Journalist Schools BBC on Russian Intervention in Crimea
A fellow blogger with substantial experience in Europe sent this BBC footage, which I believe readers will find instructive.
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Murdoch’s Other Hacking Scandal: A Review of “Murdoch’s Pirates” by Neil Chenoweth
Back in the late 1980’s, Rupert Murdoch’s latest fiendish plan for world media domination (there’s a new one every decade or so) centred on pay TV. But as the 1990s rolled in, the media baron focused on a new world to conquer: crypto.
Read more...Bill Black Slams New York Times for Wink and Nod Endorsement of Criminal Conduct
Bill Black is so steamed about a recent New York Times story on the indictment of former partners of the failed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf that he’s written two posts about it. And they say a great deal about what is rotten at the New York Times.
Read more...Ilargi: Big Oil and Gas Wars
We live in a world built on such an overkill of 24/7 propaganda and misinformation that some of it easily slips by. Especially when the topic is the Ukraine.
Read more...Reuters Writes About Our Suit Against CalPERS to Obtain Private Equity Data
We were surprised and pleased when a reporter from the Reuters publication peHUB, Chris Witkowsky, contacted us a couple of days ago about the suit we had filed against CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement Systems, over their refusal to provide us with information they had given to three Oxford academics who had used that data as the basis for a recently-published paper.
Read more...Ilargi: The Hubris Circus
Yves here. The writing is delicious. But one thing that is frustrating (and of course quite deliberate) in reading the Western media account of the standoff in Ukraine is that they airbrush out how the West stoked this conflict and can hardly be surprised that Putin finally felt compelled to respond.
Read more...Hudson/Sommers: Western Media Predictably Minimizes Russia’s Sochi Accomplishments
The Sochi Olympics were the great success Russia hoped for.
Read more...Determined Ignorance on Climate Change: Still Impervious to Facts
Climate change is a hard policy question to address because it pits those who believe in evidence against those committed to knowing as little as possible.
Read more...NC Reader Smacks Down Consumer Reports on Medicaid Clawback Advice
It’s fun to see someone who got themselves in a hole keep digging deeper.
Read more...PBS Pimps Itself Out to Billionaire Who Campaigns Against Pensions for Gov’t Employees to Produce Scaremongering Series About Government Pensions
Now we know how much it takes to buy PBS programming: $3.5 million.
Read more...The Debt Crisis in Puerto Rico: Why Is It Not More Newsworthy?
The escalating debt crisis in Puerto Rico, where default or bankruptcy look to be likely outcomes, has gotten only cursory notice from the media. That’s quite an oversight when you look at the size and potential impact.
Read more...Washington’s Military Aid to Israel: Fake Peace Process, Real War Process
Yves here. Chase Madar describes the curious phenomenon of how, on an economic and military basis, Israel should be regarded as a client state, yet operates as an equal partner and even tries to dictate US policy. America’s involvement in the Middle East is one of the big drivers of our ongoing military commitments (which increasingly look like overreach) and our ties to Israel help keep the US mired. This in turn has implications for domestic policy, since high levels of military spending compete with other uses, most notably, social programs.
Read more...Jealous The New Republic Takes Potshot at The Onion for Being….Marxist!
When Lambert sent me the link to a New Republic article, “The Onion Has Become America’s Finest Marxist News Source,” I first assumed that TNR was engaging in a bit of humorous flattery, as in taking a page from The Onion’s own book in highlighting its success. But on further inspection, I could be wrong. Readers, please help!
Read more...Bill Black: Jamie Dimon’s $10 Million Raise is a “Common Sense” Fraud Reward
Yves here. This has been such a busy week that I’ve been remiss about commenting on how Dimon’s board rewarded him despite the London Whale fiasco and the revelation of pervasive regulatory abuses. Clearly, they thought he bought the bank’s way out of trouble on the cheap, disproving the wailing in the financial firm toadying media that the Morgan bank had been ill-treated by the Administration.
Read more...Blogroll Amnesty Day!
Today is the day when bloggers are asked to promote less-well-trafficked sites they like.
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