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There's been global rise in violence and legal pursuit of journalists. But as many of the issues outside the US get attention I've compiled material related to
by xnull4guest 12y ago
There's been global rise in violence and legal pursuit of journalists. But as many of the issues outside the US get attention I've compiled material related to the US:
* The Obama Administration issued a secret surveillance operation against the Associated Press to break their sources [1]
* Journalists like Ibrahim Jassam [2], Laura Poitras [3], Glenn Greenwald [4], James Risen [5], many others are being prosecuted and persecuted
* States are heavily partnered with news media (e.g. Ken Dilanian [6], Judith Miller and Michael Gordon [7])
* Domestic news is manipulated by the state to achieve geopolitical goals (Zarqawi Psyop [8], Fallujah Psyop [9]) - this has recently been anonymously removed from Wikipedia: now [10] before [11]
* The state uses legal pressure to delay and suppress stories (e.g. Risen's NSA story 2004-05 [12])
* On key political issues controversial journalists are pulled (e.g. Ayman Mohyeldin [13])
* Journalism exclusion zones are used to corral media for purposes other than their safety - even at home where exclusion zones were used to stop coverage in Ferguson [14]
* Sources to journalists have had their lives and their families subjugated to death threats [15]
* The state reserves the right to imitate news media outlets [16]
* There is both historical [17] and current [18] use of international cables to manipulate the press
* The White House has been caught using fake journalists during press releases [19]
* The state has been caught buying coverage from journalists (e.g. Armstrong Williams [20], Gallagher and McManus [21])
* The US government has injected (hundreds of) unattributed fake news stories into local news channels by the US through the Office of Broadcasting Services on political issues [22]
* There is current legislation that would legally compel journalists to disclose their sources [23]
* The Army was caught in a scandal where they were sending fake letters from an imaginary soldier to media organizations [24]
* Hero stories are drummed up, attested to, and propelled by state officials when guests of the media (e.g. Jessica Lynch [25])
* Anti-propaganda law have been relaxed this year [26]
* Media outlets have been given evidence from coerced testimony on the grounds it is actionable, even when it is known to have been fabricated [27] [28]
* Propaganda intended for foreigners makes it to American audiences [29] and this has been used on purpose to circumvent anti-propaganda law [30]
* The government has a history of manipulating media and through the Cold War had over 800 American news networks and personel [31] (names you may know such as Austin Goodrich [32] and Frank Kearns [33])
* The United States hires [34] contractors [35] and has software [36] to manipulate social media [37]
* Agencies publish documents compelled of them by law at inconvenient times to discourage large press coverage [38]
* It is also true that the the now president and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service Patricia Harrison testified before Congress that President Bush considered Office of Broadcasting Services (1/4 billion dollar) state sponsored propaganda powerful strategic tools for swaying public opinion [39]
- xnull4guest 12y ago[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Department_of_Justice_investigations_of_reporters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Department_of_Justice_inve... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Jassam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Jassam [3] http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/ http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_det... [4] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald... [5] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/case-of-james-risen-times-reporter-poses-dilemma-for-justice-department.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/case-of-james-risen-tim... [6a] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/04/former-l-times... [6b] http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/5/headlines#959 http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/5/headlines#959 [7] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/29/iraq.usa1 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/29/iraq.usa1 [8] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040900890.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04... [9] http://www.globalresearch.ca/psyops-media-warfare-and-the-weaponization-of-information-in-iraq/5388077 http://www.globalresearch.ca/psyops-media-warfare-and-the-we... [10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah_during_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah_during_the_Iraq_War [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fallujah_during_the_Iraq_War&oldid=576998002 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fallujah_during_t... [12] http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/nyt-nsa-leaks.html http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/nyt-nsa-leak... [13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_Mohyeldin#2014_Israel.E2.80.93Gaza_conflict http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_Mohyeldin#2014_Israel.E2.... [14] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ferguson-no-fly-zone-was-aimed-at-keeping-news-helicopters-away-from-protests/2014/11/02/b1ac0cb8-62d5-11e4-9fdc-d43b053ecb4d_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ferguson-no-fly-zone-... [15] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/united-states-of-secrets/the-frontline-interview-william-binney/#seg0 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections... [16] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-o... [17] http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/CIA%20Reporters%20New%20York%20Times%20Series%2012-25-77/Item%2008.pdf http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20... [18] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/03/heroes-error?page=1 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/03/heroes-error?pag... [19] http://www.salon.com/2005/02/23/more_gannon/ http://www.salon.com/2005/02/23/more_gannon/ [20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Williams#.22No_Child_Left_Behind.22_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Williams#.22No_Child_... [21] http://www.thenation.com/article/bushs-war-press http://www.thenation.com/article/bushs-war-press [22] http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13covert.html?pagewanted=print http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13covert.html?pag... [23] http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/government-says-federal-agents-can-impersonate-woman-online http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/government-says-federal-a... [24] https://web.archive.org/web/20031025141143/http://www.channel4.co.uk/news/news_story.jsp?storyId=957403 https://web.archive.org/web/20031025141143/http://www.channe... [25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch#Controversy_regarding_coverage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch#Controversy_rega... [26] http://thelibertybeat.com/anti-propaganda-law-repealed-state-department-free-to-broadcast-directly-to-americans/ http://thelibertybeat.com/anti-propaganda-law-repealed-state... [27] http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/09intel.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/09intel.html [28] http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/politics/06intel.ready.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/politics/06intel.ready.htm... [29] http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/27/world/fg-infowar27 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/27/world/fg-infowar27 [30] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/03/heroes-error?page=1 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/03/heroes-error?pag... [31] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird [32] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/us/austin-goodrich-spy-who-posed-as-journalist-dies-at-87.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/us/austin-goodrich-spy-who... [33] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kearns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kearns [34] http://boingboing.net/2011/02/18/hbgarys-high-volume.html http://boingboing.net/2011/02/18/hbgarys-high-volume.html [35] http://www.marayamedia.com/company.php http://www.marayamedia.com/company.php [36] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Voice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Voice [37] http://minerva.dtic.mil/doc/samplewp-Lieberman.pdf http://minerva.dtic.mil/doc/samplewp-Lieberman.pdf [38] http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN&ROBERTSON_2014-Manipulating_Search_Engine_Rankings-DRAFT-DO_NOT_QUOTE_OR_CITE.pdf http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN&ROBERTSON_2014-Manipulati... [39] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Act_of_1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Act_of_196...