Tag Archives: News Media

J’Accuse Chinese food – an hour later you want to chokehold someone again

Posted on October 21, 2018 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Disinformation is getting a bad name these days, but then again isn’t bad naming what it’s about? Saudi Arabia’s cascade of excuses for killing Jamal Khashoggi hinge on not making it seem like an official act, but … Continue reading →

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disinformation as misinformation and malinformation also involves framing

Posted on August 12, 2018 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Excellent Mother Jones article on disinformation that offers an opportunity to remind us that the interpretive tools are there, but they get misused or disused. Disinformation is false information that is deliberately created with the intent to … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … President Outliar … Watergate wasn’t performed by the KGB

Posted on June 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers There is so much there, there … so much still not known, but what is known are money-laundering, data-laundering, and more recently verification of intention to disrupt the 2016 election with a preference for Trump. And then … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … POTUS45* scrutiny … about collusion

Posted on June 17, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Dear @realDonaldTrump: You told Comey “it would be good to find out” if your associates colluded. What if one of them was your son-in-law? https://t.co/Gnd4RO1yMv — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 17, 2017 After 7 months of investigations … Continue reading →

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Prezident Kozyr’s diplomacy as reality-TV genre

Posted on January 18, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann sunmers   Reality-TV rather than Realism … Nikolai Volkoff is known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and also with Boris Zukhov as The … Continue reading →

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the End of the Republic 01/03/2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers You wondered who that was next to Trump on NYE? Mobster “Joey No Socks,” Gotti guy. You can’t make this up. https://t.co/ZEFiUR9xwj — Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) January 3, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump rang in the new … Continue reading →

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Trump gets first major newspaper endorsement (sort of)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The 2016 election demonstrates why newspaper editorial endorsements of candidates might not (ever) make any difference but at least Trump has one, finally; even if the paper is owned by Sheldon Adelson. Follow Jon Ralston @RalstonReports BREAKING: First … Continue reading →

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Michael Ware’s Only the Dead knows that the end of War documentaries are not snuff films

Posted on April 2, 2016 by ann li-summers

        By ann summers No one wants to see the explicit images of death and the dying, the actual rather than the Michael Bay cinematic explosions, and yet like the spectacular trainwreck of the 2016 elections season, … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for June 25, 2015: Regarding Fox News and Facts

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

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WHBQ-TV Uses A Fake Photo of “Baltimore in Flames” to Illustrate Its Coverage of Civil Unrest in the City

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Gawker has an interesting article about fake Baltimore photos that went viral last week. Here’s one photo of particular interest:   The above fake photograph of “Baltimore” was widely circulated. As you can see, it shows “an enormous fire silhouetting … Continue reading →

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