This text was written by Shireen Abu Akleh in 2016 for Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyyah. In it, she discusses the role of media coverage in Palestinian uprisings, specifically the “Popular Rebellion” of late 2015 and early 2016, which began as a response to Israeli raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. The article discusses the complex ways in which news media and social media interact with Palestinian resistance and opposition to the occupation. The Institute for Palestine Studies is translating it and republishing it to commemorate the work of a brave and reflective journalist who was shot in cold blood by […]
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CounterSpin interview with Mike Rispoli on funding local journalism. Janine Jackson: CounterSpin listeners understand that the news media situation in this country works against our democratic aspirations. There are so many problems crying out for open, inclusive conversation, in which those with the most power don’t get the biggest megaphone, leaving the vast majority outside of power to try and shout into the dominant noise, or try to find the space to talk around it. It’s no surprise, in that context, that conversations about how to make a different media system—differently structured, differently accountable—are among the hardest to have. But while corporate […]
Many Kyiv Independent Journalists Come From Suspect Backgrounds, Including Individuals Who Previously Worked For NATO Think Tank The Atlantic Council, The U.S. Embassy In Ukraine, Or For The Council On Foreign Relations. In this edition of The Watchdog Podcast, Lowkey talks to Alan MacLeod about Ukraine, how the media is covering the conflict, and the promotion of supposedly “independent” Ukrainian media outlets that are quietly being funded by Western governments. Chief among these is The Kyiv Independent, a newspaper that was barely three months old at the time of the Russian invasion but has shot to prominence in the […]
Statement on Newspaper Blockade On Earth (Crisis) Day, activists with the New York City chapter of Extinction Rebellion, the global climate justice movement, took part in a disruption of major corporate media entities including The New York Times Company, News Corp and Gannet. This act of civil disobedience was intended to disrupt the distribution of these corporations’ flagship daily publications: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, respectively. This action follows a long history of non-violent civil disobedience as a tool for societal change, such as sit-ins during the civil rights movement and traffic obstruction by women suffragettes. […]
Above Photo: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report‘s illustration of the threat to small islands. On Earth Day, no doubt most major media will pay lip service to the extreme dangers of climate change. But what happens the next day? A major Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, released at the end of February, could scarcely have been more clear—or more dire: Any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all. The IPCC released a follow-up report on April 4 focused on how […]
The Media Campaign To Protect Joe Biden Passes Point Of Absurdity March 27, 2022 The Media Campaign To Protect Joe Biden Passes Point Of Absurdity2022-03-272022-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220327-4.jpg200px200px A Development In The Infamous Laptop Story Further Proves The “Russian Disinformation” Tale Was Itself Disinformation, Shaming A Herd Of Craven Media Stenographers. Burying the lede just a bit, the New York Times on March 16th published a long, spirited piece about the federal tax investigation of Hunter Biden. This is the 24th paragraph: People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity. […]
Media Ignore Conflicts Around The World To Focus On Ukraine By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. March 4, 2022 Media Ignore Conflicts Around The World To Focus On Ukraine2022-03-042022-03-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220304.webp200px200px Above Photo: Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Feb. 26, 2022. Jose Luis Magana / AP. It’s Different, They’re White. A MintPress News Analysis Found That In A Single Week Fox News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, And MSNBC Ran Almost 1,300 Separate Stories On The Ukraine Invasion, Two Stories On The Syria Attack, One On […]
Western Media Accuse China Of Wanting To Do What US Does To Other Countries By Gregory Shupak, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. March 3, 2022 Western Media Accuse China Of Wanting To Do What US Does To Other Countries2022-03-032022-03-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220303-3.jpg200px200px A flurry of recent newspaper articles have denounced what they describe as Chinese imperialism. Such texts are part of a new Cold War media blitz against China that simultaneously serves US imperialism by blessing it or denying that it exists. Last month, the Washington Post (2/15/22) ran an opinion piece by David Von Drehle claiming that, “in a sense, the alliance of democracies” (by which he […]
Most nations have some form of state media. These days, it’s pretty easy for Americans to access any number of foreign state media outlets, and many of them have journalists covering US affairs. Some of those journalists must register as “foreign agents” with the US government. But others don’t have to—a distinction that has more to do with geopolitics than with journalism. The Trump administration mandated “five Chinese state-run media organizations to register their personnel and property with the US government”: Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International and the parent companies of the China Daily and People’s Daily newspapers (Politico, 2/18/20). The administration also “limited to […]
In 2015 and 2017, the Watchdog Media Institute released a 22-part video series on Maidan and Kiev’s war on ethnic Russians. Watch the summary 25-minute film and the entire series here. Produced and presented by the Watchdog Media Institute, here is a chronological archive of events in Ukraine from the beginning of the Euromaidan protests in November 2013 to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014. Hundreds of various sources are presented without commentary and in context, allowing the viewer to adequately interpret the information themselves. Research & Editing by: Chris Nolan. Subtitles by: Angelina Siard & Ollie Richardson. This video series presents an invaluable background to the beginnings of the war in Ukraine […]
When the corporate media push for war, one of their main weapons is propaganda by omission. In the case of the recent crisis in Ukraine, Western journalists have omitted key context about the expansion of NATO since the end of the Cold War, as well as US support for the Maidan coup in 2014 (FAIR.org, 1/28/22). A third and crucial case of propaganda by omission relates to the integration of neo-Nazis into the Ukrainian armed forces (FAIR.org, 3/7/14, 1/28/22). If the corporate media reported more critically about Western support for the neo-Nazi-infested Ukrainian security services, and how these forces function as a front-line proxy of US foreign policy, public support for […]
Journalists Benjamin Norton And Alan MacLeod Join Mnar Adley To Discuss How The Mainstream Media Spent The Last Week Beating Drums Of War With Russia While Ignoring A New Deadly US-Backed Saudi Onslaught In Yemen. Journalists Benjamin Norton and Alan MacLeod join Mnar Adley to discuss how the mainstream media spent the last week beating drums of war with Russia over Ukraine with headlines and talking heads funded and sponsored by Lockheed Martin and NATO. Meanwhile, there wasn’t a single article covering how the US-Saudi-UAE coalition cut off the internet to Yemen for several days while dropping hundreds of bombs on civilians resulting in hundreds dead and over […]
Above Photo: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov meet at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva on Monday. The U.S., Russia and European countries are holding a series of talks this week in an attempt to reduce tensions over Ukraine. Russia has some 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine. Denis Balibouse / AP. On January 10, American and Russian officials will meet to discuss Putin’s proposal on mutual security guarantees. Western media and political analysts have cast Putin’s demands that NATO not expand further east to Ukraine and that NATO not establish […]
