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.…
Turning a San Francisco Recall Into Rout for Police Reform
By Dave Lindorff / FAIR San Francisco voted on June 7 to recall its district attorney, Chesa Boudin, a reformer who had challenged the traditional “lock ’em up” policies of…
Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Blurred Truths
A veteran journalist's weekly critique on the state of mass media
In The Wake of Abu Akleh’s Murder, Media Continued to Obscure Israeli Violence
By Robin Andersen / FAIR On May 13, two days after the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces, as her loss still dominated international…
‘In the Middle East, We Are Hearing a New Set of Excuses to Justify the Same Old Policy’
CounterSpin interview with Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi trip.
Patrick Lawrence: The Power of Images
How the mainstream media uses images to define truth.
VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: What the NYTimes Gets Wrong About Inflation
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: “Christopher Leonard, author of “The Lords of Easy Money” has a piece in the 6/11/22 NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/op…)…
CIA, European Commandos Operating on the Ground in Ukraine: NYT
Previous reporting from the New York Times and CNN said the White House had incomplete intelligence about the war because of a lack of personnel in Ukraine.
NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts
By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ first budget agreement, saying it “excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city’s…
Scott Ritter: The Fantasy of Fanaticism
Despite what some “defense analysts” may be telling Western media, the longer the war continues, the more Ukrainians will die and the weaker NATO will become.
‘The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety’
CounterSpin interview with Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin recall.
John Kiriakou: The Triumph of “Bloody Gina,” the CIA’s Torture Queen
Court filing reveals CIA director Gina Haspel participated directly in the spy agency’s black site illegal torture program while fellow officer Kiriakou was imprisoned for exposing it.
Craig Murray: The Power of Lies
The press has been neither humiliated nor found out because most of the country still believes the lies they were told and have not seen corrected.
New York Times Repudiates Drive For ‘Decisive Military Victory’ in Ukraine
Ukraine must negotiate based on a “realistic assessment” and “limits” to U.S./NATO commitment, says NYT.
‘He’s Cashing In’: Kushner Firm Gets $2 Billion From Saudi Fund Run by Crown Prince
Watchdogs noted that the investment came after Kushner "used his position in the White House to advance Saudi interests"—and shield the regime from accountability for the Khashoggi murder.