Chris Hedges on Trauma and Teaching Writing in Prison
Chris Hedges joins Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars to discuss his new book, “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.”
Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Artless Dodgers
Mark 6:4 There is the case of Seymour Hersh, the great investigative reporter whose work vaults across the years from the My Lai massacre to the dirty war in Syria.…
VIDEO: As US Funnels Money to Ukraine, Independent Media Faces Pressure to Parrot Official Narrative
By Democracy Now! As the Pentagon authorizes an additional $400 million for Ukraine’s defense on Friday, bringing estimated total U.S. security spending on Ukraine under President Biden to a staggering…
UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life in Prison
Journalists and publishers could face life sentences if National Security Bill 2022, being debated in the U.K. Parliament, becomes law, reports Mohamed Elmaazi.
Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Blurred Truths
A veteran journalist's weekly critique on the state of mass media
From Fake News to Junk News: Gabriela Miranda Is the Symptom, Not the Problem
Nolan Higdon turns a critical eye on the latest case of journalistic malpractice to rock the media world.
EFF to File Amicus Brief in First US Case Challenging Dragnet Keyword Warrant
Dragnet warrants violate the constitutional protections for privacy and freedom of speech and protection.
Patrick Lawrence: The Power of Images
How the mainstream media uses images to define truth.
How Spooks and Establishment Journalists are Circling the Wagons
It would be foolish to imagine that, in this more complex information age, the U.S. and U.K. intelligence services’ influence over journalists has diminished. Both Carole Cadwalladr and Paul Mason’s…
ScheerPost Contributors Honored Six Times at SoCal Journalism Awards
ScheerPost contributors won six out of the eight awards they were nominated for.
Khashoggi’s Fiancée Wants Biden to Ask Saudis: ‘Where is Jamal’s Body?’
"I've been forced to live in a world where his murderers have not only gone unpunished but have also been rewarded," lamented Hatice Cengiz.
The Plot Against GrayZone & Suspicions About Consortium News
The GrayZone has revealed leaked emails that show the British government’s involvement with private actors plotting to take down GrayZone and asking who is behind Consortium News, writes Joe Lauria.
Priti Patel’s Sweeping New Threat To Free Expression
Journalists and staff of civil society groups in the UK could be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed under the government’s proposed new National Security Bill.
NewsGuard’s Scarlet Letter
The spirit if not the letter of the First Amendment prohibits both sophisticated and simple-minded violations of free speech, writes Bruce Fein.
John Kiriakou: The Steele Dossier and Lying to the FBI — Not Guilty as Charged
The Steele Dossier was a pack of lies, but the Clinton campaign attorney who promoted it to the FBI didn’t lie.