Wednesday, August 5, 2015

RSN: Methods of Media Manipulation, Jonathan Ferrell Asked for Help - And the Cops Killed Him,




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Andy Borowitz | Nation Worried That Rest of World Might See Debate 
Donald Trump. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "As preparations get under way for the first Republican Presidential debate, on Thursday night, a new poll shows that Americans are deeply concerned that the rest of the world might see it." 
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Jonathan Ferrell Asked for Help - And the Cops Killed Him 
Kate Briquelet, The Daily Beast 
Briquelet writes: "The trial has started for a Charlotte police officer accused of gunning down an unarmed 24-year-old who knocked on a door for help after a car crash." 
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Darren Wilson In Hiding, Unemployable After Killing Michael Brown 
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK 
Swaine writes: "Darren Wilson has attempted to return to work as a police officer since leaving his job in Ferguson, Missouri, amid the furor over his fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, it emerged on Monday." 
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The Real Nuclear Dangers Aren't Iran or North Korea, They're the US and Russia 
Joe Cirincione, Al Jazeera America 
Cirincione writes: "There are almost 16,000 nuclear weapons still in the world today, and the U.S. and Russia possess 94 percent of them. Worse, 1,800 of these Russian and American weapons sit atop missiles on hair-trigger alert, ready to launch on a few minutes notice." 
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Getting Rich off the ISIS War 
Kate Brannen, The Daily Beast 
Brannen writes: "For the Middle East, the growth of the self-proclaimed Islamic State has been a catastrophe. For one American firm, it’s been a gold mine." 
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Michael Parenti | Methods of Media Manipulation 
Michael Parenti, Media Alliance 
Parenti writes: "The corporate mainstream media seldom stray into territory that might cause discomfort to those who hold political and economic power, including those who own the media or advertise in it." 
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Environmental Racism Persists, and the EPA Is One Reason Why 
Kristen Lombardi, Talia Burford and Ronnie Greene, The Center for Public Integrity 
Excerpt: "The EPA office tasked with policing alleged civil rights abuses is chronically unresponsive to complaints and has never made a formal finding of discrimination." 
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