I pick and choose what I read and listen to. But the way certain news sources
have changed, is a message about our society and power and corruption. It's a
warning about what we can believe. It also explains why people think so
differently about reality. I read in 2 articles that 35,000 were at a pro
Palestinian demonstration in Washington DC. My daughter, who gets all sorts of
news alerts and headlines on her phone, never saw anything about that
demonstration on Saturday in Washington. Perhaps it was last week that I read
about various demonstrations in different cities. There was a 50,000 people's
demonstration opposing Israel's actions in Gaza in Brooklyn. Melanie saw
nothing. When she searched, she found a news story that said that there was a
demonstration of "a large number of people". On the other hand, there was a
story all over the media about a Chinese imprisonment and genocide of the
Uyghurs. But the Grayzone had several investigative articles which indicated
that the story wasn't true. The history of Muslims in that part of China was
revealed and the story about the imprisonment and genocide came from one
source, an Evangelical Christian man who is a member of an anti-China
organization. Democracy Now carried the story, told by a woman who is a member
of a US group of Uyghurs backed by the National Endowment for Democracy which
is a creation of the CIA.
Miriam
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My personal feeling is that none of the sources I go to for obtaining "the real
news" is 100% honest. But I know how I've felt over the years as I saw NPR and
BBC change their focus. Still, I do have more contacts than I ever have time
to read.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/3/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yesterday, I posted a long article by Ben Norton about US interference
in Nicaraguan politics. It included some details that I hadn't read
previously.
Coincidentally, this morning on Democracy Now, one of the headline
stories was in reference to Nicaragua. Its content was identical to
the US propaganda described in Norton's article. I know that I keep
dwelling on this subject, but that's because it is really upsetting to
me to watch a news source that I once learned so much from, slowly
change. The only international news story about which the program has
remained constant and honest, is Israel/Palestine. But from 2011 on,
all of the other international news coverage has changed. The program
now focuses on identity politics, predominantly racial relations. I
haven't had a problem with its coverage of that subject, but I do
think that it uses a focus on black/white dysfunction to avoid
covering equally important issues like this administration's current
handling of immigration issues, the lack of truly meaningful
legislation regarding economic inequality and climate change, the
government's use of any possible excuse to increase mass surveillance,
and the ignoring of the government's war on press freedom and whistle blowers.
Do you remember when Amy interviewed Julian Assange or Glenn Greenwald?
Each
of these individuals have disappeared from view on her program.
Miriam