#msm
#wikileaks
Afshin Rattansi:
you're a supporter of WikiLeaks why do you continue to support WikiLeaks when the Intelligence Committee of the House of Commons says it's so dangerous or members of it do
Tony Benn:#tonybenn #wikileaks #msm #media #afshinrattansi ">
the thing about WikiLeaks they bring out the information which is in the public interest but it's not in the interest of the government
for example governments all governments do all sorts of funny things than the intelligence and if everybody knew what they were doing there would be a much greater control over them because they wouldn't be able to get away with what they want - so I've always supported the idea of Freedom of Information and open information and WikiLeaks have a part to play in that and they still frighten big governments because governments don't want everyone to know what they're doing
Interview
https://www.bitchute.com/video/4Lk1KOBPR4gN/
#MSM owned by
#Israel hopes to get away with #genocide by #controlling #Western #press, just like Goebbels 1930s Nazi
https://www.bitchute.com/video/KxEjNmuIZOYq/
#ceylon #news as the slaughter continues and #msm keep on #lying to us
…what is causing excess deaths?
Gaza – A Brutal Demonstration Of ‘Western Values’
Media Lens
‘I find Westerners in general, and Europeans in particular, extremely indoctrinated and obsessed with perceptions of their own uniqueness. Many see themselves as chosen people, after going through a one-sided education and after relying on their media outlets, without studying alternative sources.’
André Vltchek, Soviet-born US political writer, 1963-2020.
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Displaced children having their faces painted ahead of New Year celebrations at an UNRWA school in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, 28 December, 2023. (Omar Ashtawy APA images)
On 20 March 2006, on the third anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq, BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall declared on the Six O’Clock News:
‘There’s still bitter disagreement over invading Iraq. Was it justified or a disastrous miscalculation?’
The supposed ‘justification’ claimed by Prime Minister Tony Blair was the ‘serious and current threat’ posed by Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction. The BBC’s false notion of ‘balance’ was to present ‘disastrous miscalculation’ as the counterargument. In fact, as we detailed at the time in media alerts and in our books, the invasion was considered by many legal experts to be a ‘war of aggression’, the ‘supreme international crime’ as judged by the standards of the post-WW2 Nuremberg trials. (...)
But such narrative control is an endemic feature of state-corporate media, wrongly labelled ‘mainstream’. It is a fundamental requirement of political journalists and editors that they magically transform the crimes of ‘our’ governments into ‘miscalculations’, ‘mistakes’ or ‘misguided’ attempts to do good. (...)
Noam Chomsky succinctly explained the ideological underpinning of ‘mainstream’ news coverage:
‘In discussion of international relations, the fundamental principle is that “we are good” – “we” being the government, on the totalitarian principle that state and people are one. “We” are benevolent, seeking peace and justice, though there may be errors in practice. “We” are foiled by villains who can’t rise to our exalted level.’
(Chomsky, ‘Interventions’, Penguin Books, London, 2007, p.101). (...)
[J]ournalists can be relied upon to perform the necessary whitewashing: the Gulf War in 1990-91, Nato’s bombing of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Iraq sanctions from 1990-2003, the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, the destruction of Libya in 2011, the US-sponsored toppling of the Ukrainian government in 2014, US-Nato air strikes against Syria, participation in the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen, and now the attacks on ‘Iran-backed’ Houthi rebels. (Of course, convention decrees that the Houthi are always described as ‘Iran-backed’, whereas Israeli forces are not routinely labelled ‘US-backed’.) (...)
In several powerful books, based on careful research of formerly secret UK government documents, historian Mark Curtis, co-founder of Declassified UK, has laid bare the motivations and reality of British foreign policy. Ethical concerns and morality are notable in these internal state records by their absence. (...)
[T]he major source of international terrorism is the West, notably the United States, supported by its ‘special relationship’ ally, the UK. Curtis wrote:
(...) Yet state-sponsored terrorism is by far the most serious category of terrorism in the world today, responsible for far more deaths in many more countries than the “private” terrorism of groups like Al Qaida.
(Curtis, ‘Web of Deceit: Britain’s Real Role in the World’, Vintage, London, 2003, p. 94.)
The Financial Times reported last October:
‘Western support for Israel’s assault on Gaza has poisoned efforts to build consensus with significant developing countries on condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine, officials and diplomats have warned.’ (...)
