veteranstoday--2020-08-16--Explore John Swope’s Photograph of Omori Prison Camp

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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.


veteranstoday--2020-08-16--US Unipolarism goes down in flames with UN vote, but the beast lives on

Iran envoy to UN : Any return of sanctions will be met severely by Tehran [ Editor ’ s Note : We knew , along with everybody else , the US was going to lose this vote .
Pompeo was just going through the motions , as we can expect the US to announce sanctions on anyone doing any arms sales to Iran .
I can ’ t imagine anyone doing that who was not already on the list , except for some of the EU countries .
China and Russia of course voted no , with eleven abstaining that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The make believe country , the Dominican Republic , stood with the US for whatever it usually gets paid to do so .
China ’ s UN Ambassador Zhang Jun said the outcome “ once again shows that unilateralism receives no support , and bullying will fail.
“ So I expect any foreign weapons purchases to be made from Russia and China for items Iran might need that it does not make itself .
I don ’ t see Iran being able to afford any of Russia ’ s top fighters , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ older ones .
The other needed areas might include technical items like electronic warfare technology , items that would give Iran a multiplier effect .
Expect to see the US do what it seems to love doing , sanctioning anyone that says no… JD ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to expire in October , as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “ confrontation ” over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic .
“ The Security Council ’ s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable , ” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday before the Security Council announced the results of the vote .

Iran envoy to UN: Any return of sanctions will be met severely by Tehran
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: We knew, along with everybody else, the US was going to lose this vote. Pompeo was just going through the motions, as we can expect the US to announce sanctions on anyone doing any arms sales to Iran.
I can’t imagine anyone doing that who was not already on the list, except for some of the EU countries.
China and Russia of course voted no, with eleven abstaining that included Britain, France, and Germany.
The make-believe country, the Dominican Republic, stood with the US for whatever it usually gets paid to do so. China’s UN Ambassador Zhang Jun said the outcome “once again shows that unilateralism receives no support, and bullying will fail.“
So I expect any foreign weapons purchases to be made from Russia and China for items Iran might need that it does not make itself. I don’t see Iran being able to afford any of Russia’s top fighters but might manage to get a few older ones.
The other needed areas might include technical items like electronic warfare technology, items that would give Iran a multiplier effect. Expect to see the US do what it seems to love doing, sanctioning anyone that says no… JD ]
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– First aired … August 15, 2020 –
The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
“The Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday before the Security Council announced the results of the vote.


veteranstoday--2020-08-16--Rep. Swalwell calls for a Presidential Crimes Commission

[ Editor ’ s Note : I have been watching Glenn ’ s videos for over a month , as they are nice tight reviews of the many politico-legal battles going on .
He has a strong resume as five years as an Army JAG prosecutor and then 25 years with the Feds in Washington .
Glenn ’ s video channel seems to be representing a body of prosecutors who are pushing for a broad based effort to look deep into the Trump regime ’ s shorts in January , assuming it is voted out of office .
They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminal acts including a lot of conspiracy , which would include a frontal attack on Robert Barr ’ s office for allegedly serving Trump over his pledge to the American people .
The out of the blue announcement by relatively unknown Rep. Eric Swalwell , California , seemed at first to be an unnecessary duplication of Kirschner ’ s efforts , until I realized it is really a two pronged attack .
Yes , a Biden Justice Department would be able to launch and coordinate such an effort .
But we can never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help Trump get over the finish line first , in which case , we will be seeing a lot more of AG Barr .
In that case , Eric Swalwell ’ s efforts from Congress might be the only game in town .
But the other hurdle would be the Democratic leadership would have the final say on launching and funding such an effort .
There would be the issue as to whether impeachment would be the proper avenue , for example Trump ’ s trying to rig the election via his slow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which he has been so kind to openly admit to us all .
For those of us juggling a wide variety of issues to stay up , on I have found Glenn ’ s material a big help .
He is weak on geopolitics as he seems to get all of his material from the news , and VT readers know how unreliable that can be .
But that said , he has a laser focus on Trump , the talent and the energy required to take on such a task .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument and explain legal strategies at the layman level .
He has helped me stay abreast of these complex political-criminal cases going on .
I think he could save you all time too , so I will be cherry picking the best ones to put up here… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > Representative Eric Swalwell has publicly called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all crimes by Donald Trump and his criminal associates and enablers .
Beginning in January , all suspected crimes by Trump and his associates and family members must be presented to a grand jury .
Bill Barr refuses to investigate crime and corruption by members of the Trump administration so it will be up to Joe Biden and his attorney general to begin the investigations in January .
Because Justice Maters .

