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Analysis: Media Reaction To Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden Scoop ‘Disgraceful’

Barrels of ink have been spilled ripping apart Hersh’s character, while barely any follow-up reporting has been done to corroborate or refute his claims—even though there’s no doubt that the Obama administration has repeatedly misinformed and misled the public about the incident.

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Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh.

Analysis by Columbia Journalism Review:  SEYMOUR HERSH HAS DONE THE PUBLIC a great service by breathing life into questions surrounding the official narrative of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Yet instead of trying to build off the details of his story, or to disprove his assertions with additional reporting, journalists have largely

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VIDEO: Jeb Bush Confronted By College Student: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’

19-year old Ivy Ziedrich, a student at the University of Nevada, approached the former Florida governor to question him about comments he made during the event. Bush had argued that the Obama administration’s bad foreign policy was responsible for the rise of the terrorist group ISIS, or Islamic State.

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The heated confrontation took place at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada, according to The New York Times. 19-year old Ivy Ziedrich, a student at the University of Nevada, approached the former Florida governor to question him about comments he made during the event. Bush had argued that the Obama administration's bad foreign policy was

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Chelsea Manning Rewrites The Espionage Act

The bill would amend sections of the Freedom of Information Act, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Espionage Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Federal Disclosure Rules for Journalists.

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CHELSEAMANNING

  Former intelligence analyst Manning has drafted a 31-page bill to re-establish protections for freedom of speech and the press that have been challenged by the Justice Department in recent court decisions involving whistleblowers and journalists. Manning’s bill, The National Integrity and Freedom of Speech Protection Act (NIFSPA) of

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Noam Chomsky: ISIS Grew Out Of Iraq War, Enforces Imperialist Agenda (VIDEO)

Chomsky also points out that the United States is isolating Syria and Iran who are working tirelessly to stop ISIS’s expansion, but adds that ISIS is enforcing an imperialist agenda of deteriorating the Middle East and North Africa for better control of the region by Western nations and their allies in the Middle East.

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Chomsky

Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky talks with an Iraq War veteran and answers questions collected by human rights activists from people currently living under siege in Fallujah, Iraq. The interviewer, Ross Caputi, is a veteran of the 2nd US-led siege of Fallujah. He is on the Board of Directors of the Islah Reparations Project

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Colony Collapse Crisis: 40% Of Beekeepers’ Hives Died In 2014

Though the research remains controversial, many scientists now blame neonicotinoids, chemicals similar to nicotine found in common insecticides used on seeds that bees are becoming addicted to.

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A honey bee at a hive entrance fanning, colony collapse disorder is causing alarm over the security of the world's food supply.

A honey bee at a hive entrance fanning, colony collapse disorder is causing alarm over the security of the world's food supply. MINNEAPOLIS --- For years, biologists and agricultural scientists have raised the alarm about colony collapse disorder, the global phenomenon of honey bee die-offs that leaves entire hives abandoned. Although many

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Baltimore In 140 Characters: Who You Should Follow To Understand The Uprising

As police start to turn the mainstream media in their favor with their first report on the Freddie Gray killing, social media reveals the truth about the Baltimore riots.

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J.R. White, right, takes a selfie in front of a mural that was painted at the site of Freddie Gray's arrest, Saturday, May 2, 2015, in Baltimore, as protesters prepare to march to City Hall. The Baltimore Police Department on Thursday released the preliminary findings of the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray. “An investigation

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Activists Shut Down Nestlé Plant In Drought-Stricken California

As California suffers a record drought, local residents and activists took a stand to implore the company Nestlé to stop its gluttonous guzzling of California’s water for profit.

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TrueActivist--  In case you’re not aware, California is currently experiencing its most severe drought ever recorded, the impending implications still being tallied. But profit-driven company Nestlé has yet to slow their bottling of plastic water bottles, guzzling 80 million gallons of water from Sacramento aquifers per year. For this reason,

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