Only 6% of Americans trust the media – surveyAs accusations of bias fly during an election year, a new report shows that Americans have serious misgivings about the media, with only six percent saying they have “a great deal of confidence” in the press. A survey of more than 2,000 adults released on Sunday showed that trust in the media has dipped to dramatically low levels.
Cable News Devotes 30 Seconds to Mass Arrests Protesting Political CorruptionTHE DEMOCRACY SPRING, a protest movement calling on Congress to “end the corruption of big money in our politics” and “ensure free and fair elections,” converged on Capitol Hill on Monday, staging a nonviolent sit-in that resulted in over 400 arrests – a massive number by Washington sit-in standards.
Hackers use Congressman’s iPhone to demo ability to listen into calls, monitor texts, track location [Updated]Update: Rep. Ted Lieu has now written to the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requesting a formal investigation into the vulnerability. In his letter, the Congressman says that the flaw threatens ‘personal privacy, economic competitiveness and U.S. national security.’
TPP is the ‘worst trade deal ever,’ Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz saysNobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, could be the worst trade agreement ever negotiated in history. In an interview with CBC News, he recommended that the government of Canada insist on reworking it.
Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% From Panama LeakWhoever leaked the Mossack Fonseca papers appears motivated by a genuine desire to expose the system that enables the ultra wealthy to hide their massive stashes, often corruptly obtained and all involved in tax avoidance. These Panamanian lawyers hide the wealth of a significant proportion of the 1%, and the massive leak of their documents ought to be a wonderful thing.
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and CorruptionA massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders and reveals how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion through banks and shadow companies. The leak also provides details of the hidden financial dealings of 128 more politicians and public officials around the world.
Andy Grove’s Warning to Silicon ValleyThe praise this week for Andy Grove, who died on Monday at age 79, has been wrapped up in praise for Silicon Valley, where he was a towering figure in the semiconductor revolution and the longtime leader of Intel, the world’s biggest supplier of microprocessors.
Welcome To The Post-Work EconomyIf the goal of the economy is to provide decent-paying work for everyone, that economy clearly isn’t doing a good job at the moment. Real wages for most Americans haven’t increased in 40 years. Real unemployment-which includes the “under-employed”-is above 10%. Many jobs are now part-time, flexi-time, or “gigs” with no benefits and few protections.
You’ll have to choose sooner than you think: Basic Income or Dystopian SlaveryAt no point in the history of our species has human culture ever changed as rapidly as it is now-and I literally mean now, because by the time you get to the end of this article, I suspect that a profound discovery would have been uploaded to the internet from somewhere on the globe.
Bernie Sanders ‘censored’ by MSNBC while criticizing trade dealDemocratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been struggling with a media blackout throughout the campaign – and even during those rare moments when he is covered, he’s still being censored. US broadcaster MSNBC is facing criticism for cutting away from live coverage of a Sanders press conference, just as he was condemning the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
GOP Frontrunner: ‘Bush Lied, People Died’ – Antiwar.com OriginalPardon me while I sit back and enjoy the panic of the Republican – and media – elites as the GOP frontrunner takes up that old left-wing antiwar slogan: “Bush lied – people died!” That’s the essence of what Donald Trump said at Saturday’s South Carolina GOP presidential debate when moderator John Dickerson – who …
The Civilization Kit – The New YorkerOn a farm in Missouri, a radical experiment in self-sufficiency.
Russia, North Korea, terrorism… fear as currency of Western tyrannyFinian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism.
Researcher illegally shares millions of science papers free online to spread knowledgeA researcher in Russia has made more than 48 million journal articles – almost every single peer-reviewed paper every published – freely available online. And she’s now refusing to shut the site down, despite a court injunction and a lawsuit from Elsevier, one of the world’s biggest publishers.
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Believe that Both Parties Are Too Corrupt to Change Anything … “This, In Fact, Is A Revolution”We’ve previously noted that polls show that Americans are in a “pre-revolutionary” mood, that less than 1 in 5 Americans think that the government has the “consent of the governed”, that government corruption tops the list of Americans’ fears (gee, we wonder why), and that 3 times as many Americans supported King George during the Revolutionary War than support our OWN Congress today.
Basic Income Guarantee will allow us to move up the Maslow Pyramid – interview with Gerd LeonhardPrint *Email *permalink * (0)Comments * (18596) Hits * subscribe * * * * * By Hank Pellissier Ethical Technology Posted: Feb 7, 2016Print *Email *permalink * (0)Comments * (18597) Hits * subscribe * * * * * Gerd Leonhard is an acclaimed European futurist; his popular videos are featured at IEET and he is a regular IEET contributing writer.
TPP ‘fundamentally flawed,’ should be resisted – UN human rights expertThe top United Nations expert on human rights has called on the 12 nations considering the Trans-Pacific Partnership to reject the massive trade agreement since in its current form it “is out of step with today’s international human rights regime.”
Television, Football and Politics: Gaming Spectacles Designed to Keep the Police State in PowerBy John Whitehead, constitutional and human rights attorney, and founder of the Rutherford Institute. Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth.
Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our InstitutionsWASHINGTON – WHILE presidential candidates from both parties feverishly pitch their legislative agendas, voters should also consider what presidents can do without Congress. Agency rules, executive actions and decisions about how vigorously to enforce certain laws will have an impact on every American, without a single new bill introduced in Congress.
Iceland has jailed 26 bankers, why won’t we?There are many reasons to admire Iceland, but here is another one: it has just sentenced five senior bankers and one prominent investor to prison for crimes relating to the economic meltdown in 2008.