Born down in a dead man’s town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that’s been beat too much
‘Til you spend half your life just to cover it up, now…
Internet Censorship, Everywhere All at Once
It used to be a truth universally acknowledged by citizens of democratic nations that freedom of speech was the basis not just of democracy, but of all human rights.
When a person or group can censor the speech of others, …
The Future of Alternative Media Is Unknown, But Critical
BBC journalist Andrew Marr: “How can you know that I’m self-censoring?”
Noam Chomsky: “I’m not saying you’re self-censoring. I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying. But what I’m saying is that if you believed something different, you wouldn’t be sitting …
The Post-Cold War Origins of the Surveillance State
Just a few months ago I visited Israel for the first time in 40 years. I stayed in a distant aunt’s apartment, in the spare room that doubled as a shelter from missile attacks. Its two-foot thick walls were curious …
Propaganda and the US Government
Edward Bernays classic tome Propaganda, published in 1928, was an attempt to both alert the public to the power of propaganda while also allying the public’s fear of it. The overall messaging of the book now seems so naïve. One …
The Beeb: Inside the UK’s coincidence theory broadcaster that shares violence and hate
Hey! Remember “Who Will Fact Check the Fact Checkers? I Will!!!,” where I shone the spotlight of shame on Marianna Spring, the BBC’s “specialist disinformation correspondent” who was recently busted for having lied about her own work history on her …
The BBC Exposed (2013)
FROM 2013: For much of its 80 year existence, the BBC has been criticized by those who believe it to be an insidious mixture of political and cultural power, and now in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the …
Ten Examples Where Experts Were Wrong
As I was writing Fear of a Microbial Planet last year, I noticed some patterns emerge. Again and again, I found examples of instances where, in a rational world, the actions of authorities in response to COVID or other disease threats should …
Rupert Murdoch was my fiercest competitor
“I’m calling to celebrate the demise of Maxwell,” said Rupert Murdoch down the phone to me on the morning Robert Maxwell’s private effects were being auctioned in a bankruptcy sale. I acknowledged that Maxwell had been a frightful scoundrel, but …
Megyn Kelly Asks Trump a Few Hard Questions
One reporter has proven brave enough not to take the deal. The deal is: you can interview Trump provided you don’t ask perfectly obvious questions about his Covid response that shredded the Bill of Rights, wrecked his presidency, enabled mass …
Editor at “Pro-Vaccine Publication” Experienced Serious Adverse Event After Second Pfizer Shot
A few weeks ago, I published a bombshell story in which I shared my private communications with editors at top publications who roundly rejected my writing critical of Covid mandates.
As an example, one editor made clear his publication’s strong …
Las Vegas is the future of the West
Of the very few activities in my life that I count as being unambiguously improving, reading books and visiting authoritarian states probably score highest. Both are generally engaging, educational in some form or other, and force me to confront alternative …
You Should Be Very Worried About the Digital Services Act
Article 11 of The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which replicates a part of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, protects the right of European citizens to “hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference …
How “Fact Checking” Obliterates Truth
Truth is beauty and beauty is truth and it’s really beautiful when you can manipulate the truth to suit your own ends.
Welcome to the world of PolitiFact – and every other “fact-checking” service operating today.
To begin with, the …
Why America is seduced by the Obama sex scandal
There’s this face Tucker Carlson makes when he’s got a particularly wild story in the offing. The eyebrows knit together at the centre, the mouth is downturned with lips either slightly open or pursed in a pouty frown. Whoever wrote …