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Not even Orwell could do justice to the diabolical informational reality of America today. The media-sustained "Bubble" controls and defines all thought and opinion for the average citizen, at once legitimating all major political decisions, while maintaining the veneer of freedom of speech. By Margaret Kimberley, BAR editor and senior columnist Dateline: 12/01/2009  [print_link] The American information bubble prevents the populace from recognizing the world ...

By DAVE ZIRIN November 30, 2009  [print_link] During the Bill Clinton impeachment idiocy of 1998, many on the left said that if Clinton were removed from office, let it be for gutting welfare or for imposing sanctions on Iraq, and not l'affaire Lewinsky. Today, Tiger Woods, the famous, wealthy and most PR-conscious athlete on earth, finally finds himself subject to scrutiny. But, similar to Clinton's ...

By Paul Street Dateline: 11/10/2009 [print_link] Barack Obama's presidency was almost scripted by the corporate interests that backed his candidacy. A year after his election, his political trajectory is remarkably consistent with the requirements of late stage capital. “It was and is foolish, childish even, to expect progressive change from a carefully corporate-choreographed bourgeois election in the headquarters of world imperialism.” This article originally appeared ...

A Media Lens analysis  [print_link] The pretense of ideological impartiality is the fundamental lie of all bourgeois journalism, best exemplified by multimillionaire media celebrities. The world pays an enormous price for the betrayal of mainstream journalists, and for their transparent careerism, but, given the way corporate media operate, and the values they honor, no other type of individual can flourish in that environment. Early last century, industrial technology ...

Dateline: October 19, 2009 MEDIA ALERT: THE BALANCE OF POWER - EXCHANGES WITH BBC JOURNALISTS - PART 2 [print_link] A Gale Of Spring Air - Barbara Plett And The President Editor's Note: The following is an exchange between British media watchdog editors from Medialens, and the BBC. You will see that the British media establishment shares most if not all of the imperial values and ...

The capitalist media disease afflicts Canada, also, and it's useful to learn about their experiences and recommendations By Tanner Mirrlees PREAMBLE [print_link] TO OBSERVE THAT THE NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA is dominated by corporate monopolies serving capitalist interests and squeezing out critical voices is to state the obvious. The state media in Canada – nationally the CBC and provincially organizations like TV-Ontario (TVO) – provide only the ...