Download Episode. Andrew Cockburn joined Scott on Antiwar Radio to talk about Julian Assange. Cockburn wrote an article for Harper’s Magazine about the hypocrisy of mainstream journalists in their refusal to stand up for the condemned publisher of government...
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12/2/22 John Young on Cryptome, Wikileaks and the Persecution of Julian Assange
Download Episode. Scott talks with John Young of Cryptome.org about his attempt to join the Julian Assange indictment as a co-defendant. Before Wikileaks published redacted versions of the State Department cables leaked by Chelsea Manning, Cryptome got access and...
News Roundup 12/1/2022
US News The House and Senate have agreed to increase the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $45 billion more than President Biden requested, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. AWC El Salvador-based journalists are suing NSO Group makers of Pegasus spyware...
COI #355: Mainstream Outlets Make Pathetic Attempt to Defend First Amendment guest Misty Winston
On COI #355, Misty Winston returns to the show to discuss a letter calling for the US government to drop charges on the Wikileaks founder. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate...
News Roundup 11/29/2022
US News Former disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz is now working for Centre for Information Resilience and has registered as a foreign agent. Fox News The US has granted Chevron a limited license to restart pumping oil in Venezuela in the most significant easing of...
Major News Publications (Finally) Ask U.S. To Cease Prosecution of Julian Assange
Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the U.S. government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the U.S. government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The...
When Elites Own the Narrative, And Own You Too
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” – Milton Friedman The twentieth century and the second industrial revolution ushered in a new era of politics. The progressive era was underway, as was new opportunities for the political elites to increase...
‘Fletch’ Lives in the Courageous Pen of Reporters
“I must follow the journalistic instinct of being skeptical of everything until I personally have proved it true.”- Irwin Fletcher In the post-Watergate world, fiction was full of lone wolf reporters, the courageous typewriter and camera that pointed where it was...
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