Archive for the 'Media' Category
The Gordian Knot
September 22nd, 2020Via: Truthstream Media:
Actual Headline: “Conspiracy Theorists Clash with Police at Anti-Lockdown Demonstration”
September 19th, 2020The conspiracy theorists are here! Run for your lives! Via: Independent: Hundreds of conspiracy theorists have gathered in central London to protest against coronavirus restrictions in the UK as infections worsen.
Los Angeles 2077
September 18th, 2020Looks about right. Via: Cyberpunk 2077:
Vinyl LPs Sell More Than CDs For The First Time In 3 Decades
September 10th, 2020Via: Synthtopia: Vinyl LPs are a more important physical format for music than CDs for the first time in more than 30 years, according to the latest revenue figures from the RIAA (pdf).
Australia Flies Journalists Out of China After Questioning by State Security Officials
September 9th, 2020The irony is incredible. Who will fly the Australian journalists experiencing late night police shakedowns… out of Australia? Via: CBC: Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety after being questioned by China’s state security ministry, the Australian government said on Tuesday. The correspondents for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and […]
Disney Filmed ‘Mulan’ in Xinjiang, Where China Operates Concentration Camps
September 8th, 2020Via: Hollywood Reporter: Disney’s big-budget remake of Mulan, already the subject of a pro-democracy boycott, has come under additional fire for filming scenes in China’s Xinjiang Province, where Beijing is accused of perpetrating human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims on a massive scale. Not only did Disney shoot in the region, but the studio appears […]
The Pentagon Has Ordered Stars and Stripes to Shut Down
September 4th, 2020Update: After Criticism, Trump Says Pentagon Will Not Shut Down Military Newspaper — Via: USA Today: In a heretofore unpublicized recent memo, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has been a lifeline and a voice for American troops since the Civil War. The memo orders the publisher of […]
Testing the Most Effective Method to Manipulate Minds
August 28th, 2020Via: Mercola: By the looks of it, we are about to face one of the most aggressive vaccine campaigns ever created. According to Reuters, the U.S. government is planning to launch an “overwhelming” COVID-19 vaccine campaign come November, provided the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives one or more vaccine candidates the green light.
CNN: “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful” Riots in Kenosha
August 27th, 2020Via: Summit News: A CNN reporter described the mayhem in Kenosha as “mostly peaceful” even as cars set on fire by rioters burned behind him. Omar Jimenez describes “multiple locations that have been burning in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the course of the night” before characterizing the unrest as “largely peaceful.” The CNN chyron below Jimenez […]
Journalism’s Gates Keepers
August 26th, 2020Via: Columbia Journalism Review: As philanthropists increasingly fill in the funding gaps at news organizations—a role that is almost certain to expand in the media downturn following the coronavirus pandemic—an underexamined worry is how this will affect the ways newsrooms report on their benefactors. Nowhere does this concern loom larger than with the Gates Foundation, […]
