Today the «Military-Industrial Complex» is an archaic term that doesn’t begin to describe the complexity and influence of current structures… Read More If War Comes, Don’t Blame the ‘Military-Industrial Complex’ – Things Are Even Worse Than You Think
The U.S. mainstream media continues to spread its own “fake news,” like the falsehood about an intelligence community “consensus” on Russia-gate “hacking,” as algorithms begin to marginalize dissent… Read More The Dawn of an Orwellian Future
The video most economists don’t want you to see… Read More Ha-Joon Chang: Economics Is for Everyone
Media outlets whitewash extremist rebels, which are aligned with al-Qaeda and have been armed and trained by the CIA and U.S. allies, and downplay their crimes. At the same time, these same networks obediently rehash U.S. government talking points and portray Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a mustache-twirling cartoon villain, with the nuance of a Hollywood action movie… Read More A Tale of Two Syrian Cities Under Attack Exposes Western Media’s Pro-War Hypocrisy
In the same way that 99% of economists assume society must be planned and centralized, “the people in power” assume media must operate as a centralized force—as if it’s a natural law… Read More The Self-Appointed Guardians of Truth Are Beginning to Panic
It’s deja vu time all over again… Read More What the Media Isn’t Telling You About Latest Chemical Attack in Syria
One way we recognize a mass hysteria movement is that everyone who doesn’t believe is accused of being in on the plot… Read More Putin Derangement Syndrome Goes Viral
One can’t help marveling at the way the “Russian interference” motif has shifted the spotlight off the substance of what Wikileaks revealed about Clinton Foundation and DNC misdeeds onto Trump campaign officials “colluding” with Russians… Read More The Swamp Drains Trump
The best sub-5 minute summary of the mass media machine you’re ever likely to find. … Read More NOAM CHOMSKY – The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine
Instead of acknowledging that her Canadian naturalized grandfather was a Nazi propagandist, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (and fierce supporter of Ukrainian nationalism) Chrystia Freeland chose to dissemble and slander journalists who were doing their job… Read More Another Russia ‘Fake News’ Red Herring
The Trump presidency is the ultimate larger-than-life – for many the only – show on earth. It’s open to debate whether the vicious civil war currently in effect between Team Trump and powerful deep state factions enmeshed with the neocon/neoliberalcon galaxy is just shadowplay; or whether this is the real deal underlining the eventual crash and burn of the American Empire.… Read More Total Screen: How Baudrillard Anticipated Trump
The mushing together of “fake news” and what the Times describes as “anti-European Union propaganda” is insidious. The first relates to consciously fabricated stories; the second involves criticism of a political institution, the E.U,, which is viewed by many Europeans as elitist, remote and disdainful of the needs, interests and attitudes of average citizens.… Read More NYT’s Fake News about Fake News
