By Rick Sterling | Venezuelanalysis | January 5, 2021 In early December I traveled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There were about two hundred international observers in total, including the Latin American Council […]
By Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice | April 7, 2017 On Tuesday 4 April there were reports of children and other civilians killed by chemical poisoning in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. There were contradictory reports, some saying they smelled the gas; others claiming it caused immediate death like odorless sarin. On Wednesday 5 […]
Biased and Misleading Analysis on Syria, Russia, Turkey By Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice | December 4, 2015 PBS Newshour is considered high quality journalism by many North Americans. But is it? A test case is their report on November 24 when a Russian jet was shot down and one pilot killed as he descended […]
PBS Newshour is considered high quality journalism by many North Americans. But is it? A test case is their report on November 24 when a Russian jet was shot down and one pilot killed as he descended in parachute.
Image: A still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video showing airstrikes against ISIS oil trucks in Syria.
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By Jason Hirthler | CounterPunch | December 2, 2014 A recent article in FAIR reviewed the findings of its latest study on the quality of political “debate” being aired on the mainstream networks. It studied the run-up to the military interventions in both Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the arbiters of the study intended to illustrate […]
