S. Africa: British Spooks, Jack Abramoff & the Red-Baiting of the ANC - A Capsule History
McCarthyism rounds on Freedom Charter (Excerpt) JANUARY 23, 2014 Among the authors of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen were
Conservative Propagandists Blame Dinesh D’Souza’s Indictment on Liberal, ‘Nazi Germany’-Like Conspiracy
January 24, 2014 Defenders of embattled conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza are alleging that a far-reaching conspiracy on the part of angry lib
NSA's Personal CBS Propagandist Officially Takes Counterterrorism Job Everyone Knew He Was Getting
from the journalism! dept January 18, 2014 When 60 Minutes did its hack PR job for the NSA a few weeks ago, lots of people called out the fa
Countering the Spin: Hollywood and the Nazis, Revisited
Why has Ben Urwand’s new book been subjected to such damning responses? January 6, 2014 One of us, either Mark Horowitz or I, must be misrepr
NOT JUST THE KOCH BROTHERS: STUDY REVEALS FUNDERS BEHIND THE CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL EFFORT
December 20, 2013 A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinn
From the Archives: A Bestiary of Extreme-Right Financiers with CIA Ties Behind ABC's "The Path to 9/11"
Possum in the Road On June 2, 2006, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, an evangelical whose religion is stitched indelibly on his sleeve, learned the m
"60 Minutes" Acts as The NSA’s Propaganda Bureau
If you tuned in to 60 Minutes last night, you’re forgiven for confusing what traditionally has been television’s most vital newsmagazine progr
Political Hitman Roger Stone Cuts and Runs on L.A. Radio Talk Show
Nov. 26 2013 Schadenfreude is a dish best served hot. So it was with great relish we learned that one of our least favorite people, Nixon protege/a
First JFK Conspiracy Theory Was Paid For By The CIA
" ... The CIA propaganda effort remains exactly that -- a lie and an attempt to spread a conspiracy theory ... " CIA Miami Chief of Covert Operations
Perception Management: US Media Gloss Over CIA Support of Apartheid & Role in Mandela's 1962 Arrest
" ... Ignoring history is one thing; re-writing history is another ... " CIA and Mandela: Can the truth be told now?; Mandela and misremembering hist
Perception Management: Wall Street Journal Columnist Repeatedly gets Facts Wrong about NSA Surveillance
Now that illicit NSA surveillance has been exposed and universally deplored, it's time to raise our hackles over media perception management. A "conse
Climate Negotiators are Like Nazis, Says this Friendly, Industry-Funded Group
Also see: Climate denying group compares U.N. talks to the Holocaust - " ... Even for a group with a long history of doing everything possible
Pentagon's Special Operations Command May Add Propaganda Websites (USA Today)
November 6, 2013 The Pentagon may expand its system of propaganda websites aimed at various audiences around the world despite attempts by Congress
JFK Assassination: CIA and New York Times are still Lying to Us (Salon)
Photo: President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Dallas Airport, Nov. 22, 1963. (Credit: AP) Fifty years later, a complicit media
Fox News Leaked False Story to Reporter, then Derided Him for it
Fox News PR department leaked a false story to reporter, ‘Murdoch’s World’ charges October 24, 2013 Fox News’ public-relations staff anon
U.S. Military Planning to Murder Christians and Tea Partiers, says American Family Association
The American Family Association is once again telling its radio network’s listeners that the Obama administration is preparing the military to
Students Walk Out of Charles Murray Talk
AC Note: This article overlooks the fact that the American Enterprise Institute, the sponsor of Charles Murray's talk at Duke University, is an indu
The Syria Debate: Military-Industrial Conflicts of Interest
Photo: Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor to George W. Bush, Raytheon director and media opinion-shaper "... The media debate surroun
D.C. District Court Document: Secret State Dept. Funding of Anti-Cuban Five Journalists
LIBERATION NEWSPAPER, Plaintiff vs. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 'This action is brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, et se
'60 Minutes'' Shameful Attack on the Disabled (LA Times)
Photo: The wealthy Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., tells "60 Minutes" about all the poor people whom he says are scamming the government. (CBS) Is it possi
Black Hawk Down: The Real Story
A U.S. Marine helicopter (a Huey, not a Black Hawk) over Mogadishu in 1992. Photo credit: Wiki Commons. Last week marked the twentieth anniversary
Cooking the Books: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the China Lobby and Cold War Propaganda, 1950-1962
The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 37, No. 1, September 14, 2013 As influential contributors to national policy, intelligence professionals ine
The Selling of The Pentagon 2013
By Joe Trento, Becky Gaskill and Carrie Waltemeyer “This will sound as if I am speaking large, but Mussolini said that the definition of fascism wa
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'Pathetic' American Media
Photo: Seymour Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. Photograph: Wally McNamee/Corbis Pulitz