The senior G7 diplomat added:
‘What we said about Ukraine has to apply to Gaza. Otherwise we lose all our credibility. The Brazilians, the South Africans, the Indonesians: why should they ever believe what we say about human rights?’
Why indeed. (...)
Last week, South Africa presented a detailed 84-page submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – essentially the UN’s global law court – arguing that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. (...)
The South African legal team showed ample evidence of Israeli genocidal acts in Gaza, as well as the stated intention to commit genocide, indicated in public statements by numerous senior Israeli political and military leaders. (...)
Around 24,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October last year, including over 10,300 children and 7,100 women. There may be another 7,000 buried under the rubble. (...)
According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, by the end of 2023, 1.9 million people – nearly 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza – had been internally displaced under Israel’s attacks. (...)
Jonathan Cook noted that the West is now standing in the dock alongside Israel at the ICJ:
‘Israel expects support from western capitals because they have nearly as much to fear from a verdict against Israel as Israel itself. They have staunchly backed the killing spree, with the US and UK, in particular, sending weapons that are being used against the people of Gaza, making both potentially complicit.’ (...)
Israel’s most brutal assault in Gaza’s history is a continuation of its long war of oppression against the Palestinians. (...)
[The political writer Caitlin Johnstone] explained:
‘The demolition of Gaza is indeed being perpetrated in defense of western values, and is itself a perfect embodiment of western values. Not the western values they teach you about in school, but the hidden ones they don’t want you to look at.’ (...)
‘What we are seeing in Gaza is a much better representation of what western civilization is really about than all the gibberish about freedom and democracy we learned about in school.’
True to form, Washington is doing its utmost to protect Israel. During a press briefing, US national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters:
‘South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel is “meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever”.’
Interviewed by Andrew Napolitano, a former judge and law professor, Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University responded to Kirby’s dismissive remark:
‘I just wish there were grown-ups in power. Grown-ups who are responsible, who are honest, who are decent, who would read an 84-page detailed complaint and give a serious answer, rather than a one-sentence smack-off like that.’
He added:
‘I wish, at the same time, that the White House press corps would follow up more seriously. (...)
‘Why don’t the journalists do their job, rather than feeding us the propaganda from the White House? They should be questioning the propaganda. (...)
Media academics have analysed Israel-Palestine coverage and found that Palestinian perspectives are given ‘far less time and legitimacy’ than Israeli views in the British media. (...)
‘The Palestinian perspective is effectively absent from the coverage, in how they understand the reasons for the conflict and the nature of the occupation under which they are living.’ (...)
We should all reject the output of ‘the powerful opinion-forming corporations’ and look elsewhere, to those internet oases of real journalism, in order to understand the world and to radically change it for the better.
Tags: #human_rights #russia #ukraine #iraq #invasion #sovereignty #gaza #palestine #palestinians #israel #occupied_teritories #genocide #war_of_agression #media #journalism #journalist #media_bias #news #press #corporate_media #mainstream_media #msm #bbc #the_guardian
Totally on-point comment by @Anil Dash over on Bluesky #uspoli #MSM #NYT (thanks again #friendica Bluesky bridge to the #fediverse :) )
Liz Crokin's take:
SECRET TUNNELS REPORTEDLY FOUND UNDER CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK!
I’m tracking the story of the secret tunnels found under the Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Crown Heights.
A Union Street homeowner told http://CrownHeights.info several weeks ago that they had been hearing suspicious noises at night in their home for a period of time. As the noise continued, the concerned homeowner notified someone of the sounds and their suspicion.
http://CrownHights.info reported that around this same time construction workers found what appeared to be a tunnel underground.
Last night vandalism and chaos occurred allegedly because cement trucks were brought in to fill in the tunnels. The bochurim allegedly began disconnecting, hosing and vandalizing the cement trucks.
The NYPD was called in and the vandalism continued inside. The bochurim flipped tables and ripped off the walls of downstairs 770 exposing the hidden tunnel. There were reportedly also attempts to pepper spray police officers.
One of the more disturbing videos from the incident shows a stained mattress was pulled from the underground tunnel. Also, there’s a photo of what appears to be a baby highchair allegedly found in the tunnel. There were reportedly at least 10 people arrested.
Curiously, there’s photos of #mainstream #media at the scene at around 7 p.m. EST; however, the #MSM has been suspiciously #silent. This raises #red #flags — are they all waiting for their 4 a.m. talking points before they cover this?
