Category: Media and Propaganda

TRUMP’S JUST DOING WHAT HE’S TOLD: The 2009 Brookings Document That Became His Marching Orders

A 241 page Brookings study detailed options for coercing Iran, written by former CIA, National Security Council and diplomatic officials.

UPDATE: What Western Media Is Not Telling You About the Iran War

Shipping disclosures and Israeli reporting show US and Israeli plans assumed a short campaign, while Iran’s command structure remains intact.

The Intellectual Equivalent of Covering Your Ears

A second response to an optimistic friend who still hasn’t touched the evidence.

What Day Three of the Iran Conflict Tells Us That Cable News Won’t

More than 2,000 strikes and air superiority conceal a war shaped by logistics, attrition and strategy, after Washington joined Israel’s timetable.

The Architecture of Silence: Why America’s Think Tanks and Media Won’t Name the Forces Driving Us To War with China, Iran, and Russia

A network of tech donors, defense firms and think tanks profits from sanctions, surveillance and war, then launders the agenda as national security.

Six Billion People Can See What CNN Won’t Tell You: Ukraine Is Losing, and the West Wants the Killing to Continue

Perhaps the most extraordinary development of the past year is not anything that happened on the battlefield.

If Brad Pitt Were Harald Kujat, Ukraine Would Have Peace, Where’s the Press?

General Harald Kujat held the highest military position in both Germany and NATO.

The Western Press Won’t Report It: Ukraine’s Collapse and the Slaughter Underway

Russian strikes on power and rail networks coincide with Ukrainian encirclements, while Western outlets omit what the author calls a collapsing front.

The Censorship Regime: How Dissent on Ukraine Became Career Suicide

Academics, platforms and bank accounts have faced punishment for opposing Ukraine war policy, forming what the author calls a censorship architecture.

A Tale of Two Donalds: What He Said at Davos and What The Press Said He Said

Trump’s Davos speech challenged Europe’s energy rules, NATO burdens and Greenland policy, but corporate coverage framed its substance as spectacle.