…from Glenn Kirschner, Ex-Federal prosecutor
[ Editor’s Note: I have been watching Glenn’s videos for over a month, as they are nice tight reviews of the many politico-legal battles going on. He has a strong resume as five years as an Army JAG prosecutor and then 25 years with the Feds in Washington.
Glenn’s video channel seems to be representing a body of prosecutors who are pushing for a broad based effort to look deep into the Trump regime’s shorts in January, assuming it is voted out of office.
They are interested in a long list of perceived criminal acts including a lot of conspiracy, which would include a frontal attack on Robert Barr’s office for allegedly serving Trump over his pledge to the American people.
The out of the blue announcement by relatively unknown Rep. Eric Swalwell, California, seemed at first to be an unnecessary duplication of Kirschner’s efforts, until I realized it is really a two pronged attack.
Eric Swalwell, California
Yes, a Biden Justice Department would be able to launch and coordinate such an effort. But we can never write off that some magic hand may help Trump get over the finish line first, in which case, we will be seeing a lot more of AG Barr.
In that case, Eric Swalwell’s efforts from Congress might be the only game in town. But the other hurdle would be the Democratic leadership would have the final say on launching and funding such an effort.
There would be the issue as to whether impeachment would be the proper avenue, for example Trump’s trying to rig the election via his slow down of the mail system, for which he has been so kind to openly admit to us all.
For those of us juggling a wide variety of issues to stay up, on I have found Glenn’s material a big help. He is weak on geopolitics as he seems to get all of his material from the news, and VT readers know how unreliable that can be. But that said, he has a laser focus on Trump, the talent and the energy required to take on such a task.
But he knows how to present a good argument and explain legal strategies at the layman level. He has helped me stay abreast of these complex political-criminal cases going on. I think he could save you all time too, so I will be cherry picking the best ones to put up here… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First aired … August 16, 2020 –
Representative Eric Swalwell has publicly called for a presidential crimes commission to investigate all crimes by Donald Trump and his criminal associates and enablers. Beginning in January, all suspected crimes by Trump and his associates and family members must be presented to a grand jury.
Bill Barr refuses to investigate crime and corruption by members of the Trump administration so it will be up to Joe Biden and his attorney general to begin the investigations in January. Because Justice Maters.


veteranstoday--2020-08-16--Book Review: The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest

Book Review: The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies

Lyons Press is proud to announce the September 2020 release of The Hidden Hindenburg : The Untold Story of the Tragedy , the Nazi Secrets , and the Quest to Rule the Skies , by Michael McCarthy .
ISBN : 978-1-4930-537—4 , 328 pages .
By the author of Ashes Under Water ( Lyons Press ) , here is one of the great untold stories of World War II .
The Hidden Hindenburg at last reveals the cause of aviation ’ s most famous disaster and the duplicity that kept the truth from coming to light for three generations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ German legend who misled the world about the Hindenburg to bury his own Nazi connections .
Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the National Archives in Washington , along with archival collections in Germany , this definitive account explores how the Hindenburg was connected to the Dachau concentration camp , a futuristic German rocket that terrified the Allies , and a classified project that imported Nazi scientists to America after the war .
It took author Michael McCarthy four years to get to the bottom of this epic disaster , in which the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fly burnt up in less than one minute .
Along the way , he found a tale of international intrigue , revealing a whistleblower , a cover-up and corruption on two continents .
About the Author : Michael McCarthy worked for twenty-two years for the Wall Street Journal , as a reporter and editor in New York and Chicago .
He wrote about aviation and other industries .
In 2014 , he published Ashes Under Water : The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck That Shook America ( Lyons Press ) .
That nonfiction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which more than eight hundred people , mostly poor women and children , perished in a steamship capsize .
The book hit the New York Times e-book bestseller list in the summer of 2015 .
His Eastland book also sparked a documentary film , for which he was interviewed , from Chicago-based Moshman Productions .
He lives in South Haven , MI .
For more information on the author and his multi-episode podcast on his quest to solve the Hindenburg mystery , please visit HiddenHindenburg.com .

