Natural News | 20 April 2015 It is astonishing that the Wikipedia website smears so many thousands of people with false, defamatory information — celebrities, authors, activists, scientists, journalists and so on — yet almost no one has published the dubious history of its co-founder, Jimmy Wales. As part of the background investigation into the…
Robert Parry | 16 April 2015 In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel “false-flag” were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC’s Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks, says Robert Parry. By Robert Parry In…
Natural News | 6 April 2015 After months of stonewalling and denials, Rolling Stone magazine has finally retracted its totally fabricated “campus rape” story which claimed that fraternity rape is endemic across America’s universities. Yesterday, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism released a detailed analysis of Rolling Stone’s mistakes, stating that “…the magazine failed to…
Media Lens | 18 March 2015 Love For Libya: 2011-2015 Islamic State’s horrific mass beheading of 21 Coptic Christians last month forced a reluctant UK media system to return to Libya, scene of saturation news coverage in 2011. Then, the media lens hovered obsessively over every Libyan government crime – indeed, over every alleged and…
BenSwann | February 29 2015 In the latest episode of Truth in Media, Ben Swann investigates the origins of the militant group referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Comment: Ben Swann is amazing in that his roots were in the mainstream media and he still works part-time for RT, but he…
Collective Evolution | 5 Feb 2015 Recently, constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati won yet another round of appeals set forth by the Bank of Canada in a case involving two Canadians who filed an action in federal court to restore The Bank of Canada to its original purpose and operations. This is a very significant story…
Sputnik | 20 Feb 2015 The Guardian reported claims by Sue Bamford, a textiles artist from Bodmin, Cornwall, who told the newspaper that whilst taking a driving lesson she saw what she later believed to be a Russian bomber flying over St Eval. EDINBURGH (Sputnik), Mark Hirst — The claims that a Russian bomber flew directly…
Robert Parry | Consortium News | 13 Feb 2015 A new truce agreement in Ukraine rekindles hope that the bloodshed can be reduced if not stopped, but Official Washington’s gross misunderstanding of the crisis, blaming everything on Russia’s President Putin, raises doubts and portends a potentially grave catastrophe, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The original falsehood…
Robert Parry | Consortium News | 9 Feb 2015 Exclusive: The U.S. news media has failed the American people often in recent years by not challenging U.S. government falsehoods, as with Iraq’s WMD. But the most dangerous violation of journalistic principles has occurred in the Ukraine crisis, which has the potential of a nuclear war, writes Robert Parry.…
Cliff Kincaid | NewsWithViews.com | February 10, 2015 Brian Williams’ “chopper whoppers” about his exploits as a correspondent flying into Iraq are making him look foolish. It’s not clear whether he can survive in the anchor chair. But don’t think the Williams case means that the media are now on guard for misrepresentations and false claims.…