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The Historic Collapse of Journalism

The Historic Collapse of Journalism

September 6, 2022 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence. I have never gotten over a story The New York Times ran in its Sunday magazine back in May 2016. Maybe you will remember the occasion. It was a lengthy profile of…

The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the Crisis of Media Censorship

The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the Crisis of Media Censorship

September 4, 2022 · by Chris Hedges · in Articles, ScheerPost

Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.

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