Tag: corporate mainstream media

  • Robert Reich Coffee Klatch: The Red Carpet for Xi (but Not for Thee) | T

    Trump is a lame duck president who is getting more desperate and unhinged. He’s exhausting, but his buffoonery is creating opportunities for solidarity that we previously didn’t know were possible.

    Today, Heather and I examine Trump’s efforts to silence criticism — not only by banning CNN, Politico, and MSNOW from the White House this week, but, even more worrisome, putting his billionaire buddy Larry Ellison and Larry’s son David in control of CNN as well as CBS News, HBO, TikTok, and other news outlets. (The deal to let Paramount acquire Warner Bros. Discovery went through this week with little public notice.)

    We also look at the larger issue of Trump’s billionaire buddies owning the media (Washington Post, X, Facebook, YouTube, etc.). Also: where the money is coming from to support Republican candidates in these last weeks before the midterm elections (spoiler alert: all of the above). Also: the attendees at Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping (spoiler alert: all of the above). Also: what this consolidation of wealth and power means for the upcoming midterms (no spoiler alert).

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  • HAMAS UNFILTERED! Chris Hedges: Trump, Palestine, Iran & the Collapse of U.S. Media.

    HAMAS UNFILTERED! Chris Hedges: Trump, Palestine, Iran & the Collapse of U.S. Media.

    “I asked Palestinians about Hamas. This is what they said.”

    Chris Hedges joins India & Global Left to break down the the deeper meaning of Trump’s rise, the real motives behind U.S. policy on Iran, Jeffrey Epstein and more.

    Trump, Palestine, Iran & the Collapse of U.S. Media: empire, resistance, and the cost of silence

    Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges joins India & Global Left to break down the moral and political crisis of our time. We discuss: The deeper meaning of Trump’s rise U.S. complicity in Israel’s war on Palestine The real motives behind U.S. policy on Iran The Jeffrey Epstein case and elite impunity And how the corporate media has failed the public This is a sweeping conversation about empire, resistance, and the cost of silence.

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