Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Detainee Who Gave False Iraq Data Dies In Prison in Libya
May 15th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died in a Libyan prison, an apparent suicide, according to a Libyan newspaper. A researcher for Human Rights Watch, who met Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi at the Abu Salim […]
Fewer Than a Third in U.S. Would Get Swine Flu Jab
May 14th, 2009Via: Reuters: Fewer than a third of U.S. adults would get a shot especially made to protect against the new H1N1 swine flu virus, according to a poll released on Thursday. Most are simply not that worried about the new flu, which has spread around the globe, killed more than 60 people and brought the […]
Obama Opposes Detainee Abuse Photo Release
May 14th, 2009Via: Reuters: In a reversal, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would fight the release of dozens of photographs showing the abuse of terrorism suspects, over concern the images could ignite a backlash against U.S. troops. The decision was a blow to some liberals in Obama’s Democratic Party who see the photos as part […]
Roxana Saberi’s Plight and American Media Propaganda
May 11th, 2009Via: Slate: Saberi’s release is good news, as her conviction occurred as part of extremely dubious charges and unreliable judicial procedures in Iran. And, as Ambinder suggested, her release most likely is a positive by-product of the commendable (though far from perfect) change in tone towards Iran specifically and the Muslim world generally from the […]
Elsevier Published Six Fake Medical Journals
May 11th, 2009Via: Guardian: The relationship between big pharma and publishers is perilous. Any industry with global revenues of $600bn can afford to buy quite a lot of adverts, and pharmaceutical companies also buy glossy expensive “reprints” of the trials it feels flattered by. As we noted in this column two months ago, there is evidence that […]
Bush Library: $100 Million In 100 Days
May 6th, 2009That’s a whole lotta copies of The Pet Goat. Via: CBS News: George W. Bush may have left office with just 22 percent approval rating, but the former president certainly still has his fans: According to Time, Mr. Bush’s backers have raised more than $100 million for his planned presidential library at Southern Methodist University […]
Google Deletes Alex Jones Channel on YouTube
May 5th, 2009Via: InfoWars: You Tube has once again proven itself to be a corporate gatekeeper working to destroy free speech and the alternative media after it suspended the popular ‘Alex Jones Channel’ – primarily because Alex Jones showed a print out of a news article during a live show. The Alex Jones Channel, started by a […]
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability by Lierre Keith
May 5th, 2009I’ve listened to a few of Lierre Keith’s radio appearances and talks. This information will be nothing new to those of you who are involved with producing your own food in ways that build top soil. To the rest of you, this will be deep, chilling doom… for your belly. Lierre Keith is absolutely NOT […]
Tiananmen: The Flame Burns On
May 4th, 2009Via: Guardian: Twenty years ago tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crush the biggest pro-democracy movement in history. Hundreds were killed, thousands jailed and many fled to escape persecution. Here exiled leaders of the student revolution tell their remarkable stories and reveal how, after being forced to build new lives, they remain haunted by […]
Merck Makes Phony Peer-Review Journal
May 4th, 2009Via: Bioethics.net: It’s a safe guess that somewhere at Merck today someone is going through the meeting minutes of the day that the hair-brained scheme for the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine was launched, and that everyone who was in the room is now going to be fired. The Scientist has reported that, […]
