Friday, June 29, 2018
Headlines for June 22, 2018
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Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes.
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes.
CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”:
*Mattis slams Russia, says Putin 'attempts to undermine America's moral authority
Or should this be under funniest?
“He aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, his actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals,"
Mattis 'not aware' of North Korea taking any steps to denuclearize
So suspending testing and destroying your nuclear testing site and your engine testing facility doesn’t count?
*Gazans have survived years of war. Now depression is killing them.
Definitely a good thing to cover this important issue but A) Thousands of Gazans HAVEN’T survived; B) Mental health problems like depression & PTSD have been a reality or DECADES. WaPo did have one article about child trauma back in 2009 at the time of Operation Cast Lead, nothing since.
CANDIDATES FOR “MOST MISLEADING”:
The pair of the following, one day after another, in the same outlet (financial "analysis" can always "explain" any rise or fall of prices of something):
*Oil prices climb as OPEC moves toward output deal
*Global oil prices drop as OPEC appears close to deal on higher output
Trump adviser says 'nobody likes' family separation policy
President Trump Calls His Own Family Separation Policy 'So Sad.' Here's Why He Supports It Anyway
Melania Trump 'hates to see' children separated from their families at borders
Two examples of how the media enables Trump and lets him have his cake and eat it too. Clearly if “nobody” in the Administration likes the family separation policies, they could simply stop them. And if Melania hates to see it why does her jacket on the day she visits them say “I really don’t care. Do u?”
Kim Jong Un ends visit to China with a message for the US
Not a single quote from Kim in this article. Instead quotes from Bill Richardson, Mintaro Oba (a former Korea desk officer at the State Department under President Barack Obama), both telling us what Kim is thinking.
As North Korea danger recedes ever so slightly, renewed Russian threat looms
“Russia, emboldened by its ability to alter the results of the 2016 US presidential election, is almost certain to try again in the 2018 midterms.” There is ZERO evidence anything “Russia” did “altered” the 2016 result (even the “intelligence community” didn’t make that claim) & ZERO evidence of any 2018 activity”.
CANDIDATES FOR “FUNNIEST”:
*Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline)
“It sounds like the stuff of Kremlin propaganda, but it’s not.”
“The anti-democratic ideology these groups espouse runs counter the values of the Euromaidan.”
Author Josh Cohen is a former USAID project officer who managed economic reform projects throughout the former Soviet Union.
*Trump says he requested end to 'war games' in talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
Huh?
'Commie cadet' who wore Che Guevara T-shirt kicked out of US army
West Point grad who posed with 'Communism will win' in cap discharged
But Rapone remains unabashed, posting a picture on Monday showing him the middle finger at a sign at the entrance to Fort Drum, captioned with “One final salute.”
“I would encourage all soldiers who have a conscience to lay down their arms and join me and so many others who are willing to stop serving the agents of imperialism and join us in a revolutionary movement,” he said.
Contrast to this misleading headline:
Marine who marched with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville found guilty in court-martial
The U.S. Marine who marched with neo-Nazis in last summer's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been found guilty in a summary court-martial after he reportedly bragged online about participating in the violence that day (note: not just “marching” as the headline implies)
He has been sentenced to 28 days of confinement, a reduction of two ranks to E-1, and the forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay for a month.
Vasillios has seven days to submit a request for clemency to the convening officer, the Marines said.
Vasillios has seven days to submit a request for clemency to the convening officer, the Marines said.
