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Israel's most powerful supporter might just be billionaire media baron Rupert Murdoch. The Australian has been personal friends with successive Israeli Prime Ministers, and has used his media empire to relentlessly push pro-Israel propaganda.

Find out more about his extensive business, political and personal ties to Israel, and how he is holding together its public image in the West.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/rupert-murdoch-israel-most-powerful-weapon/287794/

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Rupert Murdoch: Israel’s Most Powerful Supporter

Rupert Murdoch, who has for decades championed Israel’s cause and is now pushing his media empire into overdrive to defend the indefensible. If the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, then Murdoch is one of Israel’s most powerful weapons.

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The United States is interfering in next month's elections in Venezuela, funding, training and supporting opposition groups, making ominous threats, and imposing harsh sanctions.

Find out all the ways that the US is subverting Venezuelan democracy here. Some of them might shock you!

https://www.mintpressnews.com/venezuela-elections-us-renews-regime-change-efforts/287696/

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Maduro vs. US Election Interference: A Battle for Venezuela's Future

With crushing sanctions and financial backing for the opposition, the US seeks to overthrow Maduro ahead of the July 28 Venezuela elections.

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"America should WANT a Cold War with China".
"Time to Increase Defense Spending."
"How America Can Prepare For War in The Middle East, Russia and China."

What do all these stories have in common? They are all written by prominent members of arms industry-sponsored think tanks.

Think tanks are organizations of "experts" that work to influence public opinion and government policy on all manner of issues. They do this by producing reports, talking to the media, writing articles, and lobbying politicians.

In this short explainer video, I break down how think tanks function, how they push pro-war propaganda on the American public, and what we can do to protect ourselves from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWfOE6Cs94

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How Arms-Industry Think Tanks Push America to War

https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-arms-think-tanks-push-america-war/287680/ "America should WANT a Cold War with China". "Time to Increase Defense Spending." "How America Can Prepare For War in The Middle East, Russia and China." What do all these…

New from me: An online fact-checking organization at the center of attacks on UK rapper Lowkey is likely an Israeli intelligence cut-out operation with ties to controversial IDF spying group, Unit 8200, my investigation reveals.

Read more about Cyabra, and how they are influencing what you see, read and hear online, and please share widely.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/gaza-to-google-cyabra-war-pro-palestine-advocacy/287487/

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Cyabra: The Intelligence Cutout Waging Israel's Online Propaganda War

An fact-checking organization behind attacks on UK rapper Lowkey is likely an Israeli intelligence cut-out with ties to Israel's Unit 8200.

Shocking anyone that's paid any attention to the onslaught, The New York Times has just been handed the Pulitzer Prize for its Gaza reporting.

This is the same New York Times who instructed its reporters not to use words like "refugee camp", "occupied territories" or even "Palestine" in its reporting on the Israeli attack on Gaza.

As I discuss here, the New York Times has consistently delivered biased, inaccurate reporting on Palestine, and deserves a mountain of criticism, not an award.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxHKftKOMGM

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The New York Times' Gaza Lies

Link to article: https://www.mintpressnews.com/dishonest-reporting-new-york-times-nabs-pulitzer-gaza/287494/ Shocking anyone that's paid any attention to the onslaught, The New York Times has just been handed the Pulitzer Prize for its Gaza reporting. This…

I went on the Deprogram podcast to talk about the sorry state of journalism, and the worst headlines from the Israel/Gaza war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXmE1Z-rxQ

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The Deprogram Episode 132 - *Journalism intensifies* (FT. Alan MacLeod)

CONSUME MERCH: https://deprogramshop.com You are listening to this episode 1 week after it was released. To get episodes on time check out our Patreon! Episode 133 - BOY BOY is already available there: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Please check…

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After more than 6 months of genocide, neither Amal Clooney nor the Clooney Foundation for Justice have mentioned "Gaza", "Israel" or "Palestine" even once.

This is despite Clooney being Palestinian-Lebanese and presenting herself as a worldwide expert in human rights.

Find out why she has remained silent, including many startling connections to people in power she has, by clicking here:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/amal-clooney-silence-gaza-shows-limits-liberalism/287251/

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Amal Clooney's Silence on Gaza Shows the Limits Of Liberalism

Amal Clooney's conspicuous silence on Israel's actions in Palestine and Lebanon contrasts sharply with her vocal condemnation of human rights abuses elsewhere, prompting scrutiny of her allegiances and principles.

New from me: The US and ISIS: a long and complicated relationship.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Moscow. But from where did ISIS come, and how?

In this investigation, I trace ISIS' roots back to previous Jihadist groups supported by the US government.

Check it out here:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-us-and-isis-its-complicated/287169/

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The US and ISIS: It's Complicated

Alan McLeod navigates the intricate entanglement between the United States and ISIS-k in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Moscow, revealing surprising connections and consequences.

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A report from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) outlines how the government agency has been encouraging governments, tech platforms, establishment media outlets and advertisers to work together to censor huge swaths of the Internet. The 97-page “disinformation primer”, obtained by conservative firm America First Legal under the Freedom of Information Act, purports to be fighting fake news. But much of the organization’s focus appears to be on preventing individuals from finding information online that challenges official narratives and leads to increased questioning of the system more generally.

The document calls for regulating video games and online message boards, steering individuals away from alternative media and back towards more elite friendly sites, and for governments to work with advertisers to financially cripple organizations that refuse to toe official lines. Furthermore, it highlights government-backed fact-checking groups like Bellingcat, Graphika and the Atlantic Council as leaders in the fight against disinformation, despite the fact that those groups have close connections to the national security state – an overwhelming conflict of interest.

The news that a government agency is promoting such a program is worrying enough. However, USAID itself has promoted fake news to push for regime change abroad.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/usaid-disinformation-primer-global-censorship-name-of-democracy/287075/

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USAID's Disinformation Primer: Global Censorship in the Name of Democracy

Shocking revelations from a leaked USAID report expose how the agency collaborates with tech giants and media outlets to stifle free speech, silence dissent, and manipulate public opinion.

New interview from me:

There are few people on Earth richer or more influential than Bill Gates. For many years, the former Microsoft CEO was the planet’s most wealthy individual, and used his power to corner and monopolize as much of the tech industry as he could. From there, Gates has moved to become perhaps the most powerful man in global health, agriculture and education.

And yet, for all of his power and prestige, Gates is rarely scrutinized in our media. The Seattle native has been careful to cultivate an image of a well-meaning nerd who uses his wealth for good. Our guest today on the “MintCast” is an exception to that rule, being one of the few investigative journalists to critically examine Gates’ power and influence. Tim Schwab is an award-winning investigative journalist based in Washington, D.C. His reporting has been published in outlets such as The Nation, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Baffler and Jacobin magazine. His latest book, “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire,” was published in November.

I spoke with writer and journalist Tim Schwab to discuss Gates’ origin story, how he uses his enormous wealth to negatively influence public health and education policy, his connections to disgraced child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and to ponder whether there is ever such a thing as a good billionaire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpxNT4f0G2o

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Unraveling Bill Gates’ Global Web of Influence, with Tim Schwab

There are few people on Earth richer or more influential than Bill Gates. For many years, the former Microsoft CEO was the planet’s most wealthy individual, and used his power to corner and monopolize as much of the tech industry as he could. From there,…