “America” against the “commie Soviets” again, except there are no “commie Soviets.” The push for Russophobia is like nothing Western audiences – yes, audiences because this is theater – have seen before, even during the Cold War. Night and day, the press wheels churn any and all content warning that the Russians are coming, linking Russia to...

Control of the narrative runs from the US deep state through the "lamestream" media where propaganda poses as journalism. In this article, Maduro can be replaced with Putin, and Venezuela with Putin. It's the same script. TruthoutIn Venezuela, It's "Democracy" if US-Backed Candidates Are Empowered, "Tyranny" if They Are NotSteven Chovanec, Truthout | News Analysis

When it comes to covering protests in other countries, it seems any vague picture of brown people protesting can stand in for those actually on the streets expressing their grievances. Since the outbreak of protests across Iran three weeks ago, several major outlets have used pictures of demonstrations in the United States, France, or United Kingdom—organized by a fringe, cult-like group, Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK)—in place of images of the entirely unaffiliated protesters, 6,000 miles away,...

New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or other agenda-setting media outlets. The American excuse is that the promise was not given in writing. So much for one's word and the nation's honor. Do that repeatedly, as the US has even to the point of breaking treaties unilaterally, and the nation gets the reputation of not being able to keep its agreements....

Deep state plot outed.Consortium News The Scary Void Inside Russia-gate Stephen F. Cohen The Foundering Russia-gate ‘Scandal’ Robert Parry Protecting the Shaky Russia-gate Narrative Robert Parry Russia-gate’s Litany of Corrections Robert Parry Sucking Liberals into a New Cold War William Blum Russia-gate’s Reach into Journalism Dennis J. Bernstein Sic Semper TyrannisFake News, Sedition and Public Apathy Your Trump Dossier Cheat Sheet Publius TacitusIrrussianalityThe latest...