Alan MacLeod on the capture of media systems by the planet’s mega-rich and the existential threat that poses to an open society and the free flow of information.
The Richest Men in the World Are Media Moguls
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PATRICK LAWRENCE: The White House as Mad House
It is time, plain and simple, to give up the thought that anything good is to come out of Trump’s next three and a half years.
Caitlin Johnstone: Zionists Are Losing the Narrative
If any anti-Zionist with a public profile said Jews control Silicon Valley and use it to influence public opinion to benefit Israel, they’d be denounced by the entire western political-media class as a rabid antisemite. But a Jewish politician saying…
The Warfare State & Trump’s Rise to Power
While the military industrial complex seems all too natural to most politicians and journalists, Norman Solomon says its consequences have transformed U.S. politics.
WATCH: For Once Trump Gets It Right on Censorship
Robert Scheer discusses Trump’s executive order banning government censorship and a range of free-press matters with Consortium News’ editor in chief Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Trump Is the Empire Unmasked
The U.S. presidential returnee either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the importance of keeping a polite face on the imperial machine.
Trump Issues Order to End Censorship
On Monday President Donald Trump signed an executive order that ensures no federal government official facilitates conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen, reports Joe Lauria.
The Recklessness of AI
Artificial Intelligence seems destined to change the world. But until now its errors are being allowed to kill innocent people, writes one of two Joe Laurias.
What Netanyahu Really Thinks
What the Israeli prime minister really thinks about Arabs and how he treated Barack Obama is revealed in his recent book, reviewed here by As’ad AbuKhalil.
Facebook Warns About Consortium News Story
Facebook has put out contradictory warnings about a Consortium News article on the Bucha massacre: it both says the piece does and does not violate its standards. Joe Lauria reports.