With his first article on what would become known as Russiagate—written on Aug. 9, 2016, three months before the election—Bob Parry positioned CN as the leading skeptic of the alleged scandal.
This is the third story in the Best of Consortium News series as we look back at our first 25 years throughout our jubilee year.
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With more than one million cases and 60,000 dead, the U.S. is the world’s Covid-19 epicenter with an economic, political & health care system unsuited for the unfolding disaster.
Consortium News this year is celebrating its 25th Anniversary as the first independent news site on the internet.
The bureau’s file on Robert Parry, the founding editor of Consortium News, was released last month, Joe Lauria reports.
Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.
UPDATED: Imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been awarded Consortium News’ 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award for courage in the face of an unprecedented attack on press freedom.
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Consortium News has sent libel notices to a Canadian spy agency and major broadcaster after their reports said CN is part of a Russian-directed propaganda campaign targeting Canadian leaders.