The X page for The Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters released a statement over an hour ago; however, they made no mention of the tunnels. The statement read:
“The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway Monday night. These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored. Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity.”
There’s no clear indication on what these tunnels were used for. I’ve reported extensively on how there’s underground tunnels all over the county that are used to traffic #children. Sadly, this is not uncommon. Let’s hope this is not what these tunnels were used for regarding this incident.
We’ll see how this plays out.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/TnjTbvlmqig/
#music
#AlexJones Causes EPIC MELTDOWN Of #Piers-Morgan, #MSM & Leftists After Elon Must Reinstates Him To ..
I like the idea of breaking out of media bubbles and seeing how bias is reporting things differently. The site ground.news is a mechanism for doing that. They aggregate bias and ownership rankings from third party organizations and then show who is covering what and how. It is fascinating. But I think their rating system has some glaring errors. It's impossible to get a list of all publications but even their standard one shows the problem. AP being center is solid, but in the updated ratings it is skewed as left of center. Politico is definitely not left of center nor is The Hill center. Those are all right of center. NBC and CNN is at best left of center but especially with the new management of CNN that is actually now right of center too. Even in the categories of organizations I can't stand I don't think their ratings hold up. I hate Fox News but there is no way their web/print content are as skewed right as Daily Wire and Breitbart. They would more appropriately be in the same column as WSJ and New York Post. The thing I learned today though is that it is possible to create individual suggestions and tweaks. So maybe it would be worth subscribing after all...I can't tell. Anyone have practical long term usage experience to tell me what their thoughts are? #MSM #MediaBias #uspoli
#propaganda vs #reality: the world is not on fire #GobalWarmingHoax
#MSM #Agenda #Globalwarming #Hoax #ClimateChange #2023-08 #worldOnFire
Good to see a media organisation picking up on the obvious comparison between Nigel #Farage's banking difficulties and the treatment of the #Palestine Solidarity Campaign a few years back. Kudos to Byline Times and zero points to mainstream #media organisations. They weren't interested then and they're not interested now. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/25/banking-bias-the-glaring-hypocrisy-of-the-press-over-farages-account-closure/
#MSM #MediaBias #PSC #Palestine #NigelFarage #BylineTimes
An observation: in reporting on the crazy #weather this past week, the British #Media has shown an interesting trend. When reporting on #Europe (and to some extent the #US) there is a lot of focus on fear of the future.
Temperatures could exceed 40...
... bracing for fierce temperatures...
... expected to surpass the record
Highest temperatures yet to come ...
When focusing on the rest of the world, the #MSM sticks to reporting actual weather events which have happened / are happening.
Interpretations?
Chris Hedges ~ Journalists Abandoned Julian Assange and Slit Their Own Throats
#chrishedges #julianassange #journalists #journalism #wikileaks #msm #media #us #politics #humanrights #censorship #cia #nsa #uk #showtrial #freepress #freespeech #freeassange #journalismisnotacrime
When Truth Becomes Silence: Glastonbury’s Cancelling Of A Powerful Film About Jeremy Corbyn
Media Lens
(...) In this country, as in other western ‘democracies’, important truths are effectively being silenced. As we have written on many occasions, antisemitism was used as a weapon to destroy the chances of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the British Prime Minister. Labour HQ staffers, and even Labour MPs, actively conspired against him. Al Jazeera’s powerful series, ‘The Labour Files’, which was blatantly blanked by the establishment media, has documented all this in considerable detail.
And now the Glastonbury Film Festival has succumbed to similar pressure and cancelled a screening of a new film, ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie’. (...)
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Jeremy Corbyn addressing Glastonbury in 2017
The makers of the film, first shown in London in February, describe the film thus:
‘Produced by award-winning radical film-maker Platform Films, with contributions from Jackie Walker, Ken Loach, Andrew Murray, Graham Bash and Moshe Machover, and narrated by Alexei Sayle, this feature-length documentary film explores a dark and murky story of political deceit and outrageous antisemitic smears. It also uncovers the critical role played by current Labour leader, Keir Starmer and asks if the movement which backed Corbyn could rise again.’
Reviewer Diane Datson wrote:
‘The real message conveyed in this film is that the Labour Party is no alternative to the Conservatives – it serves the ruling class and is led by someone every bit as devious as Boris Johnson, if not more so.’
