MEDIA ROOTS — If you were ever wondering exactly how large corporations ‘cover up’ malfeasance, look no further than the India Times. Ag-giant Monsanto has colluded with one of the largest papers in Asia, the India Times, to heavily downplay the notion that Indian farmers have been committing suicide at abnormally high rates as a result of Monsanto’s clamp down on … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — When you’re Julian Assange, you just can’t do right. The USA’s establishment has got it in for him now. Doubtless, they’d like to grab him like Bradley Manning. Assange says he’ll be called a traitor for interviewing radicals. Journalist Glenn Greenwald says the attacks on Assange and RT reveal as much about the critics: “The real cause … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — A new law proposed in the UK could erode privacy to a level not yet seen in any western country (besides the United States). The law mimics the warrantless wiretapping and ‘sneak and peak’ provisions laid out in the now eleven-year old U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. Robbie Martin of Media Roots***ZDNET — Controversial new British legislation could allow the UK’s … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Like a misplaced time capsule that was never buried, one quaint town in Florida harkens back to an old-world fishing village on the Aegean Sea, a place where life slowly drips. Situated on the west central Gulf coast, Tarpon Springs might be the last bastion of unadulterated Greek culture in America. Attracted by the lucrative sponge fishing … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Abby and Robbie Martin grew up in Pleasanton, CA, a city located ten miles from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a secret nuclear weapons production facility. They initially set out to explore the psychological impacts of taking nuclear testing into virtual space. But as their investigation unfolded, they found that the LLNL—in conjunction with Site 300—has … Read More
