Tag: Fake

Australia’s carbon credit scheme ‘largely a sham’, says whistleblower who tried to rein it in | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

Morrison’s “experts” become later whistleblowers allowing the truth to unfold.Morrison simply said hasn’t the knack for any loyalty. People around him simply don’t bullshit as much.

Prof Andrew Macintosh says the system, which gives credits for projects such as regrowing native forests after clearing, is ‘a fraud’ on the environment, taxpayers and consumers

Source: Australia’s carbon credit scheme ‘largely a sham’, says whistleblower who tried to rein it in | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

Fox News attacks Sesame Street for promoting vaccines — while the network practices vaccine mandates internally | Media Matters for America

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Fox News has joined the right-wing attack against Sesame Street over a TV special that ran Saturday morning on CNN to help answer kids and parents’ questions about getting vaccinated against COVID-19, which the CDC now recommends for children aged 5-11. Fox’s attacks have just served to highlight the network’s own ongoing hypocrisy — practicing safe pandemic policies internally while urging its audience to resist those measures as part of a destructive culture war.

Source: Fox News attacks Sesame Street for promoting vaccines — while the network practices vaccine mandates internally | Media Matters for America

Conservatives like Tudge think they need history but not historians

For Tudge, the curriculum needs apositive, optimistic and forward-looking view of our history. These sentiments were later echoed by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in an opinion piece in The Australian on 30 September. In other words, two of the leading Conservative voices in the country would prefer it if historians and history teachers stopped doing their jobs, in the name of patriotism.

Source: Conservatives like Tudge think they need history but not historians

Mainstream media chastises China, ignoring U.S. crimes

The best we can hope for when picking up our daily paper is that an attempt has been made to present opinions with at least a passing nod to objectivity. That should not be too much to ask but increasingly opinion is clearly just that: opinion. What happens when propaganda replaces journalism?

Mainstream media chastises China, ignoring U.S. crimes

Half of Americans see fake news as bigger threat than terrorism, study finds | US news | The Guardian

Lawmakers have yet to take concrete action against fake news and misinformation.

Australia doesn’t care about Fake News it cares about Real News getting out (ODT)

Almost 70% of Americans feel fake news has greatly affected their confidence in government institutions, a new study says

via Half of Americans see fake news as bigger threat than terrorism, study finds | US news | The Guardian

‘Fake News’ Agenda Catches Mainstream Media’s AP, Reuters Red-Handed

The corporate mainstream media has been caught red-handed by alt news for perpetuating propaganda and ‘fake news’ agenda in the Middle East.

Source: ‘Fake News’ Agenda Catches Mainstream Media’s AP, Reuters Red-Handed

EgyptAir MS181 hijacking: British hostage Ben Innes poses for photo with hijacker

A British man who was taken hostage on an EgyptAir flight posed for a cheeky photograph with the alleged hijacker who was wearing a suicide belt as the bizarre and troubling drama played out at an airport in Cyprus.

Source: EgyptAir MS181 hijacking: British hostage Ben Innes poses for photo with hijacker