Donald Trump has used his Twitter and Facebook accounts to promote Breitbart News articles at least 186 times — often sharing stories that fawned over him and his presidential campaign. Trump recently hired Stephen Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart News, to be the CEO of his campaign.Prior to Bannon’s hiring by the campaign, Breitba
Source: 186 Times Donald Trump Shared Breitbart News Articles On Social Media
Waleed Aly has expressed dismay over Australia’s willingness to accept black deaths in custody.
Source: Waleed Aly on Aboriginal deaths in custody: ‘Do black deaths matter?’
Why is it so hard to create meaningful action on climate change? Discussion about global warming — and many other critical issues — has become “polluted” by toxic rhetoric, argues author and public relations specialist James Hoggan, which in turn “discourage[s] people from taking action.” In his new book, I’m Right and You’re an I
Source: New Book Explains Media’s Role In Today’s Toxic State Of Public Discourse
By Christian Marx Right-wing regimes have a history of censorship and obfuscating the truth. From Mussolini to Hitler to Pinochet, one of the first actions of Fascists is to totally control the media. All dissenting progressive views are silenced. The media becomes merely a propaganda and disinformation unit to brainwash and divide the populace. It…
Source: Hypocrisy and Censorship from the Right – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Donald Trump isn’t good at telling the truth. And as the GOP presidential nominee’s lies stack up, media networks are finally pushing back.
Source: Networks Are Now Fact-Checking Trump’s Lies in Real Time and It’s Ruining His Campaign
Thursday 27 July 2016 The ABC’s revelation about the manifestly unreasonable treatment of teenage boys in detention in the Northern Territory should come as no surprise to anyone. It is the ABC with programmes like Four Corners, Media Watch and Australian Story and others that have been at the forefront of revealing injustice, corruption, political…
Source: Day to Day Politics: The ABC of injustice. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Police report no links between ISIL and a gunman’s “night of horror” in a Munich shopping centre.
Source: How did the media cover the Munich attack? – Al Jazeera English
How did a US special agent tie Ukranian man Artem Vaulin to one of the world’s biggest file-sharing websites, Kickass Torrents?
The screaming headline on the front of today’s edition of The Sun added to the shredding of Tony Blair’s reputation. “Weapons of Mass Deception,” it blared. That was bit rich, considering the role of The Sun and the rest of the global media empire owned by Rupert Murdoch in the run-up to the Iraq war.
I wanted to make the point to Australia’s attorney general that cuts to legal centres abandon women who need help the most. I never got to make that point
Media mogul, who was gung-ho for the invasion of Iraq, now wants us to believe he – and the Sun – were taken in by Britain’s prime minister
Source: Was Rupert Murdoch fooled by Tony Blair’s pro-war ‘silky oratory’? | Media | The Guardian
While right-wing media would want us to believe that there’s a “war on cops,” no statement could be further from the truth.
Source: 4 Facts Debunking the Media’s Lies About the ‘War on Cops’
Suicide bombers strike three cities across Saudi Arabia, killing four people in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks.
By James Moylan Turnbull suffers a massive loss, the election result is on a knife’s edge, and so the afternoon after the election the Australian press is full of questions about Bill Shorten and his leadership. WTF? All the while not a single one of our mainstream press agencies has devoted any time to trying…
Source: The instant, universal, collective amnesia of the MSM – » The Australian Independent Media Network
James O’Neill warns that without independent media, we could easily sleep walk into yet another war on behalf of a dangerous “ally.”
Source: Russia bashing: Hartcher and the SMH rewrite history yet again
Mainstream media is hopelessly conflicted these days with an ideology to sell, bought and paid for by their corporate puppet masters. Christian Marx calls on us to boycott and divest from the MSM!
Source: Mainstream media: Now just a propaganda mill for Big Business?
Media barons Paul Dacre and Rupert Murdoch had a hand in the withdrawal of Michael Gove’s support for fellow Brexiteer Boris Johnson as Tory leader, a leaked email suggests.
Source: Murdoch and Dacre… press barons and Britain’s real kingmakers? — RT UK
There they go again.Conservative media figures, apparently disheartened by recent poll results showing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump heading in the wrong direction, are once again claiming biased or unreliable pollsters are unfairly weighting results against their party. If this sounds familiar, it’s because the
Despite This, O’Reilly Helps Fox News Politicize Benghazi
Benghazi Democrats Highlight Seven Instances Of Misinformation On Fox’s Airwaves
This is a country whose citizens kill one another at a rate unmatched in the western world.
By Christian Marx Australia is rapidly heading towards a completely stupefied populace. This is no accident! Rather, it is a concerted effort by the vested corporate interests that own all our mainstream media, and control the LNP, via their hardline, crypto Fascist organisation, the Institute of Public Affairs. If one believed the media narrative, one…
Source: 2 + 2 = 5. AKA: The Dumbing Down of Australia – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Andrew Bolt projectile vomit in print
Where am I in the photo? I’m not there. I’m not born yet, I don’t exist.
Source: Who was I before I was I?
We’re left with a man of inordinate courage who made some awful mistakes, was sincere enough to admit them, but at every moment was prepared to pay the price of his convictions.
Remember when this campaign was going to be all about Tony Abbott? That happened twice, of course. When he was prime minister (be honest: can you really remember that time?) the campaign was going to be all about him, because he was PM, and because Labor would have made it all about him. But even a couple of months ago, the expectation was that Abbott, the deposed king, would loom gigantic over these eight weeks.