As the United States withdrew militarily from Afghanistan in August, US TV news interest in the plight of the country’s citizens spiked, often focusing on “the horror awaiting women and girls” (CNN Situation Room, 8/16/21) to argue against withdrawal (FAIR.org, 8/23/21). Four months later, as those same citizens have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis due in no small part to US sanctions, where is the outrage? Experts warned of an impending humanitarian crisis in the wake of the US withdrawal (IRC, 8/20/21). In recent months, the messages have become more urgent. A UN report (10/25/21) warned that “combined shocks of drought, conflict, Covid-19 and […]
Above photo: Card sections with the image of the Dictator and his wife during the 88 Seoul Olympics. The Death of South Korean dictator Chun Doo Hwan, signals the consolidation of a false media narrative. This is misleading and dangerous. Speaking ill of the dead General Chun Doo Hwan was the corrupt military dictator that ruled Korea from 1979-1988, before handing off the presidency to his co-conspirator General Roh Tae Woo. Chun took power in a coup in 1979, and during his presidency he perpetrated the largest massacre of Korean civilians since the Korean war. He died on November 23rd, in pampered, sybaritic luxury, impenitent and […]
Above Photo: Antara Raman. What the media can never openly admit is that the largest peaceful democratic protest the world has seen in years – certainly the greatest organised at the height of the pandemic – has won a mighty victory. A victory that carries forward a legacy. Farmers of all kinds, men and women – including from Adivasi and Dalit communities – played a crucial role in this country’s struggle for freedom. And in the 75th year of our Independence, the farmers at Delhi’s gates reiterated the spirit of that great struggle. Prime Minister Modi has announced he is backing […]
Above Photo: Support for Bolivarian Venezuela in the US. (Bill Hackwell) America’s interference in the electoral process in Venezuela is laid bare in a series of files that reveal how Washington provided significant investment to train political activists in campaigning effectively online. Documents released to researchers under the US Freedom of Information Act have revealed how US intelligence fronts weaponized social media to promote Venezuela’s right-wing opposition, and assist their election to parliament, thus laying the foundations for Washington’s appointment of Juan Guaido as the country’s leader in January 2019. The files indicate that in October 2013, seven months after the […]
November 4 is the one year anniversary of the TPLF attacks on the Ethiopian government’s Northern Command base, kicking off a brutal war. The TPLF is now advancing towards Addis Ababa, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. The U.S. government has continued to condemn Ethiopia for fighting back against the TPLF insurgency, leading many Ethiopians to believe that Washington is supporting a violent coup in their country. Hermela Aregawi is an Ethiopian-American journalist of Tigrayan descent who has been relentlessly attacked and smeared for calling out biased media reporting on the conflict. She joined Rania Khalek to discuss […]
Above photo: Extinction Rebellion Vancouver demonstrators blocked access to the airport on October 25 by lying down on Grant McConachie Way. Extinction Rebellion Vancouver. The tactic worked, but will it lead to substantive changes in the way the climate breakdown is being covered? Canada – A group of climate activists tied up traffic last night (October 25) on the main road to Vancouver International Airport. According to Extinction Rebellion, 18 were arrested; that differed from a tweet from Richmond RCMP, which said that 20 were arrested. Regardless of the numbers, the tactic seems to have worked: Extinction Rebellion Vancouver spokesperson Zain […]
Above Photo: A CIO cartoon about demand-side economics, from 1955. Many in the media are very upset that workers at the bottom end of the pay scale feel secure enough to demand higher pay and better working conditions. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching a television anchor, who earns $6 million a year, complain that 3 percent of the workforce quit their job in August. They seemed to find the idea of workers quitting unsatisfactory jobs appalling. For those of us who think that all workers should be able to get decent pay, have decent working conditions, and be treated with respect on […]
Above Photo: Researchers work in a lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province, Feb. 23, 2017. Chinatopix via AP. Even If We Were To Accept All The Accusations Against The WIV Regarding Their Alleged Subpar Safety Standards, None Of It Has Any Relevance To The Covid-19 Pandemic Unless It Can Be Shown The WIV Possessed SARS-CoV-2 In Its Lab Before The Outbreak, And There Is No Evidence Of That. Wuhan, China — While many people have already criticized the lack of evidence and scientific basis for the hypothesis that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a […]
In this feature, we interview Syrian-born journalist Richard Medhurst about state propaganda, the mainstream media, and U.S. imperialism. Roberto Sirvent: Can you share a little bit about the mainstream media’s coverage of Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan? What are some subtle and not-so-subtle ways that pundits and politicians maintain an imperial and colonial framework in their analysis? Richard Medhurst: One of the more subtle ways they’ve tried to keep the war going is printing headlines saying that women’s’ rights are imperiled by a US withdrawal. The notion that a bunch of imperialists, who have killed scores of women and mothers, and turned […]
Global defense company BAE Systems has revealed the rendering of its proposal for the Army’s new infantry vehicle – the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. The new vehicle, slated to ultimately replace the decades-old Bradley, will achieve operational combat status as soon as 2028 – and, according to Army documents, pave the way forward into a new era of major, high-powered, mechanized warfare. Just this week, BAE Systems’ official Twitter account posted an image of an advanced armored vehicle to support mechanized infantry operations through the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Stay tuned as we […]
Russia is developing an advanced version of its secret main battle tank with a new turret and gun under the Burlak program, according to military expert Alexey Khlopotov. There was little in the way of updates on this project until last Wednesday when alleged photos of the Burlak tank with a modified turret surfaced on social media. The Burlak program, which began in 2005, was aimed to replace Soviet-era main battle tanks with a common design by 2025. But due to financial problems, the project was frozen indefinitely. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The program covered develop a unified […]
US Media, Politicians Rage After Venezuela Defies US Empire By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. December 9, 2020 US Media, Politicians Rage After Venezuela Defies US Empire2020-12-092020-12-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/vz-election.jpg200px200px Above photo: Government supporters chant for parliamentary candidates representing the Great Patriotic Pole party at a closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 3, 2020. Ariana Cubillos | AP. Despite the fact that the election was overseen by over 4,500 international observers, US pols and media pundits alike labeled it a sham before it even took place. President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are celebrating today, after a clear victory […]
US Congress And Corporate Media Claim Venezuela’s Government Threatened To Starve Non-Voters By Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil, The Grayzone. December 7, 2020 US Congress And Corporate Media Claim Venezuela’s Government Threatened To Starve Non-Voters2020-12-072020-12-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/venezuela-diosdado-cabello-threat-food-starve-voters-e1607355882439.jpg200px200px Spun out by the US Congress and Wall Street Journal, the cynical deception is part of an assault on Venezuela’s legislative election, in which even opposition politicians were sanctioned for participating. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US corporate media declared Venezuela’s legislative elections a “sham” before results were even announced, opening a new front in the propaganda war on the besieged country and its leftist government. Among […]
