Why do mainstream media reporters within ostensibly free democracies act just like state media propagandists? Why are they so reliably pro-establishment, all throughout every mainstream outlet? Why do they so consistently marginalize any idea that doesn't fit within the extremely narrow Overton window of acceptable
When even the Washington Post is saying your Russiagate article is bad journalism, your Russiagate article is really, really bad journalism.In an article titled "The Guardian offered a bombshell story about Paul Manafort. It still hasn’t detonated.", WaPo writer Pul Farhi draws attention to the
"As part of the plea bargain, Purdue agreed to pay the federal government $600 million and 27 states $20 million. The three executives agreed to $34.5 million in fines but avoided jail-time. By contrast, Purdue has earned an estimated $31 billion in total revenues from
I just watched a CNN segment featuring Republican and Democratic panelists reacting with shock and astonishment over the news that Sean Hannity appeared on stage in support of President Trump during a campaign rally. That's right, Sean Hannity is politically biased. I'll wait for you
It can be hard to find a supply of information about what's going on in the world that isn't being manipulated by power. You find a news outlet you like, then you start to notice them hiring reporters who regurgitate the establishment line on WikiLeaks
That's right, I'm writing an entire goddamn article about a single tweet made by another political commentator. It probably won't even be a long article, because the excellent Tim Black said it all. Call me lazy, I don't care, this is the most interesting thing
On the 19th of April, The Guardian published an article making the positive assertion that two Twitter accounts were run not by real people, but by automated bot software based in Russia. Since the article was published, the owners of both accounts have stepped forward,
I write a lot about how, in a political environment that is saturated in disinformation and propaganda, it's important to ignore people's words and watch their actions instead to get a clear picture of what's really happening. You could not ask for a better illustration
We are now being told (and I assure you I am not making this up) that if the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons doesn't find evidence that the Syrian government conducted a chemical weapons attack in Douma last week, it's because Russia hid the
I know, I know. My readers hate it when I spend energy responding to establishment smears about me; you want my energy and creativity going toward debunking propaganda and pointing to the machinations of the empire. I get it, I really do.But these smears (and