Tag Archives: New York Times
Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a “Terrifying” Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
democracynow Published on May 15, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us to discuss what could mark the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades. The Justice Department has acknowledged seizing the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. The […]
Edward S. Herman> Great Paper. Great Propaganda Organ.
Great Paper. Great Propaganda Organ. By Edward S. Herman Z Magazine October 2012 On October 11, 2011, Paul Krugman asserted on his blog that he had the privilege of writing two columns a week for “the world’s greatest newspaper,” the New York Times (NYT). The NYT is surely an outstanding paper, with exceptionally wide scope, many good journalists on board […]
Colonels in Mirrored Sunglasses> An excerpt from Greg Palast’s Billionaires & Ballot Bandits
Colonels in Mirrored Sunglasses An excerpt from Greg Palast’s Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Thursday, September 6, 2012 gregpalast.com Here are the facts, ma’am: In the 2008 election, no less than: 767,023 provisional ballots were cast and not counted; 1,451,116 ballots were “spoiled,” not counted; 488,136 absentee ballots were mailed in, but not counted. Add it up: in the […]
Alexander Reed Kelly> Privacy by Design
Privacy by Design By Alexander Reed Kelly July 24, 2012 truthdig.com Furryscaly (CC BY-SA 2.0) NEW YORK—Nicholas Merrill wants to change the world. So he tells me over rice and beans at Lupe’s East LA Kitchen in Soho, roughly a dozen blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. He is perfectly serious. At 39 […]
Peter Hart> The Toll of Drone Wars…on U.S Pilots
The Toll of Drone Wars…on U.S Pilots Posted on 07/30/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR.org There are plenty of worthwhile things media could try to tell us about U.S. drone wars. But does the world need another uncritical piece about the difficult life of a drone pilot? Apparently someone at the New York Times thought so, and so readers get […]
As’ad AbuKhalil> Syria: Shameful Performance of Western Media
Syria: Shameful Performance of Western Media By As’ad AbuKhalil – Mon, 2012-07-30 19:11- Angry Corner Al Akhbar English The performance of the Western media (American, British, French and others) regarding the Syrian conflict has been quite shameful. One does not expect much from American media. Ill-informed foreign editors and correspondents and political cowardice turn American media […]
Thierry Meyssan> Who is fighting in Syria?
Who is fighting in Syria? by Thierry Meyssan Though the Western press portrays the Free Syrian Army as an armed revolutionary group, for more than a year Thierry Meyssan has affirmed that it is on the contrary a counter-revolutionary body. According to him, it would have progressively passed from the hands of reactionary monarchies in the […]
Nygaard Notes> Abandoning Afghanistan
Abandoning Afghanistan Nygaard Notes. Number 508. May 21, 2012 “Quote” of the Week: “The World Expects Our Soldiers to Do What’s Right.” Reporting on… What? Abandoning Afghanistan ”Quote” of the Week: “The World Expects Our Soldiers to Do What’s Right” An April 19th New York Times story reported on the recently-published photos showing U.S. soldiers […]
Peter Hart> Misremembering Gaza, Again
Misremembering Gaza, Again Posted on 05/04/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR The New York Times shouldn’t be trusted to report on future wars if it can’t get the facts about previous wars right. فداك روحي يا فلسطين (photo added by WAMMToday) Once again, the Times misleads readers about the lead up to Israel’s invasion of […]
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