Lyons Press is proud to announce the September 2020 release of The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies, by Michael McCarthy. ISBN: 978-1-4930-537—4, 328 pages.
By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons Press), here is one of the great untold stories of World War II. The Hidden Hindenburg at last reveals the cause of aviation’s most famous disaster and the duplicity that kept the truth from coming to light for three generations. It also finally catches up with a German legend who misled the world about the Hindenburg to bury his own Nazi connections.
Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the National Archives in Washington, along with archival collections in Germany, this definitive account explores how the Hindenburg was connected to the Dachau concentration camp, a futuristic German rocket that terrified the Allies, and a classified project that imported Nazi scientists to America after the war.
It took author Michael McCarthy four years to get to the bottom of this epic disaster, in which the largest object civilization has ever managed to fly burnt up in less than one minute. Along the way, he found a tale of international intrigue, revealing a whistleblower, a cover-up and corruption on two continents.
About the Author: Michael McCarthy worked for twenty-two years for the Wall Street Journal, as a reporter and editor in New York and Chicago. He wrote about aviation and other industries. In 2014, he published Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck That Shook America (Lyons Press). That nonfiction work brought to life a tragedy in which more than eight hundred people, mostly poor women and children, perished in a steamship capsize. The book hit the New York Times e-book bestseller list in the summer of 2015. His Eastland book also sparked a documentary film, for which he was interviewed, from Chicago-based Moshman Productions. He lives in South Haven, MI. For more information on the author and his multi-episode podcast on his quest to solve the Hindenburg mystery, please visit HiddenHindenburg.com.
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013


veteranstoday--2020-08-16--Study Findings: Rethinking Oxygen Therapy for Coronavirus

Health Editor ’ s Note : You might wonder why this article is important when the title mentions that this study mostly relates to mice .
We all know that mice are used when research is done to find out how to help humans .
When a person has severe COVID-19 , he or she will be given oxygen by mask or cannula , then if this supplemental oxygen is not adequate to keep body tissues profused with oxygen , he or she may need to be placed onto a ventilator in order to make sure the body tissues have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oxygen in the cells , then the cells die .
Another oxygenated procedure can be used which bypasses the lungs and heart and allows the lungs and heart to rest ( ECMO-External corporeal membrane oxygenation ) but this is rarely done as there are far fewer ECMO machines than there are ventilators .
In reality oxygen , as strange as it may seem , can be harmful to the lungs , especially when given over a long period of time .
The human body has bacteria on and in it .
Lots and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We each have our own microbiome of bacteria and for most of us we do not become ill from the bacteria we live with daily .
Bacteria either likes oxygen or does not live well in oxygen ’ s presence .
Staphylococcus likes oxygen , so when a person is given oxygen this bacteria tends to multiply .
Staphylococcus causes infections that can make someone quite ill .
The research group used mice which had no microbiome ( germ-free ) and found that these mice were protected from oxygen induced lung injury .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ microbiome and after 3 days of oxygen therapy had damage to their lungs .
Some cases of COVID-19 require oxygen so the patient can access oxygen and have enough circulating in the blood to keep tissues alive and well .
Some who are critically ill , as with severe COVID-19 , will also have antibiotics administered .
The question is could antibiotics in combination with oxygen affect the severity of COVID-19 .
The answer is that some antibiotics that would kill and control Staphylococcus would negatively affect the lungs .
These may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why people with severe COVID-19 , who are placed on ventilators which furnish oxygen often do not do well , especially when the patient is on oxygen for lengthy periods of time , and are more likely to succumb to coronavirus .
COVID-19 in its severe form usually attacks the lungs and decreases the lungs ability to successfully process oxygen .
Adequate supply of oxygen is necessary for life .
This may be a key to how to keep a person with severe COVID-19 alive .
Hopefully this study/research will help to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 .
…..Carol Paper Cited : “ Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice.
” Science Translational Medicine .
DOI : 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau9959 One of the hallmarks of severe COVID-19 is shortness of breath and significantly reduced levels of oxygen in the blood , called hypoxemia .
Upon hospitalization , these patients are administered oxygen in an attempt to bring their levels back up to normal .
However , a new study hints that this universal therapy may have unintended consequences via an unexpected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assumed that the lungs were relatively clean and free of bacteria , ” says Shanna Ashley , Ph.D. , a former post-doctorate fellow with the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School .
“ We now know that the balance of bacteria inside the lungs matters much like it does in the gut.
” Ashley worked with a team led by Robert Dickson , M.D.
, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and microbiology and immunology , whose lab has spent years exploring the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and disease .
Their work has found that oxygen disrupts this balance , contributing to lung injury .
Scientists have long known that oxygen can damage the lungs .
“ Oxygen is actually a potent lung toxin , ” says Dickson .
“ If I put healthy mice in 100 % oxygen , they will die in five days , and they ’ ll have the same kind of severe lung injury that patients with COVID-19 or other lung damage have .
”

