MEDIA ROOTS – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been widely criticized for its invasive procedures, most notably their nationwide implementation of naked body scanner machines. Many Americans feel the TSA is an enormous waste of tax payer’s money, and that their safety measures are just a form of “security theater” that don’t really make us any safer. One engineer … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — In a 2004 campaign stop for George W. Bush, former vice president and war criminal Dick Cheney was asked what he thought about same sex couples. He responded with the following: “Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue our family is very familiar with….With the respect to the question of relationships, my general … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – The MegaUpload scandal is a perfect example of how the US government doesn’t let anyone get in their way of going after cases of alleged copyright infringement. The US government bypassed criminal courts and went after MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom, seizing his assets last year after a high-profile raid of his New Zealand compound–and now America is … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — A pair of internet archivists who call themselves ‘Neuro Linguistic Programming’ have uploaded Part one out of forty US corporate media print publications from the immediate days and weeks following 9/11. The duo plans to post multiple full issues of Time and Newsweek as well as other timely magazines that are filled with blatant fearmongering and propaganda about terrorism. … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Glenn Greenwald gave a lecture recently in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, entitled “Canada, America, Together Into The Storm: Secrecy, War and Civil Liberties,” hosted by long-time Greenwald reader Bill Owen with an introduction by Maher Arar. (See transcript and video below.) Recently, Media Roots noted the UK’s drive toward PATRIOT Act-style policies. Here, Greenwald discusses the common mindset … Read More