She added:
‘However, I for one felt uplifted, as the film ended optimistically. Many of the interviewees think that all is not lost – those millions of people who were inspired and given hope by the Corbyn project haven’t gone away – they are to be found supporting the picket lines, protesting and fighting for many causes such as public ownership of the NHS and the right to strike and the establishment is STILL petrified.’ (...)
‘The Big Lie’ is, of course, right to address the important part played by the pro-Israel lobby. It includes clips from the Al Jazeera film, ‘The Lobby’, which exposed Israel’s determined attempts to interfere in Britain’s politics. (...)
‘The Big Lie’ also highlights the incessant establishment media attacks on Corbyn, particularly after the 2017 General Election which he came so close to winning. The ‘smear that stuck’ was the myth that antisemitism was supposedly rife in Labour under Corbyn. (...)
Avi Shlaim, an emeritus professor at Oxford University, observed in the foreword of a 2021 report on how the definition of antisemitism has been misrepresented:
‘[A] definition intended to protect Jews against antisemitism was twisted to protect the State of Israel against valid criticisms that have nothing to do with anti-Jewish racism.’ (...)
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, a founding member of Jewish Voice for Labour who was expelled from Starmer’s Labour Party for being the ‘wrong type of Jew’, [said] on Twitter:
‘Unbelievable that @glastonbury has bowed to demands from fans of Starmer’s @uklabour, banning a film exposing demonisation of @jeremycorbyn. The censors say the film conflates Zionists, Jews & Israel. No, actually, that’s what they do. See it & judge for yourself.’
US journalist Glenn Greenwald noted:
‘The @glastonbury Film Festival capitulated to pressure and cancelled the Corbyn documentary.
‘This illustrates the great crisis in the democratic world: an intense fixation on suppressing and silencing, rather than engaging, dissenting views. (...)
There was minimal reporting by the British state-corporate media and, crucially, no uproar about censorship and yet another step being taken towards suppression of free speech. (...)
The single significant piece refuting the specious, cynical charges was an article in the Independent reporting the reaction of Norman Thomas, the film’s producer. He said that the film’s cancellation had been caused by ‘vicious outside pressure’. He added:
‘An outside pressure group [BDBJ] has declared war on our film. They wrote to the festival’s sponsors… and whipped up huge storm of complaints about the film claiming, without any foundation whatsoever, that the film is antisemitic.’
He continued:
‘The claim that the film is antisemitic is a total smear.
‘The festival organisers even had a lawyer examine the film who pronounced it totally devoid of antisemitism. [Our emphasis]’ (...)
It is ironic indeed that Glenn Greenwald, a US journalist, is far more vocal in defending UK freedom of speech than British journalists. A great silence has fallen over the media in this country.
Tags: #media #mass_media #labour #labour_party #corbyn #jeremy_corbyn #starmer #keir_starmer #journalist #journalism #antisemitism #racism #al_jazeera #forde_report #mainstream_media #msm #propaganda #censorship #defamation #corporate_media #state_media #platform_films
Alan Dershowitz: The First Amendment Doesn't Distinguish Between Wikileaks & Mainstream Media
#goingunderground #afshinrattansi #alandershowitz #julianassange #wikileaks #firstamendment #msm #freeassange #freepress #freespeech #noextradition
15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/15-reasons-why-mass-media-employees
#audio #media #msm #news #press #bias #propaganda #journalism
#UK #media #MSM #PhillipSchofield #gay #affair #scandal
Media: MARRIED TV PRESENTER HAS AFFAIR
Everyone:
Media: THE AFFAIR WAS WITH ANOTHER MAN
Everyone:
Media: IT WAS WITH A VERY YOUNG MAN
Someone: Under age?
Media: ... no... but... IT COULD HAVE BEEN GROOMING. YOUNG MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRESSURED!
Someone: Any reason to think that happened?
Media: ... no ...
Media: THERE ARE RUMOURS OF TOXIC ATMOSPHERE AT THE NEWS CHANNEL
Someone: Does this have to do with the affair?
Media: ... no ...
Media: THE TV PRESENTER LIED ABOUT THE AFFAIR
Someone: I can see why
Media: LATEST ABOUT THE SCANDAL
Everyone: What scandal?
Media: STOP HOUNDING HIM! MEDIA IS RELENTLESS! WE DON'T WANT A SUICIDE!
