Chris Hedges: Hamilton 68 and the Russiagate Hoax

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Feb 10, 2023

Matt Taibbi has published an investigation about a vast propaganda campaign called “Hamilton 68,” launched a year after Donald Trump won the presidency, to smear critics of the Democratic Party, from the left and the right, as Russian assets.

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Abby Martin, Lee Camp and Chris Hedges: U.S. Media Censorship of Voices for Peace

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with Abby Martin, Chris Hedges and Lee Camp

CODEPINK on Mar 21, 2022

As U.S. media reports a narrow narrative on the war in Ukraine, social media platforms are increasingly censoring critical voices for peace. Join us this Monday, March 21st at 5pm PT/8pm ET for a discussion between Abby Martin, Lee Camp, Chris Hedges, and Jodie Evans on the impacts and implications of this censorship.

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Chris Hedges and Lee Camp: Shutting Down RT, Sanctions and Ukraine Crisis

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with Chris Hedges and Lee Camp

“Because we’re calling out these elites for their hypocrisy, their cynicism, their mendacity, their corruption, that’s why. So this gave the deep state the excuse to shut it down. It’s kind of ridiculous because RT had a very tiny media footprint, it’s not like we were reaching particularly large numbers of the American public.” — Chris Hedges

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Abby Martin: How the Media Manufactures “Bloodlust” for War

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Dandelion Salad

with Abby Martin

TheRealNews on Mar 8, 2022

From the moment Russian troops invaded Ukraine the entire corporate media apparatus in the US moved to 24-7 coverage, filling airwaves with talking heads relentlessly beating the drums of war.

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But We’re The Good Guys, Ain’t We? by William Blum

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by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 18, 2018

The mind of the mass media: Email exchange between myself and a leading Washington Post foreign policy reporter:

July 18, 2018

Dear Mr. Birnbaum,

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Chris Hedges: RT Targeted for Giving Platform to Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Capitalist Critics (videos no longer available)

Chris Hedges: RT Targeted for Giving Platform to Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Capitalist Critics

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RT America on Nov 13, 2017

The Department of Justice has required RT America to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), an anti-propaganda law from the 1930s. “On Contact” host Chris Hedges discusses whether such a requirement will have a chilling effect on the First Amendment’s freedom of the press with RT America’s Ashlee Banks.

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