Category Archives: Crapagandarati

Dept. of Unintended Results, Israel, Inc.

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Found at the Scarlet Pimpernel:No doubt the Israeli hacker who used this ‘toon to deface the Palestine Chronicle website (which is now, happily, restored) thought he was being clever by slamming Hamas (baselessly) as a bunch of cowards using children … Continue reading →

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Fatty, fatty, two by four…

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…I wanna be a media whore!Why is it that whenever a small-timer in the US desperately needs something to attract attention, he has to resort to cheap-shot shit like this? Flipping through my WSJ this morning, as usual I was … Continue reading →

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Various things the Israeli authorities don’t want you to see

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Thanks to commenter Utpal for alerting me to this one:A CBC report with Neil Macdonald, showing the ethnic-cleansing angle on the murder of a Palestinian mother. The soldiers the Israeli news crew interviewed are most explicit on the point–one of … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Justin Podur on crapaganda in the Canadian media

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Modern Western armies, like those of Israel, the US, and Canada, think of information as part of warfare. They expend tremendous time and resources mobilizing support for their violence. They do this by controlling information, disallowing independent journalists (as Israel … Continue reading →

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NYT finally admits the obvious…

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Yep, ladies ‘n’ gents, it’s finally official:The Old Grey Lady comes clean about being in the Oldest Profession, and hangs out her shingle openly for the firstest time ever.Of course, I’ve long known that the entire first page was for … Continue reading →

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Gaza through the eyes of the devastated, and some devastating truths

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video taken on December 27, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, by members of the International Solidarity Movement. As you can see, the devastation of the Israeli bombings is much more severe than the TV news in your area has probably led … Continue reading →

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Underreported fact of the year: TIME is no Project Censored!

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it pathetic when the major lamestream news outlets start trying to usurp indie, leftist and blogospheric territory? Case in point: TIME magazine’s lame-o “Top Ten Underrated News Stories”. Let’s dissect them in the order they come. Gloves, please…1. The … Continue reading →

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Phil Gunson now definitively full of shit

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sez who? Sez 11,000 contract workers whom Grandpa Munster is not paying: More than 11,000 Metropolitan Caracas contract workers are demanding payment of their last paycheques and social benefits from the new mayor, Antonio Ledezma. Translation mine. You can see … Continue reading →

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Teh Stoopid: Phil Gunson haz it!

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Yes, Phil…the Interwebz iz laffing at yew. Especially a certain auburn-haired lady in THIS widdle corner. And here is why. The surprise electoral defeat last month of Hugo Chávez’s candidate for mayor of Caracas — and the consequent change of … Continue reading →

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AP: Lazy, disparaging “reporting” on Bolivia and Venezuela…AGAIN.

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The Dissociated Press really needs a truckload of coal dumped on its head tonight. They call THIS reporting? Chavez orders halt to construction of Caracas mallCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez says he was heading through downtown Caracas when … Continue reading →

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