(2025-01-04). Disinformation campaign by Indian media threatens Indo-Bangla ties. ummid.com The Indian media's coverage appears to be driven by concern solely for Hindus of Bangladesh, rather than the people of Bangladesh.
(2025-01-04). Important Aspects of Change World Needs to Address. ummid.com While world discourse on various issues has increased as never before with the rapid spread of media, social media, research institutions and think-tanks, at the same time, it is disturbing to realize that the most important issues and tasks are getting increasingly neglected.
(2025-01-04). Saffron Policing at Hyderabad Book Fair. ummid.com The Saffron Policing at the Hyderabad Book Fair serves as a stark reminder of the growing intolerance toward intellectual freedom and pluralistic discourse in society.
(2025-01-04). Fact Check: Has this Pakistani boy married his own mother? ummid.com A viral video showing a Pakistani boy arranging her mother's second marriage is being shared with a false claim that he himself has married his mother.
(2025-01-04). The legacy of the Capitol Hill riots. leftfootforward.org The embracing of Trumpism, and the man who incited a dangerous and deadly insurrection as he refused to accept the result of a democratic vote, akin to a three-year-old refusing to accept his bedtime, risks pushing Britain further down a dark and dangerous path, eroding the very values that have long defined the nation.
(2025-01-04). UNRWA 'Preparing To Close Its Doors' In Gaza, West Bank. popularresistance.org UN officials who spoke with the New York Times (NYT) say that the leading agency providing humanitarian aid for Palestinians is "preparing" to end its operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. | "It would be a massive impact on an already catastrophic situation. If that is what the Israeli intention is — to remove any ability for us to save lives — you have to question what is the thinking and what is the end goal?" UN resident and humanitarian coordinator Jamie McGoldrick told the NYT on 2 January. | UNRWA is a critical provider of staple necessities and essential services, relied on by thousand…
(2025-01-04). UNRWA denies reports that it will stop working after Israeli ban. newarab.com 
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(2025-01-03). Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator. thealtworld.com 
Raffi Berg, now at the center of a media scandal over the BBC's Israel coverage, once worked for a known CIA front and collaborated with Mossad officials. | A senior BBC editor at the center of an ongoing scandal into the network's systematic pro-Israel bias is, in fact, a former member of a CIA propaganda outfit, MintPress News can reveal. Raffi Berg, an Englishman who heads the BBC's Middle East desk, formerly worked for the U.S. State Department's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a unit that, by his
(2025-01-03). Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator. thealtworld.com Raffi Berg, now at the center of a media scandal over the BBC's Israel coverage, once worked for a known CIA front and collaborated with Mossad officials. | A senior BBC editor at the center of an ongoing scandal into the network's systematic pro-Israel bias is, in fact, a former member of a CIA propaganda outfit, MintPress News can reveal. Raffi Berg, an Englishman who heads the BBC's Middle East desk, formerly worked for the U.S. State Department's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a unit that, by his
(2025-01-03). Manufacturing Consent 101: The New York Times and "What [NOT] to Know" About the Genocide in Gaza. counterpunch.org 
Listen for the silences in the imperialist press. Last Saturday's New York Times included a story it billed online as "What to Know About Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis." The Times relayed some of the horrific suffering being inflicted on the people of Gaza. It reported that Israel's bombs have "turned [Gazan] cities into rubble-filled wastelands" and
(2025-01-03). The Military Is the Extremism. davidswanson.org According to a headline in The Hill newspaper, which takes a position typical of U.S. corporate media, "New Year's attacks fuel fears of extremism in military." In other words, an institution openly dedicated to mass killing and destruction may have fallen victim to infiltration by "extremists." As if there could be something more extreme than …
(2025-01-03). Important Aspects of Change World Needs to Address. ummid.com While world discourse on various issues has increased as never before with the rapid spread of media, social media, research institutions and think-tanks, at the same time, it is disturbing to realize that the most important issues and tasks are getting increasingly neglected.
(2025-01-03). Fact Check: Has this Pakistani boy married his own mother? ummid.com A viral video showing a Pakistani boy arranging her mother's second marriage is being shared with a false claim that he himself has married his mother.
(2025-01-03). Red Alert Issued as Excess Deaths Still Skyrocketing in Covid-Vaxxed Children. globalresearch.ca A world-renowned data expert has just issued a red alert after uncovering evidence that reveals excess deaths are continuing to skyrocket in children who received Covid mRNA "vaccines." | According to an alarming warning from leading Wall Street data analyst Ed …
(2025-01-03). 'There's No Public Evidence of the Kind of Manipulation TikTok Is Accused Of': CounterSpin interview with Yanni Chen on TikTok ruling. fair.org 
(2025-01-03). Red Alert Issued as Excess Deaths Still Skyrocketing in Covid-Vaxxed Children. globalresearch.ca A world-renowned data expert has just issued a red alert after uncovering evidence that reveals excess deaths are continuing to skyrocket in children who received Covid mRNA "vaccines." | According to an alarming warning from leading Wall Street data analyst Ed …
(2025-01-03). IDF intercepts drone from Yemen hours after Houthi missile fired at central Israel. haaretz.com Gaza: Medics report 81 killed in Israeli attacks; IDF says it killed Hamas' internal security chief in southern Gaza humanitarian zone ‚ñ WEST BANK: Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts, citing incitement and bias ‚ñ ISRAEL: Members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee say IDF's actions in Gaza foil war's objectives; all food, water sources must be destroyed ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF says it attacked Hezbollah's rocket launchers in southern Lebanon; says Lebanese Army failed to act on its request to neutralize the threat…
(2025-01-03). Why Didn't NYT Tell Us What Ben Smith Stood to Gain From His Media Reporting? fair.org 
Announcing their hiring of Ben Smith, New York Times editors ( In a time of downsizing and consolidation, Ben Smith has had a journalistic career many would envy. He became famous as the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, a rising media giant that raised $19 million last year. (This "replac[ed] the money it had received from the disgraced cr…
(2025-01-03). What Oren Cass Sunstein Could Learn From Henry George Costanza. counterpunch.org 
Oren Cass's "What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza"(The New York Times, December 23) has forgotten what economics Henry George taught. That's the pundit named Cass who invariably calls for constrictions on consumers, as opposed to Cass Sunstein's advocacy of "choice-preserving but psychologically wise interventions" that would make "automatic enrollment in government programs" the default (in the words of
(2025-01-03). The People's List of Trump's Worst (Part 2). counterpunch.org 
[Note to Readers: In Part 1, I wrote about the big-time donors and loyalists who will populate Trump's cabinet, inner circle, and ambassadorships. Elon Musk naturally stands out in that grouping, and now the New York Times has introduced us to Musk's inner and outer circle. Three things stand out for me from that profile: venture capitalists
(2025-01-03). Can't Believe It's the New York Times and Not Daily Mail. scheerpost.com 