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The New Blacklist
Russiagate may have been aimed at Trump to start, but it’s become a way of targeting all dissent. By Matt Taibbi.
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The Grammar of Russiagate
Closely observing the grammar of the Official Russiagate Narrative is revealing and instructive. It provides clues to the language-game being played. By Sheldon Richman.
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EmptyWheel: 15 Months and 15,000 Words Later, Boosters Still Obscure the Timeline on the Steele Dossier
Jane Mayer is a great journalist. But in a 15,000 word profile on Christopher Steele and his dossier, she adds just two new bits of news, and along the way muddles the timeline as badly as all the Steele boosters who have gone before her. By Marcy Wheeler.
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Is MSNBC Now the Most Dangerous Warmonger Network?
A recent study revealed that MSNBC's coverage of 'Russiagate' vastly outweighs its coverage of other issues, such as the US-backed humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the network's refusal to correct the disparity could lead to dangerous conclusions, notes Norman Solomon.
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'Citizen scientists' track radiation seven years after Fukushima
Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan's Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real-time radiation readings... By Sara Hussein.
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The self-blinding Russia prism
The ‘Russia collusion’ narrative in the U.S. has rendered any diplomacy between the two countries impossible. By Varghese K. George.
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Building the Iron Wall
The U.S. is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped and people are killed, wounded and displaced. Yet here at home, none of it seems real. By Chris Hedges.
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On Seeing America’s Wars Whole
Six Questions for A.G. Sulzberger. By Andrew J. Bacevich.
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Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him
Reflecting on revisionist history 50 years later. By Matt Taibbi.
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Ghouta is Arabic for “Reichstag Fire”
The dominant propaganda meme of the day, as already noted by Colonel Lang, is that Bashar al Assad unleashed chemical weapons on “innocent women and children” in rebel held territory… By Publius Tacitus.
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Fuming Rachel Maddow Spends Entire Show Just Pointing Wildly At Picture Of Putin
At press time, MSNBC sources confirmed that Maddow’s ratings had reached an all-time high. [Satire]
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Jeremy Corbyn’s Nazi Death Cult
So it appears the British are our last best hope of stemming the blood-dimmed Putin-Nazi tide that has shaken the foundations of Western democracy since Hillary Clinton lost the election… By C. J. Hopkins.
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BBC Reporter Discourages Syria Questions Due To “Information War” With Russia
By suggesting that winning an “information war” with Russia should take priority over critical thinking and truth telling, McVeigh essentially admitted that she is a propagandist for the western war engine. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction
When I trained as a journalist, we reserved a “Revealed” or an “Exposed” for those special occasions when we were able to bring to the reader information those in power did not want known. By Jonathan Cook.
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Did philosopher Alexander Dugin, aka “Putin’s brain,” shape the 2016 election?
Alexander Dugin wants a left-right alliance against liberalism — and urged Russia to meddle in Western politics. By Conor Lynch.
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Facebook: Announcing New Election Partnership with the Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council will help Facebook identify emerging threats and disinformation campaigns around the world.
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Propaganda 101: How To Defend A Massacre
An introductory course in massaging your crimes and dehumanizing your enemies… By Nathan J. Robinson.
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What Facebook’s New Political Ad System Misses
Facebook announced a new system to make political ads more transparent. It’s got holes. By Jeremy B. Merrill, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner.
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Promoters of Saudi Prince as Feminist Reformer Are Silent on His Crackdown on Women
If influential outlets like the Times opinion section and CBS News are going to help build up bin Salman’s image as a “reformer” and a champion of women’s rights, don’t they have a unique obligation to inform their readers and viewers when the image they built up is so severely undermined? By Adam Johnson.
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Ukrainian Fascist Leader Speaks in US Congress, While Nazis Launch Racist Attacks
Journalist Max Blumenthal asked why a fascist leader was welcomed in the US Senate building. He discusses Andriy Parubiy, the founder of two neo-Nazi organizations and the chair of Ukraine’s parliament, and the violent white supremacist movement against Russia.
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