Tag Archives: US propaganda

On June 26, the Trump administration’s so-called “Special Representative for Venezuela,” Elliott Abrams gave a five-minute update to reporters about the development of the coup attempt against the government of Nicolas Maduro, followed by a brief Q&A session. The event, held at the US State Department in Washington, was textbook Abrams: full of lies, loaded language, double standards and breathtaking hypocrisy. Below, I deconstruct each of his points by providing rebuttals, context and...

Video and transcript. LARRY WILKERSON: I think what we’re seeing here is a resurrection, if you will, of the neoconservative agenda. Syria was to be next. Iran after that, following Iraq of course, the invasion in 2003 which went so haywire that they were unable to follow up quickly with Syria. Well, now we’re back to Syria, but we were back to it with a president who was very reluctant to use major U.S. forces, Barack Obama of course. So, we are looking- we the neoconservatives, John...

If Dr. Cohen has any objections to the factuality of any of the allegations that I have made here, or to any of the documentation that I have linked to as the sources for these allegations, then I publicly welcome him to state what those objections are. Otherwise, I shall continue to take strong exception to Dr. Cohen’s account of these matters. Fair enough.Washington's BlogStephen Cohen’s Misrepresentations About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine Eric Zuesse

More fake news from the Democrats. At its most basic, the report must be seen as a shot in the bitter partisan conflict which is currently raging in the US between President Trump and his Democratic Party opponents. That the primary target of the report is actually President Trump – who continues to say that he wants better relations with Russia – is confirmed by these words in the report.... While this may be political on the part of Democrat and Never Trumpers, it also reflects the view...

Did Nikki Haley lie to the world about Iranian missiles being used against Saudi Arabia by Houthis of Yemen? Or was Haley played like Colin Powell was? Scott Ritter argues in the affirmative.(Why it would make a difference if true eludes me when almost all the weapons being used against Yemen are of US origin.)The American ConservativePropaganda Exercise Aiming to Prove Iran Supplied Missiles BackfiresScott Ritter

Not even Glenn Beck would draw so many far-fetched connections. This is my impression, too.Conventional economic studies are rigorous formally but based on questionable assumptions about the real world and little if any hard evidence.The sociology of Russiagate is similar in a different way since there is zero rigor. However, it is based on hugely ideological tacit assumptions and the conclusions are more allegation based on inference than chargeable offenses based on evidence.Both are just...

Setting the record straight. We are hearing much about Russian efforts to interfere in American politics. This is justifiable if overstated. Less justified is the deadly silence in the Western media regarding persistent post-cold war American meddling in Russian domestic politics, including the same interference by Americans and the American government in Russian elections that Russians and the Russian government are accused of regarding the recent U.S. elections. A key instrument is...

Exposing faked news about Venezuela, although it is also about Latin America as a whole and the US attempt to control the region to advance the interests of the US. Dennis Bernstein: You just got back from Venezuela. Why were you there? Daniel Kovalik: I was invited as an election observer for the regional elections that took place on October 15. Dennis Bernstein: Jimmy Carter has said that these elections in Venezuela were some of the fairest in the world. Daniel Kovalik: Yes, he said...

A key distinction between propaganda and journalism is that manipulative propaganda relies on exaggeration and deceit while honest journalism provides context and perspective. But what happens when the major news outlets of the world’s superpower become simply conveyor belts for warmongering propaganda?That is a question that the American people now face as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and virtually the entire mainstream media hype ridiculously minor allegations about...

There are a lot of tainted executives on Wall Street, still ensconced in their corner offices, who would like to redirect the public’s attention away from their serial crime spree and sacking of the U.S. economy by finding a new target at which Americans can focus their anger. While Russia may have attempted to illegally interfere in U.S. elections, it did not put a gun to Wall Street’s head and order it to transform America into a plutocracy for the one percent. Angry Americans are right...