Investigating Venezuela’s ‘Humanitarian Crisis’: Max Blumenthal Tours a Supermarket in Caracas

The corporate media claims Venezuela has no basic food or supplies, so Max Blumenthal investigated — at a giant supermarket in Caracas.

Max Blumenthal
By Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal | Venezuela

 This video was produced as part of a MintPress News and Grayzone collaboration. Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video

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CNN Admits: Saudi Arabia Supplies Weapons to al-Qaeda in Yemen

Now, even CNN admits that the Saudi-led coalition is supporting al-Qaeda terrorists Yemen. The goal: to get their support in the ongoing conflict.

SouthFront
By SouthFront
Al Qaeda | Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition provided US-made weapons to al-Qaeda-linked fighters, Salafi militias and other factions taking part in the intervention in Yemen, in violation with their agreements with the US, according to a CNN investigation. The weapons have also made their way into the hands of Iranian-backed rebels battling the coalition for control

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CNN Goes “Undercover” to Manufacture Consent for Venezuela Coup Attempt

Even after the Trump administration announced oil sanctions, CNN still largely ignored the effect of those sanctions when it aired this “undercover” report another time.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Venezuela coup

A CNN “exclusive” report from inside Venezuela aired multiple times on the network on January 28. It is a prime example of how influential media outlets in the U.S. effectively create propaganda for the opposition, which now is receiving funds from President Donald Trump’s administration. For the four-minute report, CNN correspondent Nick Paton

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Exposing the Israel Lobby Groups Behind the “Political Lynching” of Marc Lamont Hill

The controversy that has resulted from Marc Lamont Hill’s speech is just the latest iteration of a larger effort to silence advocacy for Palestinian rights in the United States, at a time when the Trump administration is set to reveal its Israel-centric “peace plan” that is set to be a disaster for Palestinians.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Marc Lamont Hill

PHILADELPHIA – After his UN Speech marking the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine last week was twisted so as to smear him as an anti-Semite, Marc Lamont Hill was subjected to a “political lynching” that saw him fired from his role as a political commentator on CNN and will now see Temple University -- his other employer -- investigate

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Jake Tapper Admits CNN’s “Fact Check” on Medicare for All Didn’t Include Facts

“Having now acknowledged the need for two corrections, he should consider whether he and the other people working on this understand the issue of Medicare for All well enough to appoint themselves as fact checkers.”

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
medicare for all

After nearly three days of constant pressure, clear explanations of basic facts, and bit of healthy shaming, CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday finally relented to the sheer force of the evidence and admitted that his Medicare for All "fact check"—which aimed to discredit Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) claim that a Koch brothers-funded study showed

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Rand Paul Calls War Hawk Lindsey Graham ‘A Danger to the Country’

“What you’ve seen with Lindsey Graham is a naive worldview where he believes that war is always the answer, and that also means that expenditures for war are always the answer.”

Cody Fenwick
By Cody Fenwick
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

While U.S. senators often go out of their way not to excessively disparage their colleagues in personal terms, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took the rare step Monday of declaring fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) a "danger to the country." Paul made the comments on CNN while discussing the North Korea summit with Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation

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