Journalism is not like war: In war the victors get to write the history; in today’s journalism, the losers write it.
RAY McGOVERN: Decay, Decrepitude, Deceit in Journalism
Tag: New York Times
Nearly Three Decades of Independence
Consortium News was launched on Nov. 15, 1995 when the internet was in its infancy, blazing a trail for the explosion of independent media to follow.
Patrick Lawrence: Of Journalists, Students & Power
Student protesters with their clarity of words and actions are riveted to reality, while the media class flinches from it.
Profs Urge NYT to Probe False Oct. 7 Rape Story
More than 50 journalism professors call for an independent review into the debunked NYT story “Screams Without Words.”
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Covering Assange in Court
The press needs its own street, the way traders still have Wall Street. A tribe needs a common territory, writes Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Illusory Truth & ‘Unprovoked’ Invasion
The mainstream media repeated assertion that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked” defies facts and journalistic standards, yet has managed to permeate the collective consciousness of the West.
JOE LAURIA: Memories of Dan Ellsberg
UPDATED: Recollections of significant interactions with one of America’s most courageous men.
MSM Admits Russiagate Farce Proven by CN in 2018
The MSM has finally admitted it was wrong about Russian influence in the 2016 U.S. election, as Gareth Porter made clear for CN way back in 2018.
The January 2017 ‘Assessment’ on Russiagate
On the anniversary of the “assessment” blaming Russia for interfering in the 2016 election there is still no evidence other than showing the media “colluded” with the spooks, Ray McGovern wrote on Jan. 7, 2019.
HIROSHIMA AT 77: John Pilger — Another Hiroshima is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were acts of premeditated mass murder unleashing a weapon of intrinsic criminality. It was justified by lies that form the bedrock of 21st century U.S. war propaganda, casting a new enemy, and target – China.