2023-06-01: News Headlines

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-05-31). Most propaganda looks nothing like this. mronline.org The most common articles of propaganda—and by far the most consequential—are not the glaring, memorable instances that live in infamy among the critically minded.

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty (2023-06-01). They Censored at the Behest of the White House: Alleged "Anti-Vaccine Disinformation on Social Media Platforms" globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-01). Troubling questions surround BBC 'disinformation correspondent' Marianna Spring. thegrayzone.com Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC's first "disinformation correspondent." But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project. The launch of BBC Verify, "a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting," has raised questions about whether the …

Betsey Piette (2023-05-31). Corporate media whitewashes book-banning hate group 'Moms for Liberty'. workers.org A recent Washington Post analysis of book challenges in the U.S. gave the book-banning draconian hate group Moms for Liberty (M4L) the white-glove treatment. Demonstrators outside Moms for Liberty summit in Tampa, Florida in 2022. On May 23,…

Editor (2023-05-31). Colorado River water deal: a bandaid or real progress? mronline.org The recent Colorado River water deal reached between the three lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada is being celebrated by the corporate media as "historic," although final approval by the Department of Interior is still pending.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…


Roselena Ramirez (2023-05-31). The Ordeal of Wrongfully Convicted People in the USA. america.cgtn.com Since 1989, over 3,000 people have been exonerated from prison sentences in the United States after evidence proved they were innocent. But how hard is it for wrongfully convicted people to rebuild their lives? Dan Williams reports.

Staff (2023-06-01). Samidoun Sweden: Response to the anti-Palestinian smear campaigns against Jamal El-Haj. samidoun.net Samidoun Sweden issued the following statement (original in Swedish) in response to an anti-Palestinian smear campaign in Swedish media targeting Palestinians in Sweden, the Palestinians in Europe Conference, and political figures attending the mass event: In the past few days, there have been reports of the participation of the Swedish-Palestinian Social Democratic MP Jamal El-Haj …


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