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Pearson Sharp: ‘Liberal Hypocrisy on Zero-Tolerance’

Author and journalist Pearson Sharp argues “If you were silent under Obama’s practices, you have no right to speak out now.”

My latest report on the liberal hypocrisy on zero-tolerance. If you were silent under Obama’s practices, you have no right to speak out now.https://t.co/N97uk3eeTV
— Pearson Sharp (@PearsonSharp) June 22, 2018

Joe Lauria: U.S. Media Whitewashes Gaza Massacre

IMAGE: A screen capture of the Gaza video tribute banned by YouTube. (Sana Kassem/Vimeo)
Special to Consortium News: “As Israel killed more than 50 Palestinians in cold blood protesting the American embassy move on Monday, U.S. corporate media failed to accurately report what happened in Gaza, once again meekly protecting the government line, argues Joe Lauria.”
By Joe Lauria

‘Refreshing Breath of Truth’ on Gaza Massacre, Palestine Allowed On-Air

IMAGE: CBS News guest Noura Erakat does not hold back when speaking her mind about Israel and Palestine on-air.
21st Century Wire says…
It’s not often and almost never that you see a major news network, in this case CBS News, invite a voice of truth to help explain the atrocities being carried out by Israel on the Palestinian people.

Understanding The Guardian’s Latest ‘Russia-White Helmets’ Conspiracy Theory

Following the Guardian newspaper’s hit-piece attacking 21st Century Wire this week, a number of sober analysts have stepped forward to explain how The Guardian is acting as gatekeeper in a vain attempt to steer public opinion on the UK government’s biggest ‘civil society’ project in Syria. According to The Guardian, everything is a “Russian-backed conspiracy” if it doesn’t fit the official government narrative.

‘Man Bites Dog’: New York Times Does Some Actual Journalism

What this story shows is that while there are some conscientious journalists at the New York Times who have made a concerted effort to discover the truth about President Trump’s somewhat outlandish claim that the Cuban government have deployed sonic attacks against US diplomats in Havana – the paper’s editors also ran with the predictable mainstream conspiracy theory that Putin might be behind this malicious high-tech assault on US foreign service officials.