I speak often, here and here for instance, of media distortion as (a) operating more by lies of omission – safer, and over the long haul more effective than lies of commission in powering overarching narratives like West good, Russia … Read More »
None of these realities [more suspects than an Agatha Christie whodunnit] are discussed in the media coverage, driven largely by the propaganda needs of the US government, of Prigozhin’s death. Facing growing popular opposition to a disastrous war, US media … Read More »
Today Caitlin Johnstone helpfully compiled a list of this devastating brain disorder’s more glaring symptoms. You get triggered whenever anyone highlights the well-documented western provocations that paved the way to the war in Ukraine. You think Putin invaded Ukraine solely … Read More »
Left, a Bing in Internet Explorer return on my search for RT (formerly Russia Today). Right, a DuckDuckGo in Tor return on the same. Why not make up your own mind whose voices you hear? Download the Tor Browser today! … Read More »
Here’s Caitlin Johnstone, writing today. Other than two brief interjections by me, on a point I’ve argued more than once, the words following this introduction are all hers. Another point, one I’ve been making since well before the West’s war … Read More »
This morning I read two short pieces before I’d even had coffee. The first, in the Daily Express – Londoner speaks out after stunning Just Stop Oil zealot into silence with ingenious offer – opened with this: A London commuter … Read More »
This may surprise some but on many matters I find corporate media reliable. I trust The BBC’s weather forecasts, the Guardian’s round ups of Saturday’s soccer results. And if the Mail says Netflix is doing reruns of The Thick Of … Read More »
A good friend emailed apropos my most recent post, two reads on media propaganda. The reads in question were by Caitlin Johnstone and Media Lens, and my friend wrote that: [Caitlin’s] explanation of how we become indoctrinated makes me feel … Read More »
Rubber tramping again – here’s the van on the east bank of Loch Eck, Cowal Peninsula, yesterday evening – so will keep this brief. In 2016, with the West’s media propaganda blitz on Assad at its height, one of several … Read More »
… a weakening of its biggest trade competitor, Europe, has been the most tangible benefit for Washington of the war it provoked in Ukraine. Most glaringly evident in the sabotage of Nordstream and its consequences for European businesses, Germany’s in particular, it … Read More »