Biden State Media Appointee Advocated ‘Rethinking’ First Amendment By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. November 18, 2020 Biden State Media Appointee Advocated ‘Rethinking’ First Amendment2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rs-e1605713992233.jpg200px200px The head of the Joe Biden transition team for the US Agency for Global Media, Richard Stengel, has branded himself the “chief propagandist,” urged the government to use propaganda against its “own population,” and called to “rethink” the First Amendment. Richard Stengel, the top state media appointee for US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, has enthusiastically defended the use of propaganda against Americans. “My old job at the State Department was what people used to joke as […]
The Huge New Trade Deal ‘Western’ Media Do Not Like To Talk About November 15, 2020 The Huge New Trade Deal ‘Western’ Media Do Not Like To Talk About2020-11-152020-11-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rcep-e1605481536466.jpg200px200px November 14, 2020 – Tomorrow a new trade agreement between 15 Asian states will be signed. It will soon be seen as a milestone in the global economic history. But only very few ‘western’ media have taken note of it or of the huge consequences the new agreement will have. The agreement is also a huge victory for China over U.S. hegemony in Asia: Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations including China and Japan plan to sign […]
Biden, Media And CIA Labeled Hunter Biden Emails ‘Russian Disinformation’ By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 14, 2020 Biden, Media And CIA Labeled Hunter Biden Emails ‘Russian Disinformation’2020-11-142020-11-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bidenemails.png200px200px Above photo: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-WA), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Oct. 16, 2020. There is Still No Evidence. The same factions that constantly claim to abhor Fake News and disinformation continue to be the most aggressive and shameless propagators of it — especially the media. Congressman Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and, not coincidentally, the single most shameless pathological liar in the U.S. Congress […]
When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame The Left By Julie Hollar, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. November 12, 2020 When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame The Left2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/spanberger-1024×575-1.jpg200px200px Joe Biden hadn’t even been declared the victor of the 2020 election before establishment Democrats, in the face of poorer-than-expected results in House and Senate races, began pointing fingers at the left—with corporate media giving them a major assist. Democrats had been hoping for big wins on election night, with the possibility of winning not only the presidency but also the Senate, and increasing their majority in the House. But while Biden has come […]
Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up Of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. November 7, 2020 Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up Of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/opcw-2_edited-e1604769134159.jpg200px200px Above photo: Headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, in The Hague, Netherlands. Peter Dejong | AP. “Clearly the U.S. and its allies do not want transparency and open debate about the OPCW Douma investigation, and one can only conclude that this is the case because they know full well that their claims cannot be substantiated. Smears and censorship are the only tactics they have left.” – […]
Corporate Media Reverse Reality By Blaming BLM Protesters For Everything By Joshua Cho, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. November 5, 2020 Corporate Media Reverse Reality By Blaming BLM Protesters For Everything2020-11-052020-11-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/hill-bike-fire-e1604592474380.jpg200px200px Aside from the coronavirus pandemic, this year has also seen unprecedented mass uprisings against the US’s white supremacist police state after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. However, throughout the ongoing protests this year, corporate media seemed to take every opportunity to vilify the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement by spinning the protesters—rather than the racist and authoritarian US regime they are protesting against—as the […]
On Contact: The Disintegrating Media Landscape By Chris Hedges, RT. November 1, 2020 On Contact: The Disintegrating Media Landscape2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/oncontact.png200px200px Chris Hedges and Matt Taibbi examine how the press and the major tech platforms function as a propaganda and censorship bureau on behalf of the Democratic Party and the Biden campaign. On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist and author Matt Taibbi about the rapidly disintegrating media landscape and the consequences of that disintegration. Taibbi has been following developments since Twitter and Facebook blocked a New York Post story about a cache of emails reportedly belonging to Democratic nominee […]
After Socialist Victory In Bolivia, Media Still Whitewash Coup By Bryce Greene, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. October 24, 2020 After Socialist Victory In Bolivia, Media Still Whitewash Coup2020-10-242020-10-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/wapo-evo.png200px200px Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a decisive victory in the country’s presidential elections on Sunday, with its candidate Luis Arce apparently winning by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, likely achieving an absolute majority. The leading opposing candidate, neoliberal Carlos Mesa, and the right-wing unelected President Jeanine Áñez congratulated Arce on his victory. Some in US corporate media, however, failed to describe what was really going on in the country. […]
Media Responds With Apathy, Disappointment As Coup Government Concedes Defeat By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. October 21, 2020 Media Responds With Apathy, Disappointment As Coup Government Concedes Defeat2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/arce-e1603286786445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Former Bolivian President Evo Morales attends a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after general elections in his home country, Oct. 19. 2020. Marcos Brindicci | AP. Across the spectrum, corporate media has endorsed last year’s rightwing takeover of Bolivia, refusing to label it as a coup. Coverage of Sunday’s historical elections hasn’t been much better. Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party is celebrating what appears to be a crushing, landslide […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107753/17/1077531746_0:84:2574:1532_1200x675_80_0_0_0d837d82ed8bde8362164c6f63a4d15d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202010181080804820-gareth-bale-only-real-madrid-player-to-refuse-pay-cut-during-season-suspension-media-reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Welsh football star Gareth Bale was the only Real Madrid player to refuse a salary cut due to the pandemic stoppage, media reported Saturday. According to Spanish national radio broadcaster Cadena SER, when competitions around the world were suspended earlier this year, Real Madrid was among the first clubs to propose a pay cut to players. The squad refused at first, but after players from Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and many other European clubs agreed the shrink their salaries, Real Madrid players agreed the pay cut, the radio station reported. Only Bale […]
With only some 2,500 of BP’s global workforce accepting a golden handshake to leave voluntarily, the balance of the 10,000 lay-offs announced by CEO Bernard Looney in June as part of ‘greening’ the oil giant will be made based on staff performance ratings. Three-quarters of the 10,000 staff set to be laid off worldwide by oil giant BP will have no say in the matter, it has emerged. BP confirmed to Reuters on Friday that only around 2,500 staff had volunteered for redundancy under the plans announced in June by new Chief Executive Bernard Looney. Looney wants to cut almost 15 per […]
