So much of mainstream journalism has descended to the level of a cult-like formula of bias, hearsay and omission. Subjectivism is all; slogans and outrage are proof enough. What matters is “perception,” says John Pilger.

The Russian public was quiet about Manafort and Cohen, but in the halls of power, debate about Trump’s usefulness rages. By Alexander Gabuev.

The mainstream media should be taken to task, but not for the same reasons the president uses in his attacks on the press. By Paul Street.

I’m sure it doesn’t. But why did it take their bylines off its home page? By Jack Shafer.

Oh, and buy their books! By Eoin Higgins.

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and investigative reporter John Pilger takes the gloves off on the continuing attempts to upend WikiLeaks and arrest its founding publisher, Julian Assange, in this interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico.

Once you’re assisting with the construction of the US military’s drone program, receiving grants from the CIA and NSA for mass surveillance, or having your site’s content regulated by NATO’s propaganda arm, you don’t get to pretend you’re a private, independent corporation that is separate from government power. By Caitlin Johnstone.

The Jimmy Dore Show

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Aaron Maté, a host and producer for The Real News. He has regularly covered "Russiagate" and all the media coverage around President Donald Trump and Russia for well over a year.

WaPo Fails to Ask How Well Truth Was Doing to Begin With. By Dean Baker.

G.J. Meyer, author of The World Remade, joins Signature to discuss a time in American history, during WWI, when censorship was the rule of the land.

America's least favorite whistleblower nonetheless did us a great service---and the U.S. case against him could be chilling. By Peter Van Buren.

How a young journalist untangled the riddle of My Lai. By Seymour M. Hersh.

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.

They fed the troll. He’s winning. By Felix Salmon.

Who Killed Hunter S Thompson? is a big and beautiful compendium of friends’ reminiscences of the infamous writer. By Scott Bradfield.

After refusing to directly answer questions about her history as an alleged torturer, Ray McGovern decided to ask Gina Haspel a question or two of his own and he wound up in jail for it, reports Joe Lauria.

Digital First Media's financials — revealed here — show how the company has ridden its deep cuts to nearly $160 million in profits and the highest margins in the business. By Ken Doctor.

New evidence continues to accumulate showing how Official Washington got key elements of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals wrong, especially how these two crimes of state originated in treacherous actions to secure the powers of the presidency, writes Robert Parry. (Mar. 9, 2013)

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.