Day: February 26, 2020

Categories Op-ed

BBC vandalizes literary classics with woke rewriting supposed to make it more ‘yoof’ friendly as it faces licence-funding crisis

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Desperately seeking audience share, the state-funded BBC’s attempts at rewriting classics for TV are part of a deliberate woke strategy that messes with masterpieces believing they, not the Beeb, need to change to be relevant. … Read More >BBC vandalizes literary classics with woke rewriting supposed to make it more ‘yoof’ friendly as it faces licence-funding crisis

Categories Documentary

WikiLeaks – public enemy Julian Assange | DW Documentary

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The Wikileaks revelations shocked the world, and co-founder Julian Assange shot to fame. WikiLeaks exposed U.S. army war crimes, the secret emails of top international politicians and controversial secret service surveillance methods. Assange’s relentless pursuit of total transparency has changed the face of journalism and given rise to much imitation, as well as fierce criticism. … Read More >WikiLeaks – public enemy Julian Assange | DW Documentary

Categories USA

‘Just a question of when’: CDC warns Americans coronavirus may cause ‘SEVERE’ disruption of everyday life

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The Spread of COVID-19 coronavirus in the US is not a matter of whether but when, and Americans need to prepare for their lives to be disrupted, a senior official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned. … Read More >‘Just a question of when’: CDC warns Americans coronavirus may cause ‘SEVERE’ disruption of everyday life

Categories USA

Lolita Island Part 2? FBI raid New York HQ of fashion mogul friend of Prince Andrew in sex trafficking probe

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The FBI and NYPD have raided the New York offices of fashion exec Peter Nygard as part of a sex trafficking investigation – the fourth such probe of the mogul, who is accused of drugging and raping girls on his Bahamas estate. … Read More >Lolita Island Part 2? FBI raid New York HQ of fashion mogul friend of Prince Andrew in sex trafficking probe

Categories Shows

CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling: Assange Case Shows USA Will Use Any Method to Quiet Dissent

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, who was convicted for revealing details about Operation Merlin. He discusses the extradition trial and persecution Julian Assange is facing, his own experience of being prosecuted –on circumstantial evidence– for whistleblowing, whether the WikiLeaks founder would face a fair trial in Virginia, his experiences of racism with the CIA … Read More >CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling: Assange Case Shows USA Will Use Any Method to Quiet Dissent

Categories USA

Acting DNI chief Grenell ‘was taking orders’ from Trump when he sought to secure Assange’s arrest, leaked call suggests

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A GOP operative, known as the Trump family ‘fixer,’ appears to have admitted in a recorded call that the new US spy chief acted on the president’s orders when he allegedly secured the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. … Read More >Acting DNI chief Grenell ‘was taking orders’ from Trump when he sought to secure Assange’s arrest, leaked call suggests

Categories World

‘Just leave’: Afghanistan withdrawal is no-brainer, but ‘deep state’ controls US foreign policy, says ex-Virginia lawmaker

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A truce between US troops and the Taliban in Afghanistan could result in American forces finally exiting the country, but there are powerful interests that want the war to continue, former Virginia senator Richard Black told RT. … Read More >‘Just leave’: Afghanistan withdrawal is no-brainer, but ‘deep state’ controls US foreign policy, says ex-Virginia lawmaker