Hey @Cosmopolitan – why did you describe this guy as a Muslim when you knew he was a Sikh? pic.twitter.com/zm7kRRQaCJ
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) May 23, 2017
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Hey @Cosmopolitan – why did you describe this guy as a Muslim when you knew he was a Sikh? pic.twitter.com/zm7kRRQaCJ
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) May 23, 2017
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H/t reader squodgy:
“Two examples of the same….censorship.
To get the truth we have to search proactively, not passively.”
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Neocon trying to start #WW3 in the Balkans. TPTB think we don’t see but we do. We’re not all drooling zombie troglodytes. https://t.co/x9HGB6LVu4
— Alois Irlmaier (@AloisIrlmaier) February 20, 2017
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– Former Newspaper Editor Who Exposed CIA Found Dead:
Former editor of largest newspaper in Germany revealed the CIA pays journalists in Germany, France, Britain, Australia and New Zealand to plant fake stories – and the CIA is trying to bring war to Russia
Dr Udo Ulfkotte, the former German newspaper editor whose bestselling book exposed how the CIA controls German media, has been found dead. He was 56.
Ulfkotte was an editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest newspapers in Germany, when he published Bought Journalists, the bestselling book that cost him his job and perhaps his life.
German media, who were banned from reporting on his work in recent years, are reporting he died of “heart failure”.
To members of the mainstream media, it would appears ‘size matters’, as the Inauguration crowd-gate debacle continues following Sean Spicer’s unusual press conference yesterday. During a combative interview this morning with NBC’s Chuck Todd, Trump top advisor Kellyanne Conway blasted media “falsehoods,” crushing Todd’s ‘size’ issues by noting that “Presidents aren’t judged by crowd sizes at their inauguration, they’re judged by their accomplishments.”
But Conway was not done with the “Meet The Press” anchor yet, as she cornered him, noting this was just more evidence of the unfair and biased treatment of the Trump administration by the media:
FYI.
– Trump Team Responds: May Move White House Briefings To Accommodate More Than Just “Media Elite”:
The overnight report by Esquire magazine that the incoming Trump administration is “seriously considering” a plan to evict the press corps from the White House prompted a frenzied response by the White House Correspondents Association, and led to a scramble among Washington’s press elite to demand if this report was accurate. As it turns out, Trump’s intentions may be just the opposite of what was reported, because according statements by Priebus, Pence and Spicer, the incoming Trump administration is actually considering expanding the number of journalists who have access to Trump, not limiting it.
As a result, the Trump admin is now considering moving White House press briefings out of the West Wing to accommodate more than the “Washington media elite,” incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday, cited by Bloomberg.
– “They Are The Opposition Party” – Trump May Evict Press From The White House:
Update: in the aftermath of the report, the following exchange took place between Crains Detroit published, Ron Fournier, Trump spokesman, Sean Spicer, and NBC’s Chuck Todd:
WH press corps: Should @Reince & @seanspicer move you guys out of WH, boycott WH briefings
Spend that time digging, sourcing, watchdoging
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 15, 2017
So you’re against greater access to the briefing? https://t.co/Ir426iOJQL
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 15, 2017
No. Lots of ways to expand access without evicting media from West Wing. You’re against media access, #TwilightSparkle https://t.co/pzVpBg6Qmi
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 15, 2017
@ron_fournier @seanspicer realize symbolic message moving press out of people’s house will send around the world to authoritarian regimes
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 15, 2017
@ron_fournier @seanspicer you can both expand access and keep the powerful symbol of freedom it sends to have press in WH
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 15, 2017
@ron_fournier @seanspicer and keeping the press there only adds to POTUS moral authority overseas
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 15, 2017
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Earlier:
The simmering cold, if heating up with every passing day, war between Trump and the press may be about to turn conventional, with the occasional chance of an ICBM.
Just days after calling out CNN fake news during his first press conference of 2017, Esquire reports that according to three senior officials on the transition team, the incoming Trump administration is “seriously considering” a plan to evict the press corps from the White House.
Read more“They Are The Opposition Party” – Trump May Evict Press From The White House
Udo Ulfkotte was a former editor of one of Germany’s main daily publications, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Until his death he worked for the Kopp Verlag.
Kopp Verlag had been in some greater financial trouble and has been “saved” by the Bertelsmann Verlag and Bertelsmann Verlag is owned by ‘those’ who you are not allowed to criticize.
Article in German:
– In memoriam: Dr. Udo Ulfkotte (1960-2017) (Kopp Verlag,
Related info:
– Top German Editor Admits “All the News is Fake”, Exposes The Mainstream Media MO In Graphic Detail
– Facebook sperrt Bestseller-Autor Udo Ulfkotte wegen flüchtlingskritischen Buchs
– Leading German Journalist Admits CIA ‘Bribed’ Him and Other Leaders of the Western ‘Press’
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Air Canada Exposes CNN As Fake News – Why The Blinded Masses Can’t See (Explained)
H/t reader squodgy.
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– NYT Accuses CNN, BuzzFeed Of Peddling “Fake News” Over Russia Report:
In a fascinating retort by the left-leaning NYT to the story of the day, namely the CNN-BuzzFeed narrative based on an unverified 35-page memo allegedly prepared by a UK intelligence officer, even “the paper of record” takes the two media outlets to town, and in an article titled “BuzzFeed Posts Unverified Claims on Trump, Stirring Debate” essentially accuses them of doing what CNN has accused so much of the ‘alternative media’ in doing when distributing “fake news.”
Here are the key excerpts:
Read moreNYT Accuses CNN, BuzzFeed Of Peddling “Fake News” Over Russia Report
– WaPo and NYT Prove ‘Fake News’ Is a Good Thing — but Only If It’s Anti-Russian:
Journalist Abby Martin was surprised to learn through a fake news story on New York Times that she had quit her former job as a reporter at RT.com due to propaganda.
“I worked at RT for 1 [year] after speaking out,” she tweeted in response, adding she had left the TV channel over other reasons, not “[because] of ‘propaganda.’” RT, or Russia Today, is funded by the Russian government, but instead of confirming their story first with Martin and waiting to hit publish once they knew the author wasn’t simply speculating, the New York Times allowed a fake news article to hit the web. The story was clearly meant to confirm the then-recently released Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)’s report concerning Russia’s alleged effort to change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election in the United States. But what it actually did was further damage the mainstream media’s reputation as a source of real news.
Read moreWaPo and NYT Prove #FakeNews Is a Good Thing — but Only If It’s Anti-Russian
– Journo-terrorism: NYT calls for online trolls to sabotage Breitbart.com’s revenues:
The journo-terrorists are hard at work at the NYT, where the discredited “fake news” publisher is now openly calling for online trolls to sabotage Breitbart.com’s revenues in order to shut down the site.
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– WikiLeaks To Sue CNN For Defamation:
Moments ago, Wikileaks tweeted that as a result of a segment airing on CNN, the whiste-blowing organization announced it has “issued instructions to sue CNN for defamation.”
We have issued instructions to sue CNN for defamation:https://t.co/YLfyQ9ROCy
Unless within 48h they air a one hour expose of the plot.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 4, 2017
Wikileaks was referring to a segment in which CNN had the ex-Deputy-Director of the CIA “falsely calling Assange a ‘pedophile.’
– Here’s the Best Summary of The Washington Post’s Latest ‘Fake News’ Fiasco:
It’s quite ironic that the one newspaper most hysterical in warning the American public about the dangers of “fake news,” has become the most prolific publisher of it. The most recent example, of course, relates to the entirely made up story that those dastardly Russians had hacked into the U.S. power grid through a Vermont utility. The paper’s source for the story? Anonymous government officials. Unsurprisingly, the entire thing was a fairytale.
Most of you will already be aware of the story, but this is such a monumental example of journalistic malpractice, it deserve far more attention and scrutiny.
In that regard, Forbes contributor Kalev Leetaru, has done an excellent job of shining further light on how it all went down in his piece, “Fake News” And How The Washington Post Rewrote Its Story On Russian Hacking Of The Power Grid. Here are some key excerpts:
Read moreHere’s the Best Summary of The Washington Post’s Latest #FakeNews Fiasco
– Systematic ‘fake news’ Planted By Britain’s Intelligence Services:
By Jonathan Cook – Is the CIA editing your newspaper? Here is a great overview by Ed Jones of OpenDemocracyUK of why corporate media are the arch-exponents of “fake news”. The media are overwhelming owned and controlled by billionaires and gargantuan corporations, who depend on the support of other corporations for ad revenue, and employ journalists from a narrow, privileged class whose careers depend on maintaining access to elite sources. It would be simply astounding in these circumstances if we had anything resembling a pluralistic media.
The data concerns UK outlets, but the same principles apply in the US.
Read moreSystematic #FakeNews Planted By Britain’s Intelligence Services
– What is the real purpose behind the ‘fake news’ attack?:
By Brandon Smith.
Here is the first problem with modern political discourse — too many people want to “win” arguments instead of getting to the greater truth of the matter. Discussions become brinkmanship. Opponents launch into immediate attacks instead of simply asking valid questions. They assert immediately that their position is the only valid position without verification. When confronted with rational responses and ample evidence, they dismiss everything instead of pondering what you have handed them. After this line is crossed, there is no point in continuing the debate. It will go on forever.
Read moreWhat is the real purpose behind the ‘fake news’ attack?
– The Associated Press Announces It Is Joining The “Fight Against The Scourge” Of Fake News:
One by one, all the mainstream media outlets are announcing they will join Facebook’s “fight” against “fraudulent stories” and the “scourge of fake news” to be defined arbitrarily by said media outlets. First it was “fact-checkers” such as Snopes and Politifact, now it’s AP, and soon to follow, the rest of the mainstream.
From AP’s blog:
The fight against fake news
As part of its broader fact-checking efforts, The Associated Press announced Thursday that it will work with Facebook to help identify and debunk trending “news” stories being shared online that are false.
Read moreThe Associated Press Announces It Is Joining The “Fight Against The Scourge” Of Fake News
– This Video Brilliantly Illustrates How Fake and Scripted the Mainstream Media Is:
Hm.
Could this be why people are turning away from the mainstream media en masse? Because people are starting to realize just how scripted and fake everything they’re being told by these talking heads truly is?
These people have one job only: to shape and promote certain events while censoring others, telling you what the system wants you to know and believe about your world.
Read moreThis Video Brilliantly Illustrates How Fake and Scripted the Mainstream Media Is
10.12.2016
H/t reader kevin a.
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– War on ‘Fake News’ Part of a War on Free Speech:
By Ron Paul
A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism in foreign and domestic affairs. If this ongoing assault on free speech succeeds, then all of our liberties are endangered.
Read moreRon Paul: The War on ‘Fake News’ Is Part Of A War On Free Speech
“The big search and social companies must do more to sustain the economics of real journalism.”
– New York Times CEO Calls On Social Media Giants To Subsidize Mainstream Media:
Print media in the United States is now largely a failed business model that has been in secular decline for years. While print media’s failure is largely attributed to technological shifts that have changed consumers’ media consumption behaviors, we would argue that biased reporting and a complete lack of journalistic integrity at many “real news” outlets facilitated the decline. The American population has rejected the notion of paying for “journalistic integrity” only to get hyper-partisan, leftist, manufactured narratives in return.
That said, Mark Thompson, the President and CEO of the New York Times, is convinced that Silicon Valley’s social media and search giants are to blame for failing print newspapers around the country. And, like any good liberal, Thompson’s first reflex to fix failing businesses is to provide subsidies…and apparently he thinks the tech titans should pay those subsidies.
Read moreNew York Times CEO Calls On Social Media Giants To Subsidize Mainstream Media