Gang warfare on the streets of London has not gone away during the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, if anything there have been more violent incidents than before the lockdown began. British police are investigating the murder of two men who were shot dead in different parts of the country amid widespread social media speculation the killings were revenge for a gang murder in 2017. On Monday, 12 October, a 20-year-old man was shot dead in Telford, near Birmingham, and 24 hours later a man aged 23 was gunned down 150 miles away in Hayes, west London. Neither victim has been formally […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106480/13/1064801392_0:120:1280:840_1200x675_80_0_0_df74e984b224573f9109ee3973bb1ae3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010121080751319-massive-hole-no-one-was-expecting-to-see-spotted-in-antarctic-media-says/ Scientists reportedly believe that the phenomenon was created thanks to a lake located deep below the ice sheet. A peculiar anomaly was spotted from space amid the frozen expanses of Antarctica, the Daily Express reports citing the Science Channel series What on Earth. According to the newspaper, the anomaly in question is a giant hole located near the Ross Ice Shelf, which the series narrator described as “something no one was expecting to see”. As researchers struggled to explain this phenomenon, they first considered “that warm ocean currents could have caused it […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105398/53/1053985318_0:317:6144:3773_1200x675_80_0_0_06258275faf586564943d861b263e98b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010121080750797-older-than-giza-pyramids-millennia-old-signs-of-life-found-by-archaeologists-in-turkey-media-says/ The “archaic living area” reportedly uncovered during the excavation reportedly features a storage section where “ancient ceramics, pots and jugs” were found. Excavations conducted at an archaeological site located in Turkey’s Van Province traces of “ancient life” that date back some 5,000 years ago, Hurriyet Daily News reports. According to the media outlet, a 15-person excavation team which counts anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians among its members has found an Early Bronze Age “archaic living space” during surface research at Iremir Mound. “Revealing ancient ruins dating back to the Urartians are very […]
The Sukhoi Su-57, formerly known as the ‘PAK FA’ or T-50, is a supermaneuverable fifth-generation strike fighter with stealth characteristics and the latest Russian avionics and weapons systems. The jet formally entered mass production in 2019, with Russia’s Aerospace Forces set to receive at least 76 of the planes before 2028. US media have taken note of “some very unusual flying” that was featured in a newly released video by the Russian Ministry of Defence. The video, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the legendary Chkalov State Flight Test Center, includes several seconds of footage of a Su-57 […]
Aside from the housefly that commanded the debate stage for a few minutes by sitting on Mike Pence’s head, his visibly infected pink eye has also sparked concern, causing people to question whether the vice president is healthy or infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. While the US vice president, Mike Pence, tested negative for COVID-19 prior to his Wednesday stand-off with the Democratic VP challenger, Kamala Harris, social media users paid lots of attention to what appeared to be his pink eye, suggesting that the infection may be related to conjunctivitis – a known symptom of the coronavirus. Examining multiple close-ups, […]
Mike Pence defending himself against Kamala Harris’ accusations during the VP debate came across as a case of “mansplaining” to liberals who dissected his performance. However, some noted it is “up to the candidate to talk back.” “She got run over by Pence over and over again. The moderator did nothing about it, but she kept her poise, she kept her composure, and she did great tonight,” CNN’s Van Jones said in a post-analysis, giving Pence a new title: “mansplainer-in-chief.” Similar takes could be found on other mainstream networks. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos noted while talking with Martha Raddatz that “a lot […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107052/32/1070523222_0:197:5472:3275_1200x675_80_0_0_fe289de26f627632e7a3c2fe4e91c733.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010071080701461-massive-explosion-rocks-syrian-city-of-deraa-some-people-left-injured—state-media/ According to reports by the Syrian state-run broadcaster, Al-Ikhbariya, the explosion in the southwestern Syrian city of Deraa caused several injures. A massive explosion rocked the vicinity of southwestern Syrian city of Deraa, state-run broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya reported on Wednesday. According to Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) report, the blast injured two people. The incident occured in the central part of the city, Al-Sabil, according to the TV channel. Deraa is located in the southwestern part of the country, some 13 kilometres from the Jordanian border and 90 kilometres from Damascus. No further […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107614/34/1076143405_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_d41f75a64c64fa8816e5d032b9e79bea.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010061080681570-in-facebooks-footsteps-instagram-begins-labelling-state-controlled-media-accounts-and-posts/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Instagram has moved to label accounts and posts of “state-controlled media,” following the lead of its parent company Facebook, technology website Engadget reported. According to the outlet, journalist Casey Michel was the first to notice that users in the United States see such labels appearing on their profile pages and posts. Instagram has begun rolling out new “state-controlled media” labels—here are the ones for Kremlin outlets aimed at younger Americans: pic.twitter.com/vyUySA1zbW — Casey Michel 🇰🇿 (@cjcmichel) October 5, 2020 Redfish, In the Now and Soapbox have already been reportedly designated as […]
While medieval literature does feature numerous example of human lips meeting human backsides, Dr. Erik Wade of the University of Bonn has explained that said scenes were intended to be comical rather than sexual. While today, the phrase “Kiss my a**!” might be regarded as sassy rebuttal or perhaps an offer to engage in some intimate activities, depending on the context, it turns out that a few centuries ago, the latter meaning would’ve eluded people as certain actions that are considered sexual today weren’t regarded as such back then, the Daily Beast reports. As the media outlet points out, while the […]
US president Donald Trump is being monitored at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following his COVID-19 diagnosis. Earlier the White House maintained that the president was in “good spirits” and was suffering from only mild symptoms, such as fever and fatigue. CNN’s recent report over Trump’s allegedly “serious” condition following his COVID-19 diagnosis has been picked up by a number of global outlets, including the Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mirror, Times of Israel, WION News and others. The American channel reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed “Trump campaign adviser”, that the US president’s condition was worrying as he reportedly was very […]
Belarus is cracking down on reporters. The nation’s government, led by President Alexander Lukashenko, whose election was mired in controversy and has not been recognized by the European Union, announced Friday it was canceling the press accreditations for all foreign journalists immediately. The move comes as Belarus continues blocking its citizens from accessing local media websites, including the Belarusian branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, in the wake of a massive, three-day internet outage and weeks of protests over the Aug. 8 election. Now, some media outlets are fighting back. To make their mobile apps more resilient, some Belarusian news organizations are using NewNode, a decentralized […]
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has rolled out fresh footage of troops fighting a trench battle on the border of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, using mortars, grenade launchers and rocket artillery to pin down the adversary. Azeri troops have been filmed waging what appears to be an artillery duel with their Armenian opponents during heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The one-minute clip shows soldiers firing numerous shells and grenades from inside the mortar pits and trenches. Massive explosions are seen on the other side of the frontline just as Azerbaijani howitzer crews start shelling what seems to be Armenian entrenchments. Rocket artillery joins in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107925/99/1079259974_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cd97bc5d6522693fc09ecf43320a9d17.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009271080590530-us-university-says-biden-didnt-attend-it-despite-him-claiming-he-started-out-there—media-/ The former vice president’s 2007 memoir reportedly “details his years at private Catholic school Archmere Academy to his time as a freshman at the University of Delaware” (UD), noting that “there is no mention of Delaware State University” (DSU). Even as US Democratic presidential candidate and former VP Joe Biden previously said that he “started out” at Delaware State University, that claim has been recently shot down by a representative of that very academic institution, Fox News reports. According to the media outlet, Biden made the claim in question during a town […]
The teenaged kids of some of the biggest names in New York’s media elite—Chris Cuomo, George Stephanopoulos, and others—have teamed up to start an online publication bridging the traditional style of their parents’ generation and the Gen-Z focus on fighting racism and inequality at all levels of society. In July, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Lily Wolfson and Ryan Pelosky, two New York City high-school students, decided they wanted to launch an online newspaper for teens. They emailed a network of friends they knew through school, extracurricular activities, and social occasions, and enlisted a few dozen peers from across the city to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105398/53/1053985318_0:317:6144:3773_1200x675_80_0_0_06258275faf586564943d861b263e98b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202009261080581982-bronze-age-bonanza-trove-of-ancient-artefacts-discovered-in-a-warriors-tomb-in-greece-media-says/ The artefacts found at the site reportedly include a stone known as the Pylos Combat Agate and four signet gold rings with detailed images from Minoan mythology. An archaeological excavation in southwestern Greece ended up yielding over 3,500 objects dating back to the Bronze Age, Greek City Times reports. According to the media outlet, the excavation of a warrior’s tomb, located in the vicinity of the ancient city of Pylos, started back in 2015 and is being run by a husband-and-wife team, Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, with the sponsorship by the […]
Several Chinese state-owned media have made unusual coordinated reports describing cryptocurrencies as the year’s top performing investment. Source link
Media on the incumbent web is in crisis. It turns out that paying publishers for clicks, endless loops of “content” and ads, all served on platforms far beyond their maximum-viable scale is ideal for misinformation, disinformation and the decay of trust. The solution, according to various media innovation prognosticators, is the “passion economy.” The argument goes that, since anyone can create content now, it follows that the lumbering media institutions of the past will be unbundled and replaced with a swarm of individuals: Smart, sharp, upstart newsletter writers, podcasters and maybe even TikTokkers. Substack will save us… hopefully. Joon Ian Wong […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080565766_0:316:3077:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_641b7544a5cca8c5b50d81a915d1b4f6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080565847-facebook-says-took-down-3-russia-originated-social-media-networks/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Facebook has removed three networks allegedly originating from Russia and primarily focusing on affairs in Syria and Ukraine, the company’s Head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a statement. “We removed three separate networks for violating our policy against foreign or government interference which is coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) on behalf of a foreign or government entity. These networks originated in Russia,” Gleicher said on Thursday. Facebook removed a total of 242 users, 41 Pages, 19 Groups and 45 Instagram accounts, the statement said. Aside from Ukraine and Syria, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080559267_74:-1:1920:1038_1200x675_80_0_0_971b28a39b0a2e3dc8e2298b5f949ec8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Chris Summers. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009241080559248-social-media-giggles-at-matt-hancocks-discomfort-as-sky-presenter-quizzes-him-on-casual-sex-ban/ Last week the UK government reversed a decision to make it illegal for people to have sex unless they live together. The latest guidelines say people in an “established relationship” can sleep together but appeared to ban “casual sex” between strangers. Social media has reacted with great delight at an awkward conversation between Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Sky News presenter Kay Burley on whether “casual sex” has been banned by the government in the light of the pandemic. Ms Burley, who is notorious for her belligerent interviews with politicians, was unusually bashful as she probed Mr Hancock about […]
US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have gone on the warpath against Big Tech, unveiling proposed reforms to the firms’ Section 230 liability that would curtail their ability to effect political censorship. Singling out Twitter’s censorship of “conservative views,” the president warned the major tech platforms that the days of their exercising unrestrained political influence were numbered. He was speaking on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion with Attorney General William Barr, nine of his Republican state counterparts, and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), one of Congress’ most vocal critics of Big Tech. Big Tech has “used their power to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080436021_0:65:3104:1811_1200x675_80_0_0_7aa7035812aa598595863d485e4ae831.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009231080548129-french-media-express-joint-support-for-charlie-hebdo-after-cartoon-reprint/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Numerous French newspapers and broadcasters have expressed support for the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which has faced new threats after republishing the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, in an open letter advocating the freedom of expression. “Let us recall here, in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, who paid for the freedom by the blood of his collaborators, that in France the crime of blasphemy does not exist. Some of us are believers and can naturally be shocked by blasphemy. However, they associate themselves unreservedly with our approach. Because in defending the freedom to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009231080546018-alexander-lukashenko-sworn-in-as-belarusian-president-state-media-says/ Lukashenko garnered the support of 80 percent of voters in the 9 August election, according to the official results, which were widely rejected by the opposition as falsified. The controversial outcome of the vote has caused nationwide protests. Alexander Lukashenko has been inaugurated as the president of Belarus, Belta News Agency reported Wednesday. The official ceremony at the Independence Palace was attended by several hundred people, including senior lawmakers, top executives of state organisations as well as scientists, artists and athletes. The media outlet said that Lukashenko put his hand on the constitution and […]
We know that Vladimir Putin takes his lifelong campaign to disrupt American democracy and destroy the very foundations of Western civilization extremely seriously—but that doesn’t mean he and his state media minions can’t have a little fun with it now and then. A bizarre and, frankly, deeply disturbing ad from the state-controlled RT network shows a deep-faked President Donald Trump joining the channel as an anchor. Although the wig is dodgy, the video superimposes Trump’s face onto a chubby body and plays real clips of him denigrating CNN and lavishing praise on “amazing” Russia. The advert starts with Trump rolling up […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/17/1079191708_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6d60462159b904abeda55a74fde54046.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009211080526622-us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-addresses-media-on-anti-iranian-sanctions—video/ The official previously stated that the UN sanctions against Tehran are coming into force, including an arms embargo, after the US triggered a 30-day snapback mechanism. However, the EU and Russia, as well as Iran, denied it, stressing that Washington can’t unilaterally restore international restrictions against the Islamic Republic. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is delivering remarks concerning the announcement of anti-Iranian sanctions. There are also several top American officials present, including Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, US Representative to the United […]
BITCHUTE (STEELE CENSORED BY YOUTUBE: https://www.bitchute.com/video/JLPB88zjwi8g/ Connect with Robert at https://robertdavidsteele.com See the tag cloud and free online chapters at https://pedoempire.org Study Wall Street crime at https://stopnakedshortselling.org Robert David Steele is the conceptualizer of integrated election reform (#UNRIG) and the integration of holistic analytics, true cost economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) such that we can achieve a prosperous world at peace at 10-20% the cost of the failed Western economic model burdened by banks and lawyers. A former US spy and co-founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, he is today the Chief Enabling Officer (CeO) of Earth Intelligence […]
Trump’s remarks come as the White House moves to ban WeChat and TikTok from US app stores. Having told reporters that he has conversed with top executives at Oracle, Walmart and Microsoft regarding the possible purchase of video-sharing app TikTok, US President Donald Trump also explained what has to be done in order for that social media app to operate in the United States, The Hill reports. According to the media outlet, Trump explained that in order to achieve that, the security concerns about TikTok’s alleged ties with China need to be addressed first. “We have some great options and maybe […]
News Media Who Ignore The Assange Trial Are Admitting They Don’t Care About Journalism September 18, 2020 News Media Who Ignore The Assange Trial Are Admitting They Don’t Care About Journalism2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/medium-5.jpg200px200px Above photo: Garry Knight. The Sydney Morning Herald just published an article titled “Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again” about the WikiLeaks founder’s correct interjection that he never put anyone’s lives in danger with the publication of the Manning leaks a decade ago. It’s actually a rather shocking smear piece for the SMH, who has been one of the better Australian publications at giving Assange a fair hearing over the years. The article’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009171080490923-saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-explosive-drone-launched-towards-kingdom-state-media-says/ According to the state-run SPA news agency, the drone was launched by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen said they have intercepted an explosive drone launched in the direction of the kingdom earlier on Thursday. A spokesman for the coalition was quoted by the state-run SPA news agency as saying that the drone had been launched at civilian targets in the region of Khamis Mushair, close to the border with Yemen. The drone was destroyed, the agency added. This has been one of the dozens of incidents which […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107730/90/1077309090_0:0:2882:1620_1200x675_80_0_0_fb22899da2aee5d571352a8fc51ea517.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009171080490013-ag-william-barr-mulls-criminal-charges-against-seattle-mayor-amid-blm-protests-media-says/ The attorney general also reportedly told federal prosecutors to consider charging rioters and protesters who’d committed violent crimes with sedition. United States Attorney General William Barr has recently asked prosecutors in the civil rights division of the US Justice Department to “explore” the prospects of bringing criminal charges against Jenny Durkan, the Mayor of Seattle, for her allowing protesters to establish a “police-free” zone in the city this summer, The New York Times reports citing two people “briefed on those discussions” as saying. The zone in question, known as the Capitol Hill […]
Michael Caputo, pictured at a White House event, is taking a 60-day leave of absence from his job as lead spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services after alleging President Trump’s opponents have interfered in the coronavirus response. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Michael Caputo, pictured at a White House event, is taking a 60-day leave of absence from his job as lead spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services after alleging President Trump’s opponents have interfered in the coronavirus response. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Michael Caputo, the top spokesperson for the Department of Health and […]
There is no shortage of local topics that interest the Kremlin—from the poisoning of an inconvenient dissident, to the events in neighboring Belarus and the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. In the thick of it all, America remains front and center of the Russian state media’s steely focus. In Putin’s Russia, U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s rallies, events and press comments are viewed and reported with maniacal obsession. Russian state media happily poked fun at the Trump campaign’s use of a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets, but aside from an occasional jab, Moscow’s coverage of the Trump presidency closely resembles […]
Daily Beast: A pro-Trump youth organization enlisted teenagers to flood social media with posts attacking former Vice President Joe Biden, The Washington Post reports. Turning Point Action, an affiliate of the conservative student organization Turning Point USA, has reportedly paid teenagers in Arizona, some of them minors, to make thousands of identical posts on their own accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter asserting things like “Don’t trust Dr. Fauci,” mail-in ballots “will lead to fraud this election,” and “It’s hard to know what to believe” about the official coronavirus death count. NEW: Charlie Kirk’s c4 enlists minors in “troll farm” spreading coordinated pro-Trump […]
By Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT Right after running a story criticizing the French coverage of ‘Russiagate,’ a progressive Euroskeptic outlet got labeled by Twitter as Russian state-affiliated media. A case of mistaken identity, or content-based censorship? Ruptures is a French journal that describes itself as progressive and “radically Eurocritical.” It has been around for almost 20 years, changing its name from Bastille-République-Nations to Ruptures in 2015. Less than an hour after publishing a story about the French media coverage of ‘Russiagate’ – the entirely unsubstantiated claim about US President Donald Trump colluding with Moscow during the 2016 elections – […]
The two nominations for President Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize – for brokering deals in the Middle East and the Balkans – has prompted the Atlantic to call to cancel the award, sparking pushback from conservatives. “End the Nobel Peace Prize,” the Atlantic declared in a headline Friday. The award’s past winners have a “spotty” record of achievement, the leftist media outlet said, as many were honored for making efforts at peace that never came to fruition. Trump’s nomination was apparently the last straw for the Atlantic, which said it “shows that peace had its chance and blew it.” […]
Syria’s air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Aleppo city early Friday morning, as multiple missiles were intercepted before reaching their targets, Syrian state-run television reported. The strikes occurred around 1:30am local time on Friday, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported, citing a military source who noted the country’s air defenses had repelled “most of the enemy missiles.” The source pinned the attack on Israel, however Tel Aviv has yet to comment on the incident. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The news agency shared footage of the blast on social media, while an unconfirmed photo purporting to […]
Conservatives are slamming mainstream media outlets after their almost identical coverage of the Senate Democrats’ decision to vote against a coronavirus relief bill appeared to blame Republicans for the “failure.” After months of negotiations, a coronavirus stimulus package, which included funding for schools and Covid-19 testing, unemployment benefits, and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), was voted down by every Democrat in the Senate on Thursday. The only Republican to join them was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). Needing 60 votes to pass, the bill earned a 52-47 outcome and it’s now unlikely a coronavirus stimulus package will pass before November’s presidential election. […]
Lee Camp: Liberal Media Attacks Me And A Tribute To Kevin Zeese By Lee Camp, Moment of Clarity. September 10, 2020 Lee Camp: Liberal Media Attacks Me And A Tribute To Kevin Zeese2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/lee-e1599737884426.jpg200px200px A liberal media criticism outlet recently published an article where they used one of my jokes as evidence of a grand Russian plan to subvert the 2020 US elections. Also, my memories of a great man, lawyer, & activist — Kevin Zeese. Rest in power. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009081080403096-saudi-led-coalition-strikes-down-explosive-laden-drone-from-houthi-militants—state-media/ According to Saudi state media, Saudi air defenses intercepted an explosives-laden drone launched from Houthi territory in Yemen on Tuesday night. The intercept is just the latest in nearly a dozen incidents over the last two weeks as the five-year-long war in Yemen continues to rage. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW… Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009081080401562-trump-will-attend-signing-ceremony-of-israel-uae-peace-deal-at-white-house-israeli-media-says/ Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi agreed to normalize ties last month in a deal brokered by Washington. Palestinian leaders slammed the agreement, calling it a betrayal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the UAE’s decision, saying it showed that Arab countries will not be “held hostage by the Palestinians” in dealing with Israel. US President Donald Trump will personally attend the signing ceremony for the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates at the White House on September 15, Walla diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid has reported, citing White House officials. According to […]
An anti-coronavirus task force in Indonesia has punished people who wouldn’t wear face masks at a country market by forcing them inside a hearse containing a Covid-19 victim casket, local media reported. The unusual disciplinary action was taken at the Maron Market in the Probolinggo municipality in Indonesia’s East Java province. Some 50 violators, both shop owners and their clients, took turns spending about three minutes each inside the hearse. The people had to sit in shame next to a casket and reflect on their actions and how the coronavirus may affect their families. The grim object is used to transport […]
Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally in Minsk on Sunday to protest the disputed results of the August 9 presidential election. tut.by/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tut.by/AFP via Getty Images Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally in Minsk on Sunday to protest the disputed results of the August 9 presidential election. tut.by/AFP via Getty Images Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital Minsk, according to local media reports citing eyewitnesses. Kolesnikova’s phone has gone unresponsive. Her family has […]
US Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie dismissed media reports that Donald Trump disparaged the nation’s war dead as “losers,” saying the president honors those who fought for the country by taking real steps to help them. “I judge a man by his actions, and the actions have been beneficial to veterans all across this country in ways we’ve not seen since the end of World War II,” Wilkie said Sunday in a CNN interview. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says he does not believe Pres. Trump made disparaging remarks about US service members and veterans and has never heard the President […]
Late last month, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak reportedly signaled the Treasury’s readiness for a $40 billion tax hike on the wealthy aimed at filling the gap in the country’s finances caused by the coronavirus crisis. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak have agreed to cut personal taxes before the next general election scheduled for 2024, according to The Sunday Times. The newspaper reported that the two arrived at a consensus on the issue after they thrashed out a deal on the government’s economic strategy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The chancellor will tell […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107841/99/1078419946_0:0:1201:676_1200x675_80_0_0_6a6328332f567a65743704edcccccf34.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009031080358897-britney-spears-wants-qualified-company-to-run-her-voluntary-conservatorship-media-says/ The court documents that reportedly outlined Britney’s recent move specifically point out that she is “strongly opposed to her father continuing as the sole conservator of her estate”. Famous American pop singer Britney Spears recently moved to nominate a trust company as a conservator of her estate, Entertainment Tonight reports citing court documents filed by Britney’s lawyer earlier this week. According to the magazine, the documents reveal that Britney is “strongly opposed to her father continuing as the sole conservator of her estate”, and asks the court to appoint Bessemer Trust Company, N.A. for […]
A new narrative being spun in Western media claims Russian President Vladimir Putin is the mastermind who poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, reviving an old trope used to stoke Russophobia. However, one journalist advises not jumping to conclusions before all the facts are known. Kevin Zeese, editor of Popular Resistance, told Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits hosts Bob Schlehuber and Michelle Witte that Russia, China and other “targets of Western foreign policy” have to defend themselves from the US on a number of fronts – including the media. “German government spokesman Steffen […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009021080351871-syria-intercepts-israeli-strike-on-central-air-base—state-media/ According to Syrian state media, several missiles fired at the T-4 air base were intercepted on Wednesday. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syrian air defenses over the city of Homs engaged a barrage of “rockets” allegedly fired by an Israeli aircraft at the T4 air base. The report notes the missiles came from the direction of at-Tanf, a US-controlled base on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The report noted that most of the missiles were shot down; however, some did hit their targets without loss of life. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW… Source link
The news comes after the Trump administration extended a ban Chinese firms doing business with US tech companies in May, forcing the world’s largest contract chipmaker to block shipments of processors to the world’s largest IT equipment provider as the measures were due to enter force in September. US restrictions on Huawei Technologies have sparked a massive stockpiling of chips in the global semiconductor industry amid a shortfall in funding from Washington, an analyst told Reuters on Monday. Washington pledged roughly $22.8bn in June to the US chipmaking industry but the funds may not be sufficient as they cover just half […]
Australian Facebook users may soon find themselves unable to share news, the social media giant has warned, citing a new law which has pitted Big Tech firms against major media outlets demanding a cut of their revenue. The draft regulation, proposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), would mandate that platforms such as Facebook and Google give news organizations a piece of their digital marketing earnings. While supporters of the law argue the platforms unduly benefit from hosting news content, Facebook insists the ACCC “misunderstands the dynamics of the internet,” and that the regulation would force the company to […]
The campaign office of Democratic candidate Joe Biden accused US President Donald Trump of inciting violence and failing to unite the country amid Black Lives Matter protests. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley instead slammed Democratic state and city authorities for refusing federal help in quelling the riots. A spokesman for US President Donald Trump has accused media outlets in the US of ignoring and even being complicit in violence at some Black Lives Matter protests. Hogan Gidley suggested to Fox News’ Media Buzz on Sunday that journalists had suddenly “found Jesus” after Joe Biden acknowledged that the demonstrations were not all peaceful. […]
