Media motives appear less to do with genuine concern over anti-Jewish sentiment and more about weaponizing smears against a progressive campaign taking on the power of the wealthy
Source: FAIR Itās all kicking off everywhere in 2019. Haitians are revolting against a corrupt political system and their President Jovenel MoĆÆse,…
What these articles highlight so clearly is not only the grim, inhuman and unnecessary conditions so many Americans are forced to live under, but the degree to which mainstream corporate journalists have completely internalized them as unremarkable
Interview on the origins of the classic work of media criticism (co-authored with Edward Herman) Manufacturing Consent, the role of that bookās āpropaganda modelā today, Google and Facebook, Donald Trump and Russia, fake news and Syria
Media side with Trump cronies rather than common sense in labeling coup a ‘protest’
Whatever your view of Assange might be, it seems clear he shares virtually nothing in common with those in positions of influence in big media outlets, who have been only too happy to watch his demise
Under neoliberalism, every problem is understood through an individualist lens, and not a result of systemic forces that dominate society
The simplistic narrative of a socialist dictatorship starving its own people provides great utility as a weapon for the establishment to beat back the domestic āthreatā of socialism
The financial press once again made its decision clear, proving that democracy and the health of the stock market often do not mix
The increasing meshing of corporate and US government control over the means of communication is particularly worrying
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