PROPAGANDA
BROADCASTING IS NOT THE FOURTH ESTATE: The fourth estate as envisioned by the
framers was a powerful entity - on equal footing with the primary functions of
government. The "watchdog" empowered with first amendment protections. But what
happens when third party interests become the financial master of the media? The
fourth estate becomes the resistance. Support the resistance. / Marc Ash,
Founder Reader Supported News
Andy Borowitz
| Hillary Releases Twenty Thousand Spam E-Mails From Old Navy
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Hoping to quell the controversy over e-mails missing from her private account, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released twenty thousand spam e-mails she received from Old Navy."
READ MORE
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Hoping to quell the controversy over e-mails missing from her private account, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released twenty thousand spam e-mails she received from Old Navy."
READ MORE
Netanyahu: 'If
I'm Elected, There Will Be No Palestinian State'
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Ravid writes: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that if he were to be reelected, a Palestinian state would not be created, in a definite disavowal of his 2009 speech, in which he had voiced support for the principle of two states for two peoples."
READ MORE
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Ravid writes: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that if he were to be reelected, a Palestinian state would not be created, in a definite disavowal of his 2009 speech, in which he had voiced support for the principle of two states for two peoples."
READ MORE
Jonathan Chait
| Marco Rubio Will Kill Your Puppy
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "So Rubio has updated his tax plan, the old version of which gave a big tax cut to the rich, so it now gives an absolutely gargantuan tax cut to the rich."
READ MORE
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "So Rubio has updated his tax plan, the old version of which gave a big tax cut to the rich, so it now gives an absolutely gargantuan tax cut to the rich."
READ MORE
ACLU Sues
Obama Admin Over Drone Kill List
Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "Top civil liberties group calls for greater transparency regarding 'targeted killing program' and how officials handle possibility of civilian deaths."
READ MORE
Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "Top civil liberties group calls for greater transparency regarding 'targeted killing program' and how officials handle possibility of civilian deaths."
READ MORE
Portland Man:
I Was Tortured for Refusing to Become an FBI Informant
Chris McGreal, The Guardian UK
McGreal writes: "Yonas Frike, who attends a mosque where at least nine of its members have been barred from flying, says the US no-fly list is being used to intimidate American Muslims into spying on behalf of US authorities."
READ MORE
Chris McGreal, The Guardian UK
McGreal writes: "Yonas Frike, who attends a mosque where at least nine of its members have been barred from flying, says the US no-fly list is being used to intimidate American Muslims into spying on behalf of US authorities."
READ MORE
Kerry: US Must
Negotiate With Assad to End Syrian Civil War
Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "The United States must negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry conceded in an interview that aired Sunday."
READ MORE
Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "The United States must negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry conceded in an interview that aired Sunday."
READ MORE
William deBuys
| The Politics of Extinction: An Introduction to the Most Beautiful Animal
You'll Never See
William deBuys, Tom Dispatch
deBuys writes: "Maybe baby steps will help, but the world needs a lot more than either the United States or China is offering to combat the illegal traffic in wildlife, a nearly $20-billion-a-year business that adds up to a global war against nature."
READ MORE
William deBuys, Tom Dispatch
deBuys writes: "Maybe baby steps will help, but the world needs a lot more than either the United States or China is offering to combat the illegal traffic in wildlife, a nearly $20-billion-a-year business that adds up to a global war against nature."
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment