John Helmer: The Julian Assange Case Now Puts the US on Trial in a British Court – Is There a Get-Out-of-Jail Card for Assange?
A disucssion of legal issues in the Assange extradition case.
Read more...Category Archives: Media watch
The Anti-Sanders Press Influenced the 2016 Primary. Will It Do the Same Again?
Can Sanders supporters counter a hostile media?
Read more...Americans Have No Idea What “Freedom of the Press” Means
Why First Amendment “freedom of the press” protections are far broader than most Americans realize.
Read more...Assange Arrest and Extradition Round-Up
The indictment (for Manning, not DNC email), the theory of the case (not “hacking,” please), the assault on journalism, horrid takes, and details of the arrest.
Read more...Brexit: Shambles
More Brexit faffing about when that’s the last thing the UK can afford.
Read more...Yasha Levine: Respectable Racists
Racists are well tolerated in liberal bastions in America….as long as they are the right sort of racist.
Read more...Yasha Levine: Silicon Valley and “Communication Weapons of War”
Turns out Silicon Valey isn’t all that innovative on the propaganda front.
Read more...Matt Taibbi: It’s Official – Russiagate is This Generation’s WMD
The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it.
Read more...What Republicans and Billionaires Really Mean When They Talk About ‘Freedom’
Why the meaning of the word freedom very much depends on your economic standing.
Read more...Can Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Be Trusted To Turn Facebook into a “Privacy-Focused Communications Platform?”
Spoiler alert: No.
Read more...Brexit: Chaos Visible
Things continue to go badly for Theresa May’s Brexit.
Read more...What’s New About Fake News?
Musing on why the level of crude propagandizing known as fake news has gotten worse.
Read more...Why a Focus on “Fake News” and Facebook Misses the Internet’s Real Problems – and Solutions
MP’s new ‘fake news’ report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism itself – and risks sending regulation in the wrong direction.
Read more...Los Angeles Times Barks Up the Wrong Tree With CalPERS/American Media Inc. (National Enquirer) Story
The Los Angeles Times tells the story of a CalPERS investment misfire to maximize the outrage factor, and does taxpayers a huge disservice by missing who the real perps were (mind you, not to say that CalPERS isn’t too easy a mark….)
Read more...Many Countries at UN Oppose Trump Interference in Venezuela
The US plans for Venezuela don’t have the degree of foreign support that the press would have you believe.
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