Journalist Jonathan Cook’s searing talk at the International Festival of Whistleblowing, Dissent and Accountability on Saturday on the counterattack from legacy media.
Corporate Media’s War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism
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There Were No Calls for Censorship Against Democrats for Their False Claims About the 2016 Election
Democrats have pressured social media to take down posts that question the 2020 election, but no such pressure was exerted on Democrats who questioned the 2016 election, writes Joe Lauria.
Hedges Talks to Greenwald on Censorship & the Incoming Biden Administration
The two Pulitzer-prize winning journalists discuss what to expect from Joe Biden and the role of the Democratic Party in pressuring social media companies to censor its content, on the program On Contact.
Biden Quietly Adds Goldman Sachs, Big Tech Officials to Transition
Alumni of Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs, tech giants Google and Facebook and notorious consulting firm McKinsey, are on the agency review teams.
UPRISING: Narrative Control Operations Escalate as America Burns
FBI Launches Open Attack on ‘Foreign’ Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed or restricted ads for an alternative site that publishes U.S. and European writers critical of U.S. foreign policy, Gareth Porter reports.
For Tech Giants, a Cautionary Tale From 19th Century Railroads on the Limits of Competition
The tech monopoly giants have a lot to learn from the railroad monopolies of the 19th Century during the First Gilded Age, writes Richard White.
Narrative Control Firm Targeting Alternative Media
NewsGuard is led by some of the most virulently pro-imperialist individuals in America and its agenda to shore up narrative control for the ruling power establishment is clear, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
33 Trillion More Reasons Why The New York Times Gets it Wrong on Russia-gate
Further research shows The New York Times was even further off the mark in blaming Russian social media for Trump’s win, as Gareth Porter reports.
AUDIO: Shady Claims by NYT on Russia-gate: Peter B. Collins interviews Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter discusses with radio host Peter B. Collins his Consortium News article exposing exaggerated claims of Russian skulduggery on Facebook in 2016.