Tag Archives: New York Times
Elites ‘Have No Credibility Left:’ Interview With Journalist Chris Hedges
These party elites, consumed by greed, myopia and a deep cynicism, have a death grip on the political process. They’re not going to let it go, even if it all implodes.
Robert Parry | Russia-gate’s Totalitarian Style
…the point is that we don’t know the truth and neither does The New York Times
When You Reject Class-Based Politics, ‘Thoughtful’ Appeals to Racism Are All You’ve Got Left
“Put away those rainbow flags, guys—you’re just riling up the neo-Nazis.”
Chelsea Manning Is Free–but Whistleblowers Still Face Prison
As FAIR analyst Adam Johnson (1/18/17) noted, it’s a strange day when the US president is to the left of the country’s editorial pages.
NYT Mocks Skepticism on Syria-Sarin Claims
In all these cases, the Times and other Western news outlets behaved as if there was only one acceptable side to the story, the one that the U.S. government was pushing…
Five Top Papers Run 18 Opinion Pieces Praising Syria Strikes–Zero Are Critical
No need to debate the morality or utility of the strikes, because the scene played out per usual
Robert Parry | NYT’s Fake News about Fake News
Western news outlets and governments even take pride in blocking such dissenting views and contrary information from reaching the American and European publics.
Janine Jackson | Signs Look Grim for Media Picking the Side of Liberty and Dissent
…it’s only when it comes to some of the most powerful people on the planet that the rules change.
Urging Millions to Rise Up, Trump Foes Issue Call to ‘Resist Fascism’
Millions must rise up in a resistance [to] stop the Trump/Pence regime before it starts!
Diana Johnstone | Destroying Syria: a Joint Criminal Enterprise
So it’s all about mass murder of defenseless children, and to stop it, we should call on the drone king, Obama, to end “terror from the skies”.
Robert Parry: A Day When Journalism Died
Parry: Webb’s offense was to have revived the shocking story of the Reagan administration’s tolerance of cocaine smuggling by the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contra rebels in the 1980s. Though the scandal was real – and had been partly exposed in real time – the major newspapers had locked arms in defense of President Ronald Reagan and the CIA. The sordid scandal apparently was deemed “not good for the country,” so it was buried.
Robert Parry: Reviving the ‘Liberal Media’ Myth
Parry: The modern myth of the “liberal press” originated in the 1950s when many reporters in the national news media displayed sympathy for the idea that African-Americans deserved equal rights with white people.
Robert Parry: Should US Ally with Al Qaeda in Syria?
Parry: …the hysterical anti-Russian bias of The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream media means that whatever Putin does must be cast in the most negative light.
Glenn Greenwald |”On Patriot Act Renewal” and “Anonymous Fearmongering”
“This is Glenn Greenwald with the Intercept, and my guest today is Jameel Jaffer, the Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU, and we are here to discuss the still intensifying drama in the Senate and the House over the debate concerning reauthorization of the Patriot Act, key provisions of which are scheduled to expire on June 1st.”
Political Smears in U.S. Never Change: the NYT’s 1967 Attack on MLK’s Anti-War Speech
Greenwald: The attack of the NYT editors on King for that speech is strikingly familiar, because it’s completely identical to how anti-war advocates in the U.S. are maligned today. It begins by lecturing King that his condemnation of U.S. militarism is far too simplistic: “the moral issues in Vietnam are less clear cut than he suggests.” It accuses him of “slandering” the U.S. by comparing it to evil regimes. And it warns him that anti-war activism could destroy the civil rights movement, because he is guilty of overstating American culpability and downplaying those of its enemies
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