With the U.S. Congress recently passing and President Obama signing into law the Magnitsky Act, Russian officials can be blacklisted and punishable for "human rights violations." In response, the Russian parliament retaliated banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans. In reporting these two events, Russia Today laments the following which I thought interesting and … [Read more...] about The Art of Free Media
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How the NYT encourages dehumanization of the Han
One of the best methods used by colonists, genociders, and other racist oppressors is to use testimony from certain members of the victim group as evidence of the victim group's subhuman nature. We are told that this member of that group agrees with the oppresser's narrative of the inferiority of the victim group. White slave masters loved to show-off their House Negroes who … [Read more...] about How the NYT encourages dehumanization of the Han
Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC’s Role
Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC's Role Monday, 26 November 2012 09:20 By John Pilger, Truthout | Op-Ed In the Middle East, the Israeli state has successfully intimidated the BBC into presenting the theft of Palestinian land and the caging, torturing and killing of its people as an intractable "conflict" between … [Read more...] about Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC’s Role
National Geographic gets in on anti-China defamation
Criticism of China's high-speed rail development is rampant, but I must take exception to Ian Johnson's recent piece in the National Geographic. Before his article even begins, the defamatory lede reads: "Engineering blitzkrieg continues despite financial and human toll." For Westerners, 'blitzkrieg' conjures Nazi aggression during WW2 as they trampled their way around Europe … [Read more...] about National Geographic gets in on anti-China defamation
Defaming Confucius
Zigong inquired, “What if everyone in a village despises a person?” The Master said, “It's not enough. It would be better if the best villagers love and the worst despise, this person.” -Analects 13:24 There's no one more emblematic of Chinese wisdom than the ancient Chinese sage, Confucius (Kong Zi). His legacy as a philosopher in Chinese history is … [Read more...] about Defaming Confucius