Rick Rozoff: We are Living with Information Totalitarianism

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by Rick Rozoff
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
December 20, 2013

John Robles
Voice of Russia
December 19, 2013

With the restructuring of the Russian media there are many people worldwide who are hopeful that the changes will produce a balance and a counterweight to the 5 worldwide newswires that are controlled by the West and possess a true and barely transparent bias.

Gareth Porter: Mainstream Media Fails To Get Facts Straight on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa

with Gareth Porter
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Washington
December 20, 2013

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Investigative journalist Gareth Porter highlights the Washington Post’s fact checker’s error about Iran’s nuclear fatwa.

Congress Passes Austerity Budget for the Workers, Poor but Not the Military by Kathy Durkin

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by Kathy Durkin
Workers World
December 20, 2013

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Wall Street: 100; Workers: 0. This is the scorecard for the federal budget, which was based on a proposal submitted by the Budget Conference Committee. The bipartisan body, led by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, agreed to the austerity budget, which was then authorized overwhelmingly by the House on Dec. 11, and is on its way to the Senate.