The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (2002; must-see)

Dandelion Salad Please turn off your TV. Forever. ~ DS by Spread Knowledge http://vimeo.com/33442989 Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky demolish one of the central tenets of our political culture, the idea of the “liberal media.” Instead, utilizing a systematic model based on massive empirical research, they reveal the manner in which the news media are so [...]

Imperialism: A history lesson By William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info crossposted on Strategic Culture Foundation 25 December 2011 I don’t remember much about my high school years. Some of the highs (few in number) come back to me but it was mostly lows which probably explains why I don’t remember much. It’s not that I was dumb, [...]

Michel Chossudovsky and Rick Rozoff: Military Buildup Across the Globe

with Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism December 23, 2011 corbettreport on Dec 23, 2011 The world’s attention is increasingly focused on Syria and Iran as the region continues to move toward military confrontation. Less noticed, however, is that the pieces are being put into place for a [...]

Complicit in War Crimes by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer December 21, 2011 The Bush-Obama War on Iraq, based on lies and “fixed” intelligence, funded continually by BOTH Corporatist-Militarist Parties in Congress, and hardly ever questioned by what Ray McGovern aptly calls “the Fawning Corporate Media”, is one of the first massive war crimes of this new century [...]

Sibel Edmonds and Pepe Escobar: Back Story on Syria, interviewed by Peter B. Collins

with Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 23, 2011 Peter B. Collins December 22, 2011 Cutting through the disinformation and spin, Sibel Edmonds and Pepe Escobar reveal back stories about the conflict in Syria that are not reported in the mainstream media.  Edmonds has deeps sources in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the US policy [...]