July 19, 2021
fromReason: Misinformation is not disinformation. Disinformation is false information. Misinformation is simply unauthorized information. It is very often the truth.
fromZeroHedge: The latest development with Facebook comes on the heels of reports that the White House is trying the same thing with Twitter, and planning on working directly with cellphone network providers to ‘fact check’ private SMS messages if they contain “misinformation about vaccines.”
fromWashingtonExaminer: Obviously, incentives exist for police to fabricate evidence and the war on drugs provides unlimited opportunities.
Corporate media’s belief in themselves as ‘democracy defenders’ is exactly why they can’t be trusted
fromTheFederalist: If there’s one thing we’ve learned about the national media, it’s that they don’t see themselves as a part of our democracy. They see themselves as the dictators of it.
fromNYPost: The group on Wednesday put out a statement, not to condemn the authoritarian regime in Cuba for violently suppressing its people, but to berate the US for long-existing sanctions on the communist state.
fromGlennGreenwald/Substack: The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs.