Psychologists behind the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program have settled out of their court case with three torture victims defended by the ACLU. These “architects” were paid 81 million dollars, yet this torture was largely ineffective. It’s the first time the CIA or its contractors have been brought to trial and the settlement is unsurprising; if it went to court it’d be overwhelmingly bad...
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Burger King’s attempt at corporate social responsibility in Argentina gets a little bit lost in their special sauce. After discounting their heart-stopping Stacker Burger for one day, they gave 50% of their profits to a startup that makes 3D prosthetics. But at the expense of exploiting the handicapped, they end up showing off the kind of fast food causing diseases that lead to amputations in the first...
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Last year Wikileaks showed Clinton’s campaign to be laughably corrupt. Our media promptly began equating Wikileaks with “Russian hackers,” instead of analyzing the proven corruption of the DNC and its implications. VIPS, founded in 2003 to question the WMD narrative from which our consent was manufactured to attack Iraq, has re-emerged to question the Russian hacking narrative that politicians and media pundits have hammered into our brains since the election. Hard science from these forensic investigators and intelligence analysts now demonstrates the Podesta emails came from a leak, not a hack. Corporate media, unsurprisingly, won’t touch this story, as...
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Trump’s indefensible refusal to clearly denounce white nationalism after the attack in Charlottesville gave the corporations, politicians, and media the opportunity for some breathtaking grandstanding. Many jumped to declare their disappointment in the President for refusing to stand against hatred. Even the Pentagon used this opportunity for some serious PR. They announced their clear opposition to racism and bigotry, while conveniently omitting the obvious fact that war is hate. On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Martha Raddatz called the US military the most diverse of our institutions. This may seem like a good quality of the military, but...
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Mike Papantonio, host of America’s Lawyer, joins Lee Camp to talk about the First Amendment rights of journalists and the media industry. Transcript of the above video: Lee Camp: Now we see a lot of lawsuits going after the media as well. You covered this recently on your show. People are more and more trying to hit especially alternative voices with lawsuits. Even John Oliver right now is facing a lawsuit by coal CEO Robert Massey. They’re coming after the comedians, Pap. What do we do here? Mike Papantonio: Well, the first amendment still is holding up pretty well....
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