Health Editor’s Note: You might wonder why this article is important when the title mentions that this study mostly relates to mice. We all know that mice are used when research is done to find out how to help humans. When a person has severe COVID-19, he or she will be given oxygen by mask or cannula, then if this supplemental oxygen is not adequate to keep body tissues profused with oxygen, he or she may need to be placed onto a ventilator in order to make sure the body tissues have enough oxygen to survive. Not enough oxygen in the cells, then the cells die. Another oxygenated procedure can be used which bypasses the lungs and heart and allows the lungs and heart to rest (ECMO-External corporeal membrane oxygenation) but this is rarely done as there are far fewer ECMO machines than there are ventilators. In reality oxygen, as strange as it may seem, can be harmful to the lungs, especially when given over a long period of time.
The human body has bacteria on and in it. Lots and lots of bacteria of all kinds. We each have our own microbiome of bacteria and for most of us we do not become ill from the bacteria we live with daily. Bacteria either likes oxygen or does not live well in oxygen’s presence. Staphylococcus likes oxygen, so when a person is given oxygen this bacteria tends to multiply. Staphylococcus causes infections that can make someone quite ill.
The research group used mice which had no microbiome (germ-free) and found that these mice were protected from oxygen induced lung injury. The study also used mice with a microbiome and after 3 days of oxygen therapy had damage to their lungs.
Some cases of COVID-19 require oxygen so the patient can access oxygen and have enough circulating in the blood to keep tissues alive and well. Some who are critically ill, as with severe COVID-19, will also have antibiotics administered. The question is could antibiotics in combination with oxygen affect the severity of COVID-19. The answer is that some antibiotics that would kill and control Staphylococcus would negatively affect the lungs.
These may be some answers to the question as to why people with severe COVID-19, who are placed on ventilators which furnish oxygen often do not do well, especially when the patient is on oxygen for lengthy periods of time, and are more likely to succumb to coronavirus. COVID-19 in its severe form usually attacks the lungs and decreases the lungs ability to successfully process oxygen. Adequate supply of oxygen is necessary for life. This may be a key to how to keep a person with severe COVID-19 alive. Hopefully this study/research will help to make treatments safer and more effective for treatment of COVID-19. …..Carol Oxygen Therapy Harms Lung Microbiome in Mice Kelly Malcom/Lab Report3 Paper Cited: “Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice.” Science Translational Medicine. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau9959 One of the hallmarks of severe COVID-19 is shortness of breath and significantly reduced levels of oxygen in the blood, called hypoxemia. Upon hospitalization, these patients are administered oxygen in an attempt to bring their levels back up to normal. However, a new study hints that this universal therapy may have unintended consequences via an unexpected source—the microbiome. “It had been assumed that the lungs were relatively clean and free of bacteria,” says Shanna Ashley, Ph.D., a former post-doctorate fellow with the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. “We now know that the balance of bacteria inside the lungs matters much like it does in the gut.” Ashley worked with a team led by Robert Dickson, M.D., assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and microbiology and immunology, whose lab has spent years exploring the role of the lung microbiome in health and disease. Their work has found that oxygen disrupts this balance, contributing to lung injury. Scientists have long known that oxygen can damage the lungs. “Oxygen is actually a potent lung toxin,” says Dickson. “If I put healthy mice in 100% oxygen, they will die in five days, and they’ll have the same kind of severe lung injury that patients with COVID-19 or other lung damage have.” Read More:
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013


veteranstoday--2020-08-17--Hezbollah Suspects Israel Behind Beirut Explosion

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Barrett has taught at colleges and universities @ @ @ @ @ , and Wisconsin ; where he ran for Congress in 2008 .
He currently works @ @ @ @ @ author , and talk radio host .

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Dr. Barrett has taught at colleges and universities in San Francisco, Paris, and Wisconsin; where he ran for Congress in 2008. He currently works as a nonprofit organizer, author, and talk radio host.
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veteranstoday--2020-08-17--So What’s Really Wrong With U.S. News Media?

