[Peace-discuss] [Peace] If you still listen to Democracy Now, please read below:

[John W.]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 2:05 PM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net
> wrote:

John,
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> I don’t know who *Raúl Fernández-Berriozábal*
> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?hc_ref=ARQzZhYNRopHjfB3r0rn7PzGWvP_3-Usb1jz1oCtqafRawVI-71ptvbPK4gLB6ORPvA&fref=nf>
> is either, but I agree with everything he says and I have felt that way for
> several years now about Democracy Now, which I use to watch every day.
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> I started to sour on them during the destruction of Libya and their
> HORRIBLE coverage and analysis. And it kept getting worse over time.
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> It is a real shame because they USED to be great. But, that is how this
> system is set up. When you take corporate foundation grant money or have
> corporate advertisers, eventually they will control you. He who pays the
> piper calls the tune.
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> If you want, I can privately e-mail you a list of the sources I refer to,
> which are non-corporate and most importantly have had a very reliable track
> record of accuracy over time.
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> David Johnson
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That would be fine, Dave, though I see no reason to keep it secret.  I
imagine we would ALL appreciate knowing.

John





> *From:* Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] *On
> Behalf Of *John W. via Peace-discuss
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> *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2018 1:14 PM
> *To:* Karen Aram
> *Cc:* Peace-discuss List (peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net)
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] [Peace] If you still listen to Democracy
> Now, please read below:
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> So where does *Raúl Fernández-Berriozábal*
> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?hc_ref=ARQzZhYNRopHjfB3r0rn7PzGWvP_3-Usb1jz1oCtqafRawVI-71ptvbPK4gLB6ORPvA&fref=nf>
>  recommend that we get news which is ideologically and financially pure,
> untainted by any "pro-establishment" positions or "imperialist" sources of
> revenue?  And what are *Raúl Fernández-Berriozábal*
> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?hc_ref=ARQzZhYNRopHjfB3r0rn7PzGWvP_3-Usb1jz1oCtqafRawVI-71ptvbPK4gLB6ORPvA&fref=nf>'s
> bona fides?
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> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Karen Aram via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?fref=nf>
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> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?fref=nf>
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> Raúl Fernández-Berriozábal
> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal?hc_ref=ARQzZhYNRopHjfB3r0rn7PzGWvP_3-Usb1jz1oCtqafRawVI-71ptvbPK4gLB6ORPvA&fref=nf>
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> April 9 at 11:04pm
> <https://www.facebook.com/raul.fernandezberriozabal/posts/10155814345247572> ·
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> I used to like and respect Amy Goodman, but she insists on perpetuating
> several pro-establishment positions, such as the corporate media's
> imperialist propaganda about Libya, Syria, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela,
> the official narrative of 9/11, the DNC' paranoia about the Russians
> "hacking the elections", calling the Imperialist/Wahhabi plot in Syria a
> "civil war", while referring to the White Helmets (Al Qaeda) as
> "humanitarians".
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> Amy surprisingly supported sanctions in Iraq where undreds of thousands
> of deaths and human suffering occurred because of these sanctions,
> including the deaths of approximately 500,000 Iraqi children.
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> Furthermore, Democracy Now! sandwiches "fake news" between real news while
> running interference for imperialism because it is beholden to funding
> sources such as the Pacifica Foundation, the Ford, Carnegie, the Lannan
> Foundation and Patrick Lannan, the capitalist mogul who founded the
> organization, sat on the board of ITT corporation in the late 70s and early
> 80s.
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> The ITT corporation was instrumental in the CIA-backed fascist coup that
> overthrew the democratically elected socialist Salvador Allende in 1973.
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> So-called international non-profits such as the Ford Foundation have a
> long history of receiving enormous donations from the wealthiest
> individuals and corporations to achieve imperialism's objectives around the
> world. Foundations wield a form of "soft power" on behalf of US
> imperialism. Their main purpose is to provide a "civil society"
> infrastructure in targeted nations capable of fomenting conditions of
> regime change.
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> In conclusion Democracy Now! Sandwiches some lies between truths and some
> truths between lies receiving funds from the oppressor to pretend to
> advocate for the oppressed
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> Is not that special ?
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