I thought it might be good to have a thread that exposes the shills in the Mainstream Media, particularly those who push for regime change, no-fly zones. One could say that pretty much all Western Mainstream media does that, but some are particularly aggressive.
One example is those who praise the White Helmets which is another branch of the al-Nusra terrorists. (For the White Helmets see this thread).
http://www.workers.org/2016/09/21/white-helmets-pawns-for-u-s-militarism/#.V-Rz_WyQK1u
http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/04/seven-steps-of-highly-effective-manipulators/
Here is the image from Nicholas Kristof
More on Nicholas Kristof:
Yes, but then why support Hillary Clinton, a bloodthirsty inveterate liar and warmonger, all the way? Does Kristof not owe it to his readers to call that out too? Well, not if you are a presstitute for the establishment, even if wearing the progressive/neoliberal colors.
Here is a bit from Wikipedia on him:
_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof
So Nicholas Kristof certainly has the full backing of the establishment and numerous accolades from around the world. In that perceived position of being the moral conscience of todays generation of journalist, he is a powerful tool of the empire in their quest for regime change, as long as it is couched in being for 'democracy and human rights'.
One example is those who praise the White Helmets which is another branch of the al-Nusra terrorists. (For the White Helmets see this thread).
http://www.workers.org/2016/09/21/white-helmets-pawns-for-u-s-militarism/#.V-Rz_WyQK1u
NBC News praised the featured group as “Angels on the Front Line.” The Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal sang the movie’s praises and White Helmets’ “selfless, humanitarian role.”
http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/04/seven-steps-of-highly-effective-manipulators/
Nicholas Kristof/New York Times
The “White Helmets” campaign has been highly successful because of uncritical media promotion. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times was an advocate of the NATO/US attack on Libya. According to him, villagers who had been shot, injured and their homes destroyed were not bitter, they were thankful! . “Hugs from Libyans” is how he viewed it. It was, of course, nonsense, helping to pave the way in the invasion and destruction of the country.
Now Kristof is uncritically promoting the White Helmets, aiding and abetting their political and propaganda message seeking foreign intervention in Syria.
Here is the image from Nicholas Kristof
More on Nicholas Kristof:
Yes, but then why support Hillary Clinton, a bloodthirsty inveterate liar and warmonger, all the way? Does Kristof not owe it to his readers to call that out too? Well, not if you are a presstitute for the establishment, even if wearing the progressive/neoliberal colors.
Here is a bit from Wikipedia on him:
_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof
Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist, author, op-ed columnist, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since November 2001, and The Washington Post says that he "rewrote opinion journalism" with his emphasis on human rights abuses and social injustices, such as human trafficking and the Darfur conflict.[1] Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has described Kristof as an "honorary African" for shining a spotlight on neglected conflicts.
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Jeffrey Toobin of CNN and The New Yorker, a Harvard classmate, has said: "I’m not surprised to see him emerge as the moral conscience of our generation of journalists. I am surprised to see him as the Indiana Jones of our generation of journalists.”[7] Bill Clinton said in September 2009: "There is no one in journalism, anywhere in the United States at least, who has done anything like the work he has done to figure out how poor people are actually living around the world, and what their potential is....So every American citizen who cares about this should be profoundly grateful that someone in our press establishment cares enough about this to haul himself all around the world to figure out what's going on....I am personally in his debt, as are we all."[8]
Kristof is a member of the board of overseers of Harvard University, where he was chief marshal of commencement for his 25th reunion, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars. Joyce Barnathan, president of the International Center for Journalists, said in a 2013 statement: "Nick Kristof is the conscience of international journalism."[9]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says that a page one article by Kristof in January 1997 about child mortality in the developing world helped direct the couple toward global health as a focus of philanthropy. A framed copy of that article is in the gallery of the Gates Foundation.
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In 1990, Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, earned a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their reporting on the pro-democracy student movement and the related Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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In 2011, Kristof was named one of seven "Top American Leaders" by the Harvard Kennedy School and The Washington Post. "His writing has reshaped the field of opinion journalism," The Washington Post explained in granting the award.[1] Earlier, in 2007, U.S. News & World Report named Kristof one of "America's Best Leaders."
So Nicholas Kristof certainly has the full backing of the establishment and numerous accolades from around the world. In that perceived position of being the moral conscience of todays generation of journalist, he is a powerful tool of the empire in their quest for regime change, as long as it is couched in being for 'democracy and human rights'.