MEDIA ROOTS — In most countries in Europe, it is required by law for any food company to say with a simple label that genetically modified components are used in their products. America is behind the curve and has been ever since GMO became common place. The FDA could very easily put into place a new regulation that requires the same type of … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Last Thursday co-host of the Media Roots Radio podcast, Robbie Martin was interviewed by Jack Blood on his show, Deadline Live. Everytime the anniversary for 9/11 comes around the media coverage surrounding it completely overshadows another important event, arguably equally as impacting as 9/11 that planted the seeds for the propagandistic false war on terror that continues … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin calls out the corporate media for blaming everything that happens in the Middle East on Al-Qaeda and explains the case of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr. Ben Jealous, Director of the NAACP explores underlying racism in the US by talking to Abby about Troy Davis, Trayvon Martin and the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Now that I switched over to working full time on my TV show, Breaking the Set, I will be featuring the best week’s episode in addition to a weekly wrap up of individual segments from other shows that week. This summary is about DHS spying, the erosion of civil liberties, US capital punishment and why the Muslim … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – In recent years, the New York Police Department has not only developed into an international police division, its officers regularly flaunt constitutionally-protected civil liberties and single-out minorities. As the “war on terror” enters its eleventh year next week, the question now is who are the actual terrorists? Currently targeting activists with facial recognition technology, the force also … Read More
