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Sacrifices In Journalism And Whistleblowing: A Tribute to Truth-Tellers

Whistleblowing was the buzzword of 2013 and 2014. Snowden and Assange are the big names splashed around headlines, but they’re not the only ones going to great lengths to preserve the Fourth Estate and, in doing so, saving democracy.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Sacrifices In Journalism And Whistleblowing: A Tribute to Truth-Tellers

Whistleblowing was the buzzword of 2013 and 2014. Snowden and Assange are the big names splashed around headlines, but they’re not the only ones going to great lengths to preserve the Fourth Estate and, in doing so, saving democracy.

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Leaked Internal CIA Document Admits US Drone Program “Counterproductive”

Document published by Wikileaks reveals agency’s own internal review found key counter-terrorism strategy “may increase support” for the groups it targets

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Document published by Wikileaks reveals agency’s own internal review found key counter-terrorism strategy “may increase support” for the groups it targets

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VIDEO: How The Corporate Media Beats The Drums Of War, Smears Alternative Voices

This speech was delivered by Mnar Muhawesh, editor-in-chief of MintPress News, in Minneapolis, MN on Sept. 10, 2014. Ms. Muhawesh was invited by peace advocacy group Mothers Against Military Madness to bring attention to how the media manipulates conflict narratives to drive public support for war and how alternative voices and independent journalism are smeared to discredit them to ensure control over US foreign policy narratives.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
VIDEO: How The Corporate Media Beats The Drums Of War, Smears Alternative Voices

This speech was delivered by Mnar Muhawesh, editor-in-chief of MintPress News, in Minneapolis, MN on Sept. 10, 2014. Ms. Muhawesh was invited by peace advocacy group Mothers Against Military Madness to bring attention to how the media manipulates conflict narratives to drive public support for war and how alternative voices and independent journalism are smeared to discredit them to ensure control over US foreign policy narratives.

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The Trial Of The Pirate Bay Founder Is As Salacious As You’d Expect

The prosecution has gone straight to attacking Gottfrid Svartholm Warg’s character. And really it seems kind of desperate.

Richard Orange
By Richard Orange

The prosecution has gone straight to attacking Gottfrid Svartholm Warg’s character. And really it seems kind of desperate.

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Wikileaks Defies Australian Court’s ‘Blanket Censorship Order’ By Publishing It

Founder Julian Assange says unprecedented government gag order is ‘blindfolding the Australian public’

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis
Wikileaks Defies Australian Court’s ‘Blanket Censorship Order’ By Publishing It

Founder Julian Assange says unprecedented government gag order is ‘blindfolding the Australian public’

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Wikileaks: Leaked TISA Text Shows US, EU Aggressively Rolling Back Regulations

“If these talks are in the public interest why are the public not being informed?” one advocate asks of expansive, but notoriously secretive, trade talks.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron

“If these talks are in the public interest why are the public not being informed?” one advocate asks of expansive, but notoriously secretive, trade talks.

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US Media Repeats Iraq WMD Folly With Syria By Ignoring Seymour Hersh Sarin Reports

The New York Times, The Washington Post and the New Yorker all declined to publish the second installment of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s reports on Syria which alleges Turkey as behind the sarin gas attacks last August.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
US Media Repeats Iraq WMD Folly With Syria By Ignoring Seymour Hersh Sarin Reports

The New York Times, The Washington Post and the New Yorker all declined to publish the second installment of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s reports on Syria which alleges Turkey as behind the sarin gas attacks last August.

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