MSM Watch

War on Syria: A Manufactured ‘Revolution’ and Fake Media Narratives

After 7 long years of waging an illegal and vicious proxy war against Syria, the Western and Gulf powers have lost military war, and also continue to lose control over the information war as well. Their frustration has been evident by the increasing number of attacks which mainstream outlets have mounted against any independent journalists who dare to challenge the prescribed establishment narrative on the conflict.

GORKED: Trump’s Dim Khashoggi Statement Used to Promulgate Lies on Iran, Middle East

This week, the White House released a bizarre screed, apparently authored by US President Donald Trump entitled, “Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Standing with Saudi Arabia” (read his full statement below). As Trump statements go, this was one of the most incoherent proclamations made to date.

(VIDEO) From Cooper, to Cuomo, to Lemon: CNN Top 5 Fails

Most honest media critics would agree that CNN is by far and away America’s leading #FakeNews outlet, disseminating war propaganda around the clock, along with disinformation and contrived claims – all in order to steer public opinion into the Establishment’s cul de sac of choice.
The following presentation is an entertaining breakdown CNN’s Top 5 “Owned & Fails”, also referred to as the ‘cringe compilation.’ Watch:

21WIRE editor Vanessa Beeley named by NCTJ as one of Britain’s ‘Most Respected Journalists’

Vanessa Beeley reporting in Homs Province, Syria (Image: P.J. Henningsen 2017)
This latest announcement should be regarded as a real breakthrough for independent journalists.
Yesterday, Britain’s National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) named 21st Century Wire Associate Editor Vanessa Beeley as one of the Top 238 Most Respected Journalists in the UK.

Fracking Protestors Jailed: British State Has Now Criminalized Peaceful Protests


Since when did peaceful environmental protests become a criminal act punishable by jail sentence? Answer: since 2018.
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Last week, Simon Roscoe Blevins, 26, Richard Roberts, 36, and Rich Loizou, 31 (pictured above), were the first environmental protesters since 1932 to receive a jail sentence for a conscientious demonstration.
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The Other Side of ‘John McCain Holy Week’

21st Century Wire says…
As the corporate media war complex lays to rest a week-long ‘beatification’ of John McCain – a series of events that resembled something of a ‘Holy Week’ for the late senator and establishment political class – we’re reminded that it’s just as patriotic and liberating to always question the official line.