Tag Archives: AP

Did the Press Take Down Bernie Sanders?

June 13, 2016 · by · in corporate media empire, Election, manufacturing consent, Media · 2 Comments

The media have a script for elections, and in that script the presumed losers are always marginalized and even dismissed.

Aaron Swartz’s Last Gift: Site Launches Whistleblower Safe House & How It Works

May 30, 2013 · by · in Constitutional Rights, corporate empire, corporate media, Independent Media

In era of “most aggressive government assaults on press freedom,” new open source dropbox provides “secure route” for leaks Lauren McCauley, staff writer  May 19, 2013  CommonDreams.org Kevin Poulsen and Aaron Swartz working out the kinks of their open sourced safe house. (Photo via The New Yorker) One month before his January 11th suicide, web pioneer […]

Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a “Terrifying” Step in State Assault on Press Freedom

May 15, 2013 · by · in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, corporate globalization, Media Criticism, Media Reform, National Security Complex

 democracynow Published on May 15, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org – The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us to discuss what could mark the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades. The Justice Department has acknowledged seizing the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. The […]