After resigning from The Intercept when it suppressed one of his stories, Greenwald is calling for a new news outlet whose aim is the same as what the creator of this website established in November 1995.
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Founding editor Bob Parry left a legacy of strict, non-partisan journalism, really the only kind of journalism that there is, which this site has endeavored to continue, writes Joe Lauria.
On New Year’s Eve 2017, less than a month before he would die, CN founder Bob Parry wrote his last article, a manifesto on the remit of journalism and its threatened demise, a chilling forecast of what was to come.
As we celebrate Consortium News‘ 25th Anniversary on Sunday, we republish this history of the site written by the founding editor, Bob Parry, on Dec. 21, 2014.
Consortium News celebrated its 25th birthday on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 with guests Oliver Stone, Diane Duston, John Pilger, Nat Parry, Ray McGovern, Spencer Oliver, Gareth Porter and Peter Kuznick.
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