As the capitalist system implodes due to its incurable contradictions, and society becomes more unstable, both at home and abroad, worsening exploitation, the ruling class develops factions arguing about approaches to control the oncoming crisis. In this episode, Caleb discusses the Jan. 6th “crisis”, what Democrats and their media insist on calling a coup or an “insurrection”, although it was simply a riot.
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BBC offers a classic case of “smooth propaganda”. Can you spot the lies and layers of deception?
29 minutes readThe BBC (like the New York Times) excels at disinformation with an authoritative touch. These media engines do not shout. Who wants to use a vulgar ax when innuendo, used as a stiletto, can accomplish so much more? Not surprising, then, that their “facts” and “arguments” —calibrated for a refined audience, and slyly embedded in many layers of deception not liable to be spotted by the untrained eye—are couched in what appears to be established truths and impeccable reasoning. Yet, as this piece so efficiently illustrates, almost every paragraph is tainted with a lie. Can you identify the lies?
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1989: Tiananmen Square ‘massacre’ was a myth
13 minutes readDEIRDRE GRISWOLD—Even though Kristof’s article was harshly critical of China, his statement that there was “no massacre in Tiananmen Square” immediately drew howls of protest from China bashers in the U.S., as reflected in the Times’ letters column.
Had there been fighting in Beijing? Absolutely. But there was no massacre of unarmed students in the square. That was an invention by the West intended to demonize the Chinese government and win public sympathy for a counterrevolution.
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BRIAN BERLETIC—There is China according to the Western corporate media – a dangerous, backward nation threatening the “rules-based international order.” Then there is China for real. I show a good starting point for people to “travel” to China without leaving their homes to see for themselves what the streets are like in China, the level of development and infrastructure enjoyed there, and a peek into the ordinary lives of people. It begins to provide a point of reference when considering Western propaganda and also begs the question as to “why” we’re being lied to.
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Matt Taibbi chronicles the media banning of Jesse Ventura, spotlighting the subterranean river of filth
43 minutes readMATT TAIBBI—RT was taken off the air in a more complex but no less unsettling censorship episode, but the notion that Ventura got there by screwing up or washing out is not just fiction, it turns reality upside down. Similar to the criticism Glenn Greenwald gets for appearing on Fox, it ignores that crucial detail that Ventura was blackballed from mainstream green rooms long before he got to Russia Today.