TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Why is straying away from mainstream media important? In the wake of catastrophic events, social upheaval and an increasing amount of ‘terrorism’ how can one acquire trusted sources and accurate information? The current world drama is unfolding quicker than ever and it seems every organization is feeding their own heap of propaganda, manipulation and fear. Read More…
Stop the presses! The mainstream media are acknowledging that they are biased! As Captain Renault would no doubt observe, “I’m shocked–shocked!–to find bias going on in these establishments!” OK, alright, all kidding aside this will come as no surprise to my regular readers. In fact, as you’ll remember it was just a couple of months Read More…
Corporate ownership of 90 percent of media outlets in the United States has made the term ‘mainstream journalist’ quite the oxymoron, but the Washington Post’s newest project eliminates ‘journalist’ from the equation entirely — robots are now writing the outlet’s ‘news.’ Using artificial intelligence technology, the Washington Post is ‘employing’ software to ‘write’ hundreds of Read More…
After two years with nary a mention from the mainstream press, the corporate windfall otherwise known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) finally earned some, albeit still inadequate, attention. Considering a New York Times poll from June 2015, which found an alarming 78 percent of respondents had no substantial knowledge of the looming agreement — 30 Read More…
Corporate media regularly attempts to present Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria as solely responsible for the ongoing conflict in the region. The media does report on events that contradict this narrative — albeit sparingly — but taken together, these underreported details shine a new light on the conflict. 10: Bashar al-Assad has a higher approval Read More…
During the chaos of breaking news events like the failed coup in Turkey last month, reliable, factual accounts of what is happening on the ground are especially important. If the MSM had reported that President Erdogan had been killed or captured by the coup faction, for instance, or that he had fled the country, that Read More…