Daily Archives: June 2, 2023

2023-06-02: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2023-06-02). Ukrainian Counteroffensive Increasingly Discredited. southfront.org Illustrative ImageEven among Ukrainian journalists, there is criticism of Kiev's propaganda. | Written by In the midst of the catastrophic situation of the Ukrainian armed forces, which are more and more losing territory and relying solely on terrorism as a combat tool, it is inevitable that the potential of the so-called "spring counteroffensive" be questioned. Weste…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). Trump Is Bad Because He's Similar To Other US Presidents, Not Because He's Different. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're already seeing a ton of ridiculous drama queenery about Trump's second presidential run, claiming he's grown even more extremist and fascistic than when he was president in what amounts to a repeat of the "Trump is a second Hitler" narrative that dominated US political discourse in his first run. | A Washington Post article titled "

Wei Ling Chua (2023-06-02). Anticipating Monopoly Media Disinformation Deluge About a Tiananmen Square Massacre. globalresearch.ca

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 …

CounterSpin (2023-06-02). Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action. fair.org CounterSpin230602.mp3 NBC ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media have never been the right place to look for thoughtful, inclusive consideration of affirmative action. For them it's an "issue," a political football, rather than a long effort to address the real historical and ongoing discrimination against non-white, non-male people in multiple aspects of US life. | But when it comes to the role that anti-discrimination, pro-equity efforts have had on Asian-A…

Brett Wilkins (2023-06-02). Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers. nationofchange.org "The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."

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…

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 …

_____ (2023-06-01). Far-Right Ukrainian Canadian Congress Urges Trudeau Government to Censor Anti-war Meetings and Activists. strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is holding a meeting in Montreal this Thursday evening titled "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it." The meeting details are as follows: | Montreal: Thursday, April 13, at 6: 30 p.m. | Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Pavillon Hubert-Aquin, local A-2835 (2e étage) | 400 Sainte-Catherine Est, H2L 2C5 (Near Métro Berri-UQAM) | * * * | The far-right nationalist Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is pressing the federal government to censor and suppress anti-war meetings and actions on the basis of the fraudulent smear they co…

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