JohnnyPunish.com – Completely exhausted and pissed off , I recently wrote a song called THE VIOLATION ; saying the U.S. Media has violated all of us ; every American .
It is currently hitting on Spotify and all digital media .
So clearly this issue is something Americans are feeling .
It is truly upsetting .
Thus I decided to get deeper into it and find out what ’ s really wrong with our U.S. Media .
Let ’ s dig in… As we all know , independent , aggressive , and critical media is essential to an informed democracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too cozy with the economic and political powers they should be watchdogging .
It ’ s in our face now .
They are not even trying to hide it and we are all paying the price .
Worse , mergers in the news industry have accelerated , further limiting the spectrum of viewpoints that have access to mass media .
With U.S. media outlets overwhelmingly owned by for-profit conglomerates and supported by corporate advertisers , independent journalism is compromised .
To fix this , structural reform is needed to break up the dominant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit alternative sources of information .
But can we do it ?
Are there even any signs that we can get back to real objective news ?
Well to engage in this discussion , first , we need to find out how we got here .
You see , back in the early days of TV News , the news divisions of CBS , NBC , and ABC were loss leaders .
In other words , while the network sitcoms , talk and game shows made them profits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pressure to show profits .
The objectives were always news first .
And that gave us some good news most of the time .
The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite gave rise to Cronkite being “ The Most Trusted Man in News ” .
Back in those days , there was no such thing as FOX News and/or CNN .
Cable channels did not exist .
It was a simpler time .
But then came cable and the internet… Fast forward to 1996 and the Telecommunications Act The Telecommunications Act of 1996 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law in more than sixty years , amending the Communications Act of 1934 signed by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt .
The 1996 Act , signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton , represented a major change in American telecommunication law since it was the first time that the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment .
One of the most controversial titles was Title 3 ( “ Cable Services ” ) , which allowed for media cross-ownership .
According to the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) , the goal of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any communications business – to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.
” The legislation ’ s primary goal was the deregulation of the converging broadcasting and telecommunications markets .
24 years later , if the intent was genuinely to improve news , we see it has NOT worked .
What we have is a huge mess on our hands with objective news as the loser and the American the violated and abused .
In fact , almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations .
The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism .
Not only are most major media owned by corporations , but these companies are also becoming larger and fewer in number as the biggest ones absorb their rivals .
This concentration of ownership tends to reduce the diversity of media voices and puts great power in the hands of a few companies .
As news outlets fall into the hands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , conflicts of interest inevitably interfere with newsgathering .
It is clear that aggressive antitrust action must be taken to break up monopolistic media conglomerates .
At the same time , non-corporate , alternative media outlets need to be promoted by both the government and the non-profit sector .
But how can we get there ?
It feels like the powers that be simply do NOT want objective news again .
The profiteering is just too appetizing .
You know most of the income of for-profit media outlets comes not from their audiences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in selling products to that audience .
Although people sometimes defend commercial media by arguing that the market gives people what they want , the fact is that the most important transaction in the media marketplace–the only transaction , in the case of broadcast television and radio–does not involve media companies selling content to audiences , but rather media companies selling audiences to sponsors .
This gives corporate sponsors a disproportionate influence over what people get to see or read .
Most obviously , they don ’ t want to support media that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrongdoing .
More generally , they would rather support media that puts audiences in a passive , non-critical state of mind-making them easier to sell things to .
Advertisers typically find affluent audiences more attractive than poorer ones and pay a premium for young , white , male consumers-factors that end up skewing the range of content offered to the public .
It is becoming harder and harder to escape from the propagandistic effects of advertising .
Even supposedly “ noncommercial ” outlets like PBS and NPR run ads-euphemistically known as “ underwriter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world in the USA , I wrote , performed , and produced THE VIOLATION to express my frustration with the LEFT and RIGHT extremists who think they are so right creating hate , mistrust , conspiracy theories and fanning the flames in this Cold Civil War .
It hits massively hard-hitting right between the eyes .
It aims to drive a stake through the dark heart of profiteering media propaganda , ignorance , and violence !
Let it piss you off .
In fact , there is NOT a black America or a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asian America , there ’ s the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !
And until EXTREMISTS on both the LEFT and RIGHT stop enabling this NON-SENSE from their profiteering media , then we will continue to be violated by profiteers at our collective expense .
When hosts of your favorite media show earn MILLIONS selling us division , they are NOT our friend .
They are NOT like you and me .
That ’ s just a pretend .
You are like you and me .
We are the pawns in their very sick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
You think you ’ re so right Yeah ya think you ’ re so left And you think you ’ re so smart But you act like all the rest You can not see What they do to you and me Blinded by the lights camera action you ’ ve lost the fight cause you… .
You ’ ve been violated oh so so violated You think you ’ re so right And you think you ’ re so left Yeah ya think you ’ re so smart But you ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to watch one side You quote them all the time Like a puppet on their string It ’ s the chorus you shall sing cause You ’ ve been violated oh so so violated Don ’ t stick your tongue at me I ’ m not your enemy I will not piss on your back and tell you it ’ s raining Subjugated Violated oh oh so violated Now go eat your sliver of bread and enjoy the show ======================================== Written , Performed and Produced by Johnny Punish * Special Guest Musician @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Milan , Italy Despite claims the press has an adversarial relationship with the government , in truth , U.S. media generally follow Washington ’ s official line .
