MEDIA ROOTS – On this episode of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the LAPD’s manhunt against Chris Dorner, the subsequent cover-up of his death and police thuggery; how 9/11 and Ron Paul coalesced the divide between libertarians and leftists and caused people to rally behind core issues, the corporate co-option and transmogrification of the Ron Paul movement … Read More
Media Roots Radio – Corporatocracy by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Robbie & Abby Martin discuss the unnecessary rhetoric of words like ‘communist’ or ‘free market’ which create two inaccurate sides of a debate. False hopes for Obama’s second ‘liberal’ term are discussed as well as America’s elusive and mostly obscured foreign policy motivations. The above timeline is interactive. Scroll through … Read More
MediaRoots2013JanPt1 by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Following a critical broadcast on ‘Breaking the Set’ that examined the need for ‘conspiracy theory’ culture to claim everything is an inside job, Abby and Robbie discuss in much more detail the psychological phenomenon of diluting and poisoning the well of legitimate anti US government theory. The above timeline is interactive. Scroll through it … Read More
Media Roots Radio – Election Special 2012 by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the upcoming 2012 election by discussing the scripted narrative of the campaign build up and the charade of the Presidential debates. Abby, now experiencing the effects of Sandy on the east coast, vents about her frustration with the psychology behind the idea … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – The Pentagon disseminates propaganda through many different avenues: embedded reporting, press conferences, active cooperation with Hollywood, and through American Forces Press Service. The capstone of AFPS is a daily report known as “Face of Defense,” which glorifies the fighter, omits the horrors of war, and hypes creative accounts of military life. Examples include: “Passion for Cooking Drives … Read More
