JONATHAN COOK—“Widely dismissed” by … yes, that’s right, Whitaker’s friends in the corporate media! More circular logic. Independent journalists like Bartlett and Beeley are on RT because Whitaker’s chums at British propaganda outlets – like the Guardian and BBC – do not give, and have never given, them a hearing. The Guardian even denied them a right of reply after its US-based technology writer Olivia Solon (whose resume does not mention that she was ever in Syria) was awarded a prominent slot in the paper to smear them as Kremlin propagandists, without addressing their arguments or evidence.
AMERICAN BRAINWASH
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PHILIP M. GIRALDI—It is important to recall that Netanyahu’s prime objective in Syria and Lebanon is to have both nations in turmoil so they cannot threaten Israel. With that in mind, it is wise to be skeptical about Israeli claims regarding Iranian intentions to build bases and construct missiles in Syria. Those claims made by Israel’s Mossad have not been confirmed by any western intelligence service, not even by America’s totally corrupted and subservient CIA.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—’ve been avoiding interviews like the plague for months. I find them very difficult to fit into my busy schedule and it creates more stress than it’s worth, but there were two shows I absolutely could not turn down because I love them so much and really respect what they do. Jimmy Dore is a remarkably consistent powerhouse who is arguably doing more to knock the gears off the machine than anyone else in alternative media right now, and Jamarl Thomas is one of the clearest no-bullshit progressive voices on Youtube. Both are good follows if you’re not following them already.
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JOHN ESKOW—In the fifty years since then, Moyers has moved well to the left, and I’ve grown to have increasing respect for him. In the corporate media landscape in which he operates, he’s shown genuine courage, prodding what my late mother called “good liberals” to a more daring worldview. But until recently he seemed to be enveloped by the MSBNC/Democratic Party mindset on all things Russiagate. So I was truly astonished last week when I heard that Moyers, on his Facebook page, had republished a piece I wrote for CounterPunch called MSNBC: A Trainload of Fools Bogged Down in a Magnetic Field. (I won’t link to myself, because I’m pretty sure God punishes people for that.)
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MARK TALIANO—Syria and its allies have every legal right to defend Syria’s peoples, its sovereignty and its territorial integrity. The terrorists, on the other hand, have no right to destroy the country, and to target civilians, as they have been doing, for the last 7 years.