Category: Media

Remembering the FBI’s Vilification of Martin Luther King

January 20, 2020

In 2017, when the FBI hailed the civil rights leader for PR reasons in a tweet, Ben Norton issued a reminder about the agency’s ugly history.

#CNNIsTrash Trends as Pushback Grows Against Oligarchic Election Meddling

January 15, 2020

Angry Berners have been rightly decrying the despicable manipulations of CNN, says Caitlin Johnstone.

Under US Pressure, Social Media Companies Suspend Venezuelan, Iranian & Syrian Accounts

January 15, 2020

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are censoring content that conflicts with Washington’s pro-war narrative, Ben Norton reports.

Establishment Pundits Go Nuts Over New Russian Hacking Conspiracy

January 14, 2020

Since the story concerns Russia, all journalistic standards have, as usual, gone out the window, writes Caitlin Johnstone.

‘Iran Must Begin Acting Like a Normal Nation,’ Says Totally Normal Nation

January 13, 2020

Caitlin Johnston mulls what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s vision for Iran might really mean.

Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, Who Went Through Kafkaesque Trial, Wins 2020 Sam Adams Award

January 12, 2020

Ray McGovern reviews the case of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, who spent more than two years in jail, and the decision to award him the 2020 Sam Adams award.

Democrats Outraged at Republican Accusations of Foreign Loyalty

January 10, 2020

Caitlin Johnstone lambastes Democrats’ hypocrisy after their relentless accusations of Kremlin loyalty against political opponents.

The War in Afghanistan Is a Fraud (and Now We Have Proof)

January 10, 2020

The Establishment has stopped talking about the Afghanistan Papers, but Lee Camp’s searing humor isn’t letting go.

The Human Cost of War on Iran

January 5, 2020

Left out of the frame of U.S. military strategists is the certainty of mass human suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War, wrote former U.S. intelligence analyst Elizabeth Murray back in Aug. 2012.