How the investigation into The Nation magazine’s pro-Russia bias was canned by ‘press watchdog’ the Columbia Journalism Review
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Jingjing Li of China Global Television Network joins Lee Camp to uncover the truth about the representation of China in US media.
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BBC Chairman Richard Sharp's hidden involvement in arranging a £800,000 loan for the former PM exposes the gilded upper circles of politics and media in the UK, writes Adam Bienkov
‘Centrist’s attempts to blame others are feeble – but she’ll no doubt get away with it The so-called ‘centrist’ known on social media as ‘Supertanskiii’, who was among the ardent participants in the anti-Corbyn antisemitism scam, has been in the spotlight after being exposed posting images of her in Hitler pose alongside a man wearing […]
As I watched the Four Corners program, Vape Haze, in 2022, I was struck by the program’s focus on addiction, a bad thing. A mother spoke of her devastation when her 16-year-old daughter told her she was vaping. Addiction to alcohol and drugs is viewed through different coloured spectacles. Rose-tinted for some, and through a Continue reading »
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Milburn’s ‘Mozart Group’ said to have disbanded shortly after interview that discussed Ukrainian war crimes Retired US Marine Colonel Andy Milburn has reportedly claimed that a video in which he chatted about the ‘sick’, ‘fucked up’ acts he had seen in Ukraine while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, including the murder of prisoners of war. Milburn’s […]
Two and a half years ago, the Columbia Journalism Review refused to publish Duncan Campbell’s investigation into The Nation magazine and its apparent support for Vladimir Putin. It is published here in full
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