During this week’s commemoration of the attacks on Japan, Nozomi Hayase spotlights the courage of two journalists — Wilfred Burchett and Julian Assange — who sacrificed their own freedom to expose war crimes.
Category: Media
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Hiroshima Cover-up — How Timesman Won a Pulitzer While on War Dept. Payroll
The NYT reversed itself to the official narrative of categorically dismissing reports of deadly effects of radiation in articles by a Times correspondent who was being paid by the government, report Amy and David Goodman.
VIPS MEMO: To Nancy Pelosi — Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails?
The lack of detail demanded by Pelosi may simply mean the absence of credible evidence of Russian interference as well as the absence of Clapperesque officials to conjure it up.
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Galveston’s BioLab Amid Global Warming’ — Oct. 2, 2017
As the U.S. hurricane season begins in the midst of a pandemic, we republish this article about a Bio-Safety Level 4 lab built on sand and seashells in a major storm zone while containing the world’s most dangerous microbes.
The Narrative Is Crumbling
Caitlin Johnstone asks how far humanity’s relationship with propaganda can be stretched before it snaps and forces a completely new way of being.
State Dept-Funded Transparency International Silent on Jailed Transparency Activist Julian Assange
Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Cold Wars & Profit
Craig Murray lambasts a Russophobic media that celebrates a supposed cyber attack on UK vaccine research, ignores collapse of key evidence of a “hack” and dabbles in dubious memorabilia.
Why Our Analyses on Powell and Iraq Matter Today
CN on Saturday published three articles analyzing different aspects of a NYT story on Colin Powell & Iraq. It matters because we live in the world the invasion has left behind.
Did Neocon ‘Cancel Queen’ Stage NYT Exit to Fuel Her Next Move?
A closer look at Bari Weiss’ resignation suggests she omitted critical details about her toxic presence at the paper, and may have staged her resignation to publicize her next move, write Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.
Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land
Dwanna L. McKay outlines the historic injustice that was corrected by the Supreme Court.