Pearls and Irritations Guest Caitlin Johnstone

Recent articles by Pearls and Irritations Guest Caitlin Johnstone

US officials concern about world press freedoms while assaulting them

US officials concern about world press freedoms while assaulting them

I will never get used to living in a world where our rulers will openly imprison a journalist for telling the truth and then self-righteously pontificate about the need to stop authoritarian regimes from persecuting journalists.

AP editor said she "can't imagine" a US intelligence official being wrong!!!

AP editor said she "can't imagine" a US intelligence official being wrong!!!

The Associated Press journalist who reported a US intelligence official's false claim that Russia had launched missiles at Poland last week has been fired.

Journalistic responsibility vanishes when reporting on US-targeted nations

Journalistic responsibility vanishes when reporting on US-targeted nations

Two false news reports have gone viral in recent days due to sloppy sourcing and journalistic malpractice. As usual they both featured bogus claims about US-targeted nations, in this case Russia and Iran.

No such thing as an objective journalist: Notes from the edge of the narrative matrix

No such thing as an objective journalist: Notes from the edge of the narrative matrix

I feel like we haven't been talking enough about the fact that US government agencies were just caught intimately collaborating with massive online platforms to censor content in the name of regulating the cognitive infrastructure of society.

New study finds the rest of the world supports China and Russia

New study finds the rest of the world supports China and Russia

The US is preparing to station multiple nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in northern Australia in what the mass media are calling a signal to China, yet another example of Australia's forced subservience as a US military/intelligence asset.

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