For today, links to reports from Consortium News and the Society of Rock, and to four articles of commentary: from Anti-War.com, ScheerPost, the New York Times, and Media North; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE.)— MCM
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FROM JAN. 21 Trump issues order to end censorship, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News President Donald Trump in his inaugural speech vowed to end online censorship by government using social media companies as proxies. Later on Monday he signed the executive order, “Restoring Free Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM DEC. 6, 2024 10 famous songs banned for unexpected reasons. From the Society of Rock. Cancel culture seems everywhere, sparking debates about what should or shouldn’t be silenced. But banning things isn’t new. Even music . . . Click HERE to read and listen.
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FROM JAN. 22 A Ukrainian victory was never Biden’s goal: Time Magazine, by Dave DeCamp | AntiWar.com / ScheerPost President Biden spent hundreds of billions of dollars supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, but according to a report from Time Magazine, a Ukrainian victory was never his goal. READ MORE . . . Click on the link two lines above for Time article.
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FROM JAN. 20 Exeunt, the man from Scranton, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost David Brooks, the conservative New York Times columnist, wrote a notable piece the other day under the headline, “We deserve Pete Hegeseth.” He was remarking on the confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee of President-elect Trump’s nominee for defense secretary. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Brooks column for the New York Times.
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FROM JAN. 10 How U.S. media hide truths about the Gaza War, by Norman Solomon | Media North / AntiWar.com Key aspects of how the U.S. establishment has narrated the “war on terror” for more than two decades were standard in American media and politics from the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023. READ MORE . . .