Ralph Nader says that when you shut out the civic community, you shut down democracy. He places responsibility for that happening, first and foremost, on the mass media.
The Chris Hedges Report: Media-Led Autocracy
Category: Censorship
Judge Orders Defendants in CN v NewsGuard & USG to Respond to Trump Executive Order on Censorship
A U.S. federal judge has set a deadline of Thursday for the U.S. Government and NewsGuard to respond to an executive order banning government involvement in censorship.
Europe’s Face-Saving Theater on Ukraine
Britain’s prime minister called an “emergency” summit in London following the Oval Office Fiasco to try to convince the world it will not be Europe’s fault, but America’s (Read: Donald Trump’s) when Ukraine collapses, writes Joe Lauria.
USAID’s Giant Network of ‘Independent’ Media
Alan MacLeod on the global influence of the U.S. agency that has been hit by a funding pause.
US Schools Hammering Palestine Cause
These political attacks have a chilling effect upon the entirety of public thought and discourse, writes Andrea Brower.
Outcry at 2-Day Detention & Deportation of Journalist in Zurich
On Monday, The Electronic Intifada announced that its Palestinian-American co-founder, Ali Abunimah, who had gone to Switzerland for a speaking event, was being deported after spending two nights in jail.
How the Israel Lobby Tries to Silence Criticism of Israel
There’s a long history of the Zionist lobby pressuring, bullying and cajoling critics of Israel and they’re now upping their tactics, writes Kellie Tranter.
Caitlin Johnstone: Another Journalist Arrested in Western Nation For Wrongthink About Israel
The best way to keep us all mindlessly marching along to the beat of this capitalist dystopia is to deceive us into thinking that we are free.
WATCH: For Once Trump Gets It Right on Censorship
Robert Scheer discusses Trump’s executive order banning government censorship and a range of free-press matters with Consortium News’ editor in chief Joe Lauria.
The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Academic Gulag
“Putting dangerous technology in dangerous hands” — MIT PhD students Prahlad Iyengar and Richard Solomon discuss their school’s collaboration with Israel’s extermination campaign and how dissidents are being suppressed.