First, links to commentary from Lionel Nation, the Chris Hedges Report via ScheerPost, and Jonathan-Cook.net via Consortium News; other published material may be accessible by clicking on their names below. (WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. MEDIA 3-8-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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FROM MARCH 11 How government propaganda controls our thinking and shapes reality, by Lionel | Lionel Nation Propaganda is nothing new. Every government throughout history has engaged in it to maintain power and control the masses. But in America, propaganda has taken on a more sophisticated, insidious form. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 8 How the media walked us into autocracy. Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks with consumer advocate Ralph Nader about the rise of citizen power; the roles of the news media, organized labor and the Democratic Party in stifling. Some ideas — including THIS ONE — emerge. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MARCH 10 BBC’s ‘Road to Oct 7’ an utter travesty, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan.Cook.net / Consortium News There has been a prolonged furore over the BBC’s craven decision to ban a documentary on life in Gaza under Israel’s bombs after it incensed Israel and its lobbyists by, uniquely, humanising the enclave’s children.READ MORE . . .
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