As dozens of journalists depart Fairfax, veteran cartoonist Rocco Fazzari reflects on what’s at stake for Australian artists.
Source: Is this the end of the political cartoonist? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The following is an edited version of an address given by John Pilger at the University of Sydney, entitled ‘A World War Has Begun’. I have been filming in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever I tell people where I have been, they ask, “WhereMore
Source: John Pilger: Why Hillary Clinton Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump – New Matilda
Australian newspapers cannot escape the trend to online, and the plethora of challengers that are arriving as part of it.
Voters want change. Elites in D.C. and the media — both liberal and conservative — are actively obstructing it
Adriane Ohanesian’s images of conflict and crises are outstanding.
Source: Haunting Photos From This Year’s Courage In Photojournalism Award Winner
Waleed Aly’s Gold Logie wasn’t only a win for diversity on Australian TV – it was a win for intelligent public debate.
Haters gonna hate. Winners gonna win.
Source: 16 Reasons There’s Never Been A More Exciting Time To Be Waleed Aly
“No child is born a bigot,” declared the veteran actress in a powerful Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech.
Source: Logies 2016: Noni Hazlehurst’s politically-charged acceptance speech goes viral
The Project co-host silences his critics at the Logies with another trademark speech that cut straight to the heart of the awards.
Source: Gold Logie 2016 winner Waleed Aly stuns with powerful speech
Despite an intensifying media crackdown, Arab journalists are defying repression in the cause of freedom of expression.
A television news crew jailed for two weeks over a botched child recovery operation in Lebanon has been released and is returning to Australia.Reporter Tara Brown and the crew from Channel Nine’s
Source: 60 Minutes Crew Released As Kidnapping Charges Are Dropped
It was the personal anguish of the Nine Network’s cameraman and sound recordist at not being able to see their children that led to Ali Elamine agreeing to drop personal charges.
The former de facto of one of the alleged child recovery operatives detained in the Beirut 60 Minutes case says he had no training in child recovery other than having kidnapped his own daughter.
Source: Accused Beirut child abductor Craig Michael just a lazy tattooist, ex-partner says
It started out looking like a cakewalk but, surprisingly quickly, Nick Folkes found himself under the pump. 3AW radio host Neil Mitchell isn’t exactly known for his sympathy to progressive causes, or those who call-out racism in contemporary Australia, but even he couldn’t find any love for far-right aspiring politician and Cronulla Riots apologist NickMore
Source: ‘You’re An Idiot’: Anti-Muslim Provocateur’s Interview With Shock Jock Backfires – New Matilda
Two Sundays ago, I sat on a panel discussion, moderated by former CBS newsman Randall Pinkston, on “the future of journalism.” The panel was broadcast on Al Jazeera America, during one of its last live weekend shows. The two-and-a-half-year-old news network was, in effect, airing its own wake.
Michael Brull spoke at a one-day symposium in Melbourne last week, organised by Australians For Palestine. Following is an edited version of that speech. In speaking today, I was asked to discuss why Australian journalists go on propaganda tours of Israel, instead of looking at how Israel oppresses the Palestinians. For some journalists, the answerMore
Source: Jews, Journalists And Junkets: Why Australian Media Covers Palestine So Badly – New Matilda
Is it satire? Reverse psychology? Who knows? Aly’s allies rally round The Project co-host on Twitter, but News Corp’s list isn’t worth their hashtagged outrage
Source: The reason News Corp has it in for Waleed Aly? Not sure, sorry | Media | The Guardian
In New Zealand, the Maori are a revered part of mainstream culture. Meanwhile, in Australia… Melinda Morris explains. The Daily Telegraph and your friendly neighbourhood bigot were outraged this week that UNSW has ‘rewritten’ Australian history by describing the arrival of Europeans as an invasion. In a post-Mabo world, almost 10 years after Kevin RuddMore
Source: Invisible Aboriginal: Media Bigots Invading Our Senses – New Matilda
When a report detailing sexual abuse in Queensland communities was released, politicians and journalists gushed with hyperbole. They were employing the same formula, used time and time again, that helps quash discussion of the deeper causes of abuse and ensures it will continue, writes Amy McQuire. Earlier this month, the Queensland government finally made publicMore
Source: The Shock And Awe Cycle: How Apathy To Abuse Is Hidden By Blaming Black Communities – New Matilda
Doom and gloom might rate in the media, but stories of hope and inspiration have their place as well, writes Fiona McAlpine. When I started my little social enterprise two years ago in Northeast India, the region had the most displaced people of anywhere in the world. Our weavers set up their looms, continued feeding theirMore
Source: Weaving A New Narrative: Why The Media Is A Massive Bummer, And How To Change It – New Matilda
A global bribery scheme that implicates leading Western multinationals and government officials has been exposed by the leak of confidential files in the oil industry.
The bribe factory: getting the story
Source: Unaoil | Oil Bribery Scandal
Did Trump plant the Enquirer’s sleazy Cruz story? Who knows? It served his cruel, clownish genius either way
The Turnbull Government’s new “media reform” legislation is yet another capitulation to the interests of Big Media at the expense of the public.
Source: Turnbull’s media reform bill all about helping media moguls — not the public
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