DNI John Ratcliffe joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Sunday. This was his first interview since being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). DNI Ratcliffe told Maria why he was forced to send written briefings to Congress — too many lawmakers (Democrats) were leaking! DNI John Ratcliffe: Within minutes of one of those briefings ending a number of members of Congress went to a number of publications and leaked classified information again, for political purposes, to create a narrative that simply isn’t true. That somehow Russia is a greater national security threat than China. So I’m going […]
North Korea has for the first time used a YouTube channel to send coded messages to its spies across the border, South Korean media has reported, apparently falling for a hoax that had nothing to do with Pyongyang. On Saturday, North Korea had broadcast a coded message to its agents, notably using YouTube instead of radio waves, the Yonhap News Agency and other Southern and international outlets have reported. The message was read by a female announcer and contained phrases such as “No. 23 on Page 564, No. 19 on Page 479” addressed to “No. 719 expedition agents.” It’s an example […]
Responding to MSNBC’s Joy Reid blasting his pro-Trump event as a ‘danger’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, activist Brandon Straka silenced her by calling out hypocrisy on BLM coverage, and a refusal to cover a recent attack on him. “So they’re just gonna go back to their screaming rallies like there is no Covid, just because their Dear Leader needs the ego boost,” Reid tweeted on Saturday, in reaction to video from a rally held by Straka in Chicago in support of President Donald Trump. The video shows people, some wearing masks and some not, holding pro-Trump signs and chanting, “walk away,” […]
Mary Trump has been in the spotlight since revealing that she is writing a tell-all book about the Trump family and specifically about her uncle, US President Donald Trump, who will reportedly be portrayed in a negative light. The Trump administration sought to block the publication of the exposé, claiming that it violated nondisclosure agreements. Social media users lambasted US President Donald Trump after he attacked his niece, Mary, on social media. In a tweet, the US president referred to his 55-year-old niece as “unstable” and claimed that she has been “shunned” all her life. “About the only way a person […]
The Belarusian foreign ministry has withdrawn accreditation from journalists from certain foreign media, a decision which the country’s law enforcement agencies have justified on the basis of ‘countering extremism.’ Journalists from Western media organizations, such as Reuters and Associated Press, along with state media outlets AFP, BBC, Deutsche Welle and RFE/RL, have been stripped of their right to report, meaning that they could be arrested if caught performing their duties. The majority of these reporters are Belarusian citizens. In response, British state broadcaster BBC called the move a “stifling of independent journalism,” which it condemned “in the strongest possible terms.” READ […]
CNN, MSNBC, and even Fox News, have entirely ignored two Black Lives Matter inspired stabbings of white men that occurred in Colorado and Georgia on Tuesday. Both stabbings involved black men attempting to murder random white strangers for the color of their skin. In Aurora, Colorado, Steve Sinclair, 30, stabbed 29-year-old Michael Conner on Tuesday while shouting “Black Lives Matter” and saying “I’m going to kill you and your dog.” Local station 9 News reports, “Sinclair continued saying, ‘Black lives matter’ to police when they arrived according to the first officer on scene. That officer wrote that Sinclair had his hands […]
On Thursday night, US President Donald Trump delivered a fiery acceptance speech after being nominated by the Republican Party to run for a second term in November. A journalist told Sputnik that Trump is given space to spin lies about an imaginary adversary by a mainstream media that long ago gave up its duty to be critical of politicians. In a speech at the White House on Thursday that lasted more than an hour, Trump presented himself as a defender of the United States against forces threatening to destroy it – forces that would be mobilized if Democratic nominees Joe Biden […]
It took one “leaked” tape of a right-wing politician’s meeting with a fake Russian oligarch’s niece to topple the Austrian government in 2019. Ex-vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache now says it was a “criminal network” plot. Austria’s right-wing government imploded in spectacular fashion last summer, after two German newspapers, Der Spiegel and the Suddeutsche Zeitung, published excerpts from a videotape of Vice-Chancellor Strache negotiating a ‘quid pro quo’ deal with the supposed “niece of a Russian oligarch” in Ibiza. The woman was later revealed to be a Bosnian student, posing as a Russian femme fatale, and the tapes turned out to be from […]
Describing Ghislaine Maxwell’s relationship with the prince, her friend suggested that the former will “protect him to the last”. Christopher Mason, a former friend of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, said that she is unlikely to disclose any information about Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, and his “alleged liaison” with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, The Sun reports. A former associate of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell currently awaits trial in the United States after being arrested in July 2020 and charged by federal prosecutors in New York City with four counts of procuring and transporting minors for illegal […]
While the alleged attacker has been released on bail while the cops conduct an investigation, the Conservative Party has reportedly refused to suspend him. A lady who accused a British Conservative Party MP of raping her is now seeking to have him named in the Parliament once it returns from its summer recess, by having a peer or another MP invoke parliamentary privilege in order to do so, the Daily Mail reports. According to the newspaper, the alleged attacker, who is in his 50s, was arrested earlier this month when “allegations of rape and sexual assault in four separate incidents” were […]
Days after rumors suggested – again – that the North Korean leader was in a coma, Kim Jong-un chaired a key politburo event, handing out instructions on continuing his country’s “anti-epidemic” effort. Chairman Kim went out into the world this Tuesday, presiding over an “enlarged” party meeting, the government-run KCNA news agency reported. Kim’s latest public appearance was to “seriously assess” lessons learnt during Pyongyang’s effort to contain an unspecified “malignant virus.” The North Korean leader, repeatedly declared dead by some international media earlier this year, appeared to be alive and well, giving out orders to “overcome the defects [in disease […]
The liberal media on Tuesday led by the far left Drudge Report reported that the numbers for Sleepy Joe topped Day 1 of the Republican National Convention.The results were based on Nielsen ratings. According to Nielsen 17 million viewed Trump and the GOP on Day 1 of the RNC Convention.And 19.7 million tuned in to DNC Convention last week. But this is another trick of the liberal media — and it is disgusting! Millions of Americans tuned in to watch the historic RNC convention last night online. TRENDING: 2020 RNC Night 2 Live-Stream Video Starting at 8 PM ET — First […]
China released the coronavirus sometime in late 2019. By early March China was pushing countries around the globe to put in place economic shutdowns similar to what the CCP did in Wuhan. They clearly wanted the world to suffer economically from the virus. One individual on Twitter put together a lengthy Twitter thread outlining the efforts China took to ensure the rest of the world would participate in shutdowns like China put in place in Hubei Province. 2/5 The fact that CCP’s disinformation campaign focused on Italy is crucial. Italy was the first country outside China to lock down. The rest […]
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday evening warned his viewers that the rest of the media was going to deliberately refuse to air large swaths of this week’s Republican National Convention. And he did so while speaking over large swaths of the RNC that the rest of the media aired. During last week’s Democratic National Convention, Fox News notably aired only a portion of the events, devoting an hour each night to the DNC speeches while airing Hannity’s regularly scheduled primetime program. Apparently believing that the rest of the networks would do to the RNC what Fox News did to […]