Fake News
‘Internal memos of the upper class’: Gary Younge says journalism is out of touch
Former Guardian journalist says “sometimes ‘dog bites man’ really is the story. The trouble is journalists keep missing it.” Read HERE
Media Concentration
Media
Branko Milanović – Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. His new book, The Visions […]
Fake News
Henno Hauenstein: German Media Giant Axel Springer Makes Money on Israel’s Illegal Settlements
“From the river to the sea,” says an ad for Springer’s classifieds site in Israel, which lists homes for sale in Jewish-only West Bank settlements. Read HERE
Fake News
Caitlin Johnstone – “In The War Of Propaganda, It Is Very Difficult To Defeat The United States”
What Caitlin appears not to know is that many important media are state-owned in Europe. Not only that, citizens are forced by their governments to pay for many of these directly (not the government), such […]
Media Concentration
David S. D’Amato – The Ambiguity of Competition, Reconsidered
Concentration of competition in the hands of a few mighty companies is mistakenly seen as a healthy development. A new report paints a startling picture of runaway consolidation. David S. D’Amato is an attorney, businessman, […]
Geopolitics
John Pilger – There is a war coming, shrouded in propaganda
John Pilger’s final essay investigates why today there is ‘a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda’ as the world’s two greatest powers draw closer to conflict. In his final published essay, John Pilger, who […]
Fake News
Now we all know how important BRAVE NEW EUROPE is
Faced with the propaganda onslaught by Western state and mainstream media with regard to Ukraine and now Israel’s genocide in Gaza, not to mention the censoring of critical voices on social media, you maybe understand […]
Media Concentration
Lynn Parramore – Everyone Versus Google: Will Big Tech Be Held Accountable?
The tech giant is in the hot seat, but it’s going to be a “big fight,” warns antitrust expert Mark Glick. Lynn Parramore is Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for New Economic Thinking Cross-posted […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Europe: Not reading the writing on the wall
The “European Malaise” is simply the inability of Europe’s neo-liberal political class to comprehend the current geopolitical and economic reality. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and […]
Corruption
Peter Oborne – The Telegraph sale: The UAE bid is a risk to press freedom
The United Arab Emirates, which ranks 119th in the world press freedom index, might buy one of the UK’s most influential newspapers. Peter Oborne is a British journalist and commentator. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye […]