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How Measles Was Portrayed in Popular Culture Before the Vaccine

Before the measles vaccine was licensed in the US, it was popularly viewed as a benign childhood illness that most everyone went through.

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Big Pharma’s Influence on the Media

With the exception of CBS, every major media outlet in the United States shares at least one board member with at least one pharmaceutical company.

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Astroturf and Manipulation of Media Messages: Sharyl Attkisson TEDx Talk

Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson explains how astroturf, or fake grassroots movements funded by special interests manipulate media messages.

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The Activists, or How the Anti-War Left Was Duped by Barack Obama

The documentary The Activists sets out to highlight lessons learned by the American anti-war movement but ends up lauding its single greatest failure.

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The ‘Forgotten’ US Shootdown of Iranian Airliner Flight 655­

On the rare occasions the US mainstream media refer to the US shootdown of an Iranian airliner in 1988, they sustain the myth it was simply a "mistake".

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Why the US Moving Its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Would Be Illegal

The mainstream media serve Israel's occupation regime by failing to inform that for the US to relocate its Israel embassy to Jerusalem would be illegal.

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Iran: Official Khamenei Website Censors My Interview on the Qatar Crisis

The official website of Iran's Supreme Leader interviewed me about US policy, Saudi Arabia, and the Qatar crisis, but censored my mild criticism of Iran.

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Who Started the Six Day War of June 1967?

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens defends Israel’s occupation of Palestine by regurgitating Zionist propaganda about who started the 1967 Six Day War.

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The Costs of “Doing Nothing” on Climate Change Sound Pretty Good

The regulatory costs of reaching the IPCC's goal of limiting global warming would be greater than the estimated cost of climate change damages.

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The New York Times on “Nakba”: Whitewashing the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Its characterizations of the Nakba are illustrative of how the New York Times systematically whitewashes the ethnic cleansing of Palestine from history.

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