How Big Oil Gets Respected Scientists To Lie
March 21, 2015 By the 1950s, Big Tobacco knew smoking caused cancer. By the 1960s, the companies knew nicotine was addictive and
Philly Buses Ordered to Accept Ads Featuring Hitler
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's transit system has been ordered to accept provocative ads that include a 1941 photograph of Adolf Hitler with a
The Dangerous Stupidity Behind ‘American Sniper’ Jingoism
American Sniper seeks to lionize a monstrous war crime, the lethal effects of which are still being felt today by ordinary Iraqis whose lives have
Jesse Ventura on Chris Kyle’s Hero Label: ‘Nazis have Heroes,’ too
“... A hero is not how many people you’ve killed. ..." Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura ratcheted up his rhetoric against Chris Kyle, the subj
UK: Rupert Murdoch's Sky News TV Portrays Ukraine’s “Far Right” Neo-Nazis as “Heroes”
January 30, 2015 On January 22nd, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News (Murdoch founded it, his son James headed it for a while, and their 21st Century
Now They Know How Many Holes it Takes to Fill the Academy's Hall: Fact-Checking 'American Sniper'
Also see: BBC News, "American Sniper: Was Chris Kyle really a hero?" -- "Amy Nicholson of Slate takes particular aim at Kyle's book, which she says
Conservatives: Nazi-Bred Cows of the Internet
This afternoon I happened to wade into a comment section at "The Federalist," a pit of foaming conservative bovines who spend the day inventing grie
Woman Falsely ID'd as UVA's Jackie by Conservative Blogger Is Suing
Over the past few weeks, venomous conservative blogger and rumored floor-shitter Charles. C. Johnson has dedicated himself almost single-mindedly to
How Ultra-Conservative Vermin at "American Thinker" Propaganda Blog Started the Rumor that Bill Ayers Ghostwrote Obama's Autobiography
Rational Wiki informs us that "American Thinker (affectionately nicknamed "American Stinker" by its fans) is an online wingnut publication that's
Fast And Fallacious: Fox News Neo-Con Katie Pavlich's Book On ATF Operation Filled With Falsehoods & Wingnut Conspiracy Theories
EDITOR'S NOTE: Fox News celebrity and Townhall.com news editor Katie Pavlich hails from Young Americans for Freedom, a far-right propaganda fron
Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda
December 31, 2014 Special Report: The rapid expansion of America’s right-wing media began in the 1980s as the Reagan administration coordinate
The Real Benghazi Scandal: GOP Politicization of the Tragedy (Boston Globe)
Related: "Benghazi Email Supporting GOP Conspiracy Theory Is Fake" DECEMBER 1, 2014 ON NOV. 21, the House Intelligence Committee perpetrated
Verbatim: North Korea's Response to the Sony Hack Psyop
In mid-December, ubiquitous media reports claimed that the FBI had "confirmed," without a hint of equivocation, that North Korea was responsible for
News and Entertainment Media: Government’s Big Helpers in the Selling of Counterterrorism
AbstractThis article explores how mass media depict overt responses to terrorism, such as military actions, and covert acts, such as the torturing of
FOX Affiliate Faked "Kill a Cop" Protest Chant
Last night, Baltimore's WBFF aired a video of protesters chanting "kill a cop"– evidence, it claimed, of murderously violent rhetoric on the part
The Wall of Silence Surrounding Alllegations of Sexual Assault Against JFK Murder-Plot "Skeptic" Michael Shermer
Shermer holds up serial plagiarist/forensic fantasist Gerald Posner as the last word on the John F, Kennedy assassination -- need I say more about his
How the Southern Press Foiled FBI’s Attempt to Smear MLK
Nov. 25, 2014 Is it possible that we have to thank the white Southern press of the 1960s – even the segregationist press – for its restraint in r
USA Today: Still Not Too Late to Attack Gary Webb
The chatter around Kill the Messenger, the film based on the life of investigative reporter Gary Webb, has mostly faded. But this week USA Today ra
How the CIA Infiltrated German Media (RT)
Interview with German Editor Turned CIA Whistleblower Leading US-funded think-tanks and German secret service are accessories. Attempted suppressio
Edward S. Herman: Mainstream News Coverage of Ukraine Shows Western Propaganda Machine at Work
Media analyst and professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School, Edward S. Herman, co-author with Noam Chomsky of the 1988 book Manufacturing
Leading German Journalist: CIA Media Pushing for World War
Udo Ulfkotte says all major media networks controlled by CIA Udo Ulfkotte, a former editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest news
AP Washington Bureau Chief Slams Obama on Press Freedom
"... The Committee to Protect Journalists unveiled a detailed, sober assessment of press freedom in the United States during President Obama’s ten
Michael Hayden is Pretending CIA Torture Report is Just a 'Democrat Political Ploy'
from the good-luck-with-that dept We've been covering the pending release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's CIA torture report, which is curr
NPR Presents CIA-Backed Group as "Independent" Critics on "Harm" Done by Snowden
Jim Naureckas, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Aug 14, 2014 Glenn Greenwald was on Democracy Now! Wednesday morning (8/13/14) talking