Mainstream Media

‘Oops, it was us’: Military concedes British sub, not Russian, damaged UK trawler in April

RT | September 8, 2015 The UK Ministry of Defence admits that a submarine that damaged a British trawler in April this year was one of its own, not Russian. Earlier, Fleet Street was awash with speculation that a ‘hostile Russian sub’ had nearly destroyed the fishing vessel. “… the RN [the Royal Navy] has […]

Missing From Reports of Yemeni Carnage: Washington’s Responsibility

This photo of the aftermath of an airstrike in Sana, Yemen, accompanied a New York Times story (6/24/15) that provided a detailed account of the human toll of the air war—but made no mention of the US’s responsibility. (photo: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters) By Jim Naureckas | FAIR | August 31, 2015 The New York Times (8/30/15) […]

Send ‘Em All Away! US Publication Blasts US-funded Russian NGOs

By Daniele Pozzati – Sputnik – 15.08.2015 News website Salon has taken on “the ongoing nonsense concerning foreign-funded NGOs operating in Russia” in a long article published online last week. They are into coups. They use buzzwords like human rights and civil society as fig leaves to carry “unpublicized policy functions that Washington has decided […]

Time for the western media to send real journalists to Russia & Ukraine

By Bryan MacDonald | RT | August 3, 2015 The media’s use of young, inexperienced freelancers in Ukraine has long been a disaster waiting to happen. Last weekend’s obviously fabricated “dirty bomb” nonsense is further proof. I’ve said it dozens of times. I’ll now repeat it. The western media needs to send qualified, experienced journalists […]

What the epidemic of TV and movies about zombies and doomsday viruses is really trying to tell us

By Craig McKee | Truth and Shadows | August 2, 2015 Be afraid. Be very afraid. Of what may come. Of each other. If movies and television in the last few years are any indication, we have so much more to fear in this world than losing a job or a relationship or our health. Our “entertainment” is telling us that […]