America’s government-supporting newspapers are dying. Now the New York Times–America’s premier pro-government newspaper–is reporting quarterly earnings that are 95.7 percent lower than just a year earlier. See here.
Category: Government-supported media
Governments worldwide have always sought to control discourse. CIA analysts report that it is cheaper for governments to buy a journalist than to buy a hooker.
Oct 27
“News” establishment begs critics to stop criticizing
The safest profession in the world is probably journalism in support of the state. Undoubtedly, the most dangerous profession in the world is journalism in opposition to the state. For years, America’s pro-government (“mainstream”) press has promoted an agenda of increasing government power and control. Political movements which threaten the dominance of established government have …
Oct 20
Ad revenue for pro-government, er, . . . “mainstream,” newspapers is plummeting
For a decade, the pro-government newspapers of the western world have seen their ad revenues plunge as fast as their readerships. A new report based on ad-buying trends predicts that global spending on newspaper print ads will decline 8.7% to $52.6 billion by the end of 2016. In the internet age, “alternative” news sources are …
Aug 13
“Ship of Fools 2” becomes worldwide laughing stock as climate skeptics monitor its course
Months ago a group of true believers in apocalyptic man-made global warming loudly announced a sailing expedition by which they planned to sail around the Arctic Circle. “We are sailing around the Arctic, around the North Pole,” says the group’s website, “to demonstrate that due to progressive sea ice recession due to Arctic climate change, …
Jun 26
Contradicting hundreds of news reports, Greenland’s ice surface is well above normal for the date
Hundreds of newspaper articles and posts on “mainstream” (meaning government-supporting and supported) websites have proclaimed a recent “acceleration” in melting of ice in Greenland. In fact, satellite footage and data show that the ice pack in Greenland (as mid-summer approaches) is actually above normal. “Greenland’s surface has gained 530 billion tons of ice since last …
Jun 20
Turkish Government Arrests Free Speech Activists for ‘Supporting Terrorism’
It is an age-old claim: that dissenters and critics of government are traitors guilty of sedition. For months, the government of Turkey has been prosecuting children, reporters and even comedians who criticized the government. Now Turkish prosecutors have arrested three prominent free speech advocates. See here.
Jun 20
More media lies about southwest heat wave
Headlines have blared nationwide about this past weekend’s extremely high temps in the Americans southwest. A dominant theme has been government predictions that temps in Phoenix, Yuma, Palm Springs and Death Valley will approach or set all-time records. (This, of course, would mean that the all-time high temp records for the United States were predicted …
Jun 06
Heller: Greenland ice gain this winter has been well above normal and not far from a record high
Who can you believe? The Washington Post and most other major papers have been running stories throughout the spring proclaiming that Greenland’s ice and snow are melting faster than ever before. But Tony Heller of realclimatescience.com has once again examined the available satellite and webcam evidence. According to Heller, Greenland gained a large amount of …
May 31
Did Al-Qaeda Ever Exist?
Writer Arjun Walia is out with a brilliant new essay (see here). Walia cites recent revelations by the highest-level CIA agent in charge of the Osama Bin Laden unit. The agent has now admitted that “Al-Qaeda” (which means “the base” in English) never existed! It was a CIA operation the entire time. A number of …
May 18
Montana newspapers in a frenzy over people disobeying government at Yellowstone National Park
A terrifying spectacle of hate has become front-page news in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and the Billings Gazette. For the past 2 days, both papers have focused on a story of some fun-loving (but foolish) Canadian tourists who allegedly strayed off the government boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park’s Prismatic Spring geothermal area. The young men …