This is particularly obvious in wartime and in foreign policy coverage , but even with domestic controversies , the spectrum of debate usually falls in the relatively narrow range between the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties .
The owners and managers of dominant media outlets generally share the background , worldview , and income bracket of political elites .
Top news executives and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The most powerful media companies routinely make large contributions to both major political parties , while receiving millions of dollars in return in the form of payments for running political ads .
In this incestuous culture , “ news ” is defined chiefly as the actions and statements of people in power .
Reporters , dependent on “ access ” and leaks provided by official sources , are too often unwilling to risk alienating these sources with truly critical coverage .
Nor are corporate media outlets interested in angering the elected and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regulate their businesses .
The United States ’ original communications policy is the 1st Amendment .
Freedom of the press was guaranteed in the Constitution because an exchange of information and an unfettered debate were considered essential components of a democratic society .
Today , however , government policy is designed less to facilitate a democratic discussion than to protect the investments of media corporations .
Regulations tend to promote the formation of huge media conglomerates and discourage new , competing voices .
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a huge failure .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ good .
We need something new , updated , with serious principles in mind that serve the public good .
But can we backtrack ?
How do we put the breaks on this system gone mad and find our way to good governance and news that actually provides for a well-educated informed public ?
Well , clearly this crazy nonsense has to stop .
What we do know is the drive to maximize profits compels corporate news outlets to produce more and more news with fewer and fewer reporters .
With less time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasingly pressured to rely on the public relations industry to do much of their work for them : Reporters can rewrite press releases rather than do their own independent research , and TV stations can broadcast promotional videos that are designed to look like news footage .
This symbiotic relationship between news outlets and the industries they cover , however , is a bad deal for the public .
While institutional pressures are enough to keep most journalists from straying from the conventional wisdom , pressure groups stand ready to punish the exceptional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A pressure group is more concerned with suppressing viewpoints that it disagrees with than ensuring that a wide range of perspectives is available .
Since pressure groups are often funded by companies or industries whose interests they promote , these groups often push ideologies that are already well-represented in media debates .
Given that most media outlets are owned by for-profit corporations and are funded by corporate advertising , it is not surprising that they seldom provide a full range of the debate .
The right edge of discussion is usually represented by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someone who calls for significantly changing the status quo in a conservative direction .
The left edge , by contrast , is often represented by an establishment-oriented centrist who supports maintaining the status quo ; very rarely is a critic of corporate power who identifies with progressive causes and movements with the same passion as their conservative counterparts allowed to take part in mass media debates .
What we end up with is Political Party TV Channels pretending to be news .
The DEMS have MSNBC and GOP has Fox News ; neither @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they are news when , in fact , they are profiteering political party TV .
I mean , we get mad when our products are NOT labeled properly and even have laws that prohibit misinformation and misrepresentation of products yet we have NOTHING for news ; no warning labels and no properly labeling .
Shouldn ’ t political party channels be forced to at least label properly ie… GOP Fox News or DEM-MSNBC ?
Since governments almost always have an interest in controlling the free flow of information , official censorship is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In our society , however , large corporations are a more common source of censorship than governments : Media outlets killing stories because they undermine corporate interests ; advertisers using their financial clout to squelch negative reports ; powerful businesses using the threat of expensive lawsuits to discourage legitimate investigations .
The most frequent form of censorship is self-censorship : Journalists deciding not to pursue certain stories that they know will be unpopular with the boss .
Worse , there is a more insidious censorship going on that is rarely discussed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big corporation that controls internet advertising is Google .
They run something called Google Adsense .
It is actually a huge part of their profitable business .
And when they cancel publishers from their network , it affects all independent networks who follow their lead and depend on them for their profits .
Online independent publishers are being driven out of relevance and business when Google brings down the hammer .
And when they do , they offer NO EXPLANATION and NO RECOURSE .
The publisher ’ s income can easily shrink by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation .
Some dropout , some barely survive , some find creative ways to stay alive .
But make no mistake , by being shut out , their traffic drops significantly giving them less influence which is clearly the objective of this economic censorship .
What ’ s left for the profit-driven MSM news organizations that are allowed to exist is great pressure to boost ratings by sensationalizing the news : focusing attention on lurid , highly emotional stories , often featuring a bizarre cast of characters and a gripping plot but devoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives .
Major news outlets have become more and more dependent on this kind of tabloid soap operas to keep profits high .
And that ’ s what ’ s wrong with our media….it is violating all of us .
And to be truthful , at this time , there is no movement to change the pathetic dynamic .
For now , we are stuck with this terrible non-sense that continues to drive wedges into the American public The powerful profiteering forces simply do NOT want their boat rocked .
And we the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are simply too busy surviving and/or too brainwashed to know we ’ ve been duped by all of this….yes it is The Violation .
• The Violation by Johnny Punish on Spotify

