The mainstream U.S. media disparaged Russia’s parliamentary elections which showed scant support for the West’s favored “liberals” who side with the U.S. pressure on Moscow, but their defeat should come as no surprise, says Gilbert Doctorow.
Category: Politics
Dangerous Denial of Global Warming
Obama Promises to Shield Saudis on 9/11
George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State Terrorism
Washington’s Hawks Push New Cold War
Obama’s Legacy But Clinton’s Judgment
Are US Presidential Debates Worthless — or Less?
America’s Worldwide Impunity
Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media is treating the U.S.-led airstrike that killed scores of Syrian troops as an unfortunate boo-boo, ignoring that the U.S. and its allies have no legal right to operate in Syria at all, writes Robert Parry.
How US Hardliners Help Iran’s Hardliners
U.S. neocons keep pounding the propaganda drum about Iran in line with Israel’s regional desires but not helpful to American interests or even to the cause of moderating Iran’s behavior, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Simple Ignorance vs. Politically Slanted Ignorance
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson flubbed a question about the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo but a more pervasive form of ignorance comes in the form of politically slanted “knowledge,” writes Lawrence Davidson.