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America's Oligarchs

“Germ-Ridden Masses” – How America’s Wealthy Elite Describe the Rest of Us

Increasingly, journalists at establishment publications come from and represent the one percent that they claim to be holding to account.

by Alan Macleod

The Execution of Julian Assange

As the extradition trial of Julian Assange nears, Patrick D. Anderson revisits the historic role of the US government and media in retaliating against those who refuse to submit.

The Execution of Julian Assange

I do not respect anyone who has not been to prison." Julian Assange once said to Renata Avila, a Guatemalan human rights activist who serves as legal counsel for WikiLeaks. “What he meant,” Avila says, “was that being in prison

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The Media’s Loudest #MeToo Champions Are Ignoring Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade

The silence from the media’s loudest #MeToo champions has been deafening. There has been exactly zero coverage of sexual allegations against Joe Biden on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, ABC or CBS. Likewise, The New York Times and USA Today and have failed to discuss it.

The Media’s Loudest #MeToo Champions Are Ignoring Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade

Have you heard about the Joe Biden allegations? If you’re relying on corporate media for your information, the answer is “probably not.” As of April 8, there has been exactly zero coverage of the sexual assault allegations on CNBC,

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The Corporate Media Celebrates After Handing Joe Biden Another Win

Biden has deliberately refrained from public or media appearances due to his propensity for making egregious errors, but that hasn’t stopped the media from paving the way for a Biden vs Trump contest.

The Corporate Media Celebrates After Handing Joe Biden Another Win

Joe Biden is once again celebrating after a big night on “Mini Tuesday.” The former vice-president won the popular vote in at least four of the six states on offer yesterday, putting him ahead of his last credible challenger, Bernie Sanders. At a rally in Philadelphia, he framed the contest as over, addressing the Vermont senator’s surrogates

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Media Hype Over Coronavirus is Spreading Faster Than the Virus Itself

CNN alone has produced nearly 1,200 articles about Coronavirus and two-thirds of the stories on Reuters’ newswire were about the virus.

Media Hype Over Coronavirus is Spreading Faster Than the Virus Itself

Fear over Covid-19, the deadly strain of novel coronavirus, appears to be spreading even faster than the virus itself, as the subject continues to dominate the media. CNN, for example, has produced nearly 1,200 articles mentioning the outbreak, Fox News over

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Months After Supporting a Deadly Coup, WaPo Admits Bolivia’s Elections Were Clean

Democracy in Bolivia did not die in darkness, it died to the applause of the Washington Post.

Months After Supporting a Deadly Coup, WaPo Admits Bolivia’s Elections Were Clean

The Washington Post published an 

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In Dem Debates, Corporate Media Push a Militaristic Foreign Policy: An Interview with Sam Husseini

MintPress News recently spoke to Sam Husseini about how the media promotes militaristic and even xenophobic approaches to foreign policy during the primary debates.

In Dem Debates, Corporate Media Push a Militaristic Foreign Policy: An Interview with Sam Husseini

On Tuesday, CBS News hosted

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

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