Searching the Internet Increases Brain Function

We found this outstanding article linked at the  exceptional alternative news site WhatReallyHappened.com.
Study finds that searching the Internet increases brain function

The Political Economy of Media

I first saw Robert McChesney in the outstanding documentary Orwell Rolls in His Grave, which I highly recommend.  He is an exceptionally well-informed and articulate media critic.  His research and his writing stand at the forefront of the most critical issue facing Americans – our failed media system.
From Stephen Lendman’s The Political Economy of Media, [...]

Senate Vote Rejects FCC’s Rules

Media ownership and consolidation is a critical issue of our time. Yesterday the Senate listened to the American people and, for once, stood up for the public interest when they passed a Resolution of Disapproval that “would nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits”.
The staff here at Revolutionary signed [...]

The U.S. Media’s Braindead Political Coverage

“The media no longer ask those who know something … to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
- Serge Daney, 1992
A.D. Delong takes a calligraphic sledgehammer to mainstream American political discourse in The Crucifixion [...]

American Free Press – Recommended Reading

If you’re looking for an honest American newspaper, look no further than American Free Press. A quick skim over their headlines reveals the issues that most affect Americans: media consolidation, manipulation of financial markets, government erosion of individual freedoms, 9/11 Truth, and the Ron Paul presidential campaign!
From their About page:
“In the old Soviet Union, [...]

The Corporate Media Agenda: Anti-Democracy, Pro-War

From Michael Barker’s Mass Media and Social Movements at Global Research:
“…it is fundamental to the maintenance of democratic institutions that citizens are able to participate actively in the administration of their society to determine their collective objectives. On this point it is important to reflect upon the neoliberal environment in which the media currently operates [...]

The Value of a Free Press

“Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.” -Thomas Jefferson
Media ownership and control is perhaps the most important issue of our time. The Information Age is quickly becoming the ‘Disinformation Age’. The bias in corporate media is well documented, and its effect [...]

The Crisis of the Media

From Breaking Through the News Filter at Information Clearing House by Peter Chamberlain:

“The American mainstream media has allowed itself to serve as a disinformation service for the promotion of neoconservative (Likud) propaganda to the American people, under the guise of the “free press.” American media dispenses misinformation which promotes the idea of world war [...]

Truth and Journalism

From The Ridenhour Courage Prize: Bill Moyers acceptance speech at Dandelion Salad:
“So I tell inquisitive and inquiring young people: “Journalism still makes a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can’t get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to go.””
NOTE: INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD FEEL FREE TO QUOTE THE FOLLOWING TEXTS [...]