JohnnyPunish.com – Completely exhausted and pissed off, I recently wrote a song called THE VIOLATION; saying the U.S. Media has violated all of us; every American. It is currently hitting on Spotify and all digital media. So clearly this issue is something Americans are feeling. It is truly upsetting. Thus I decided to get deeper into it and find out what’s really wrong with our U.S. Media. Let’s dig in…
As we all know, independent, aggressive, and critical media is essential to an informed democracy. But mainstream media is clearly way too cozy with the economic and political powers they should be watchdogging. It’s in our face now. They are not even trying to hide it and we are all paying the price.
Worse, mergers in the news industry have accelerated, further limiting the spectrum of viewpoints that have access to mass media. With U.S. media outlets overwhelmingly owned by for-profit conglomerates and supported by corporate advertisers, independent journalism is compromised.
To fix this, structural reform is needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates. We must establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit alternative sources of information. But can we do it? Are there even any signs that we can get back to real objective news?
Well to engage in this discussion, first, we need to find out how we got here.
You see, back in the early days of TV News, the news divisions of CBS, NBC, and ABC were loss leaders. In other words, while the network sitcoms, talk and game shows made them profits, the news divisions were never under pressure to show profits. The objectives were always news first. And that gave us some good news most of the time. The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite gave rise to Cronkite being “The Most Trusted Man in News”. Back in those days, there was no such thing as FOX News and/or CNN. Cable channels did not exist. It was a simpler time.
But then came cable and the internet…
Fast forward to 1996 and the Telecommunications Act
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first significant overhaul of telecommunications law in more than sixty years, amending the Communications Act of 1934 signed by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The 1996 Act, signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton, represented a major change in American telecommunication law since it was the first time that the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment.
One of the most controversial titles was Title 3 (“Cable Services”), which allowed for media cross-ownership.
According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the goal of the law was to “let anyone enter any communications business – to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.”
The legislation’s primary goal was the deregulation of the converging broadcasting and telecommunications markets.
24 years later, if the intent was genuinely to improve news, we see it has NOT worked. What we have is a huge mess on our hands with objective news as the loser and the American the violated and abused.
In fact, almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations–institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism.
Not only are most major media owned by corporations, but these companies are also becoming larger and fewer in number as the biggest ones absorb their rivals. This concentration of ownership tends to reduce the diversity of media voices and puts great power in the hands of a few companies. As news outlets fall into the hands of large conglomerates with holdings in many industries, conflicts of interest inevitably interfere with newsgathering.
It is clear that aggressive antitrust action must be taken to break up monopolistic media conglomerates. At the same time, non-corporate, alternative media outlets need to be promoted by both the government and the non-profit sector. But how can we get there? It feels like the powers that be simply do NOT want objective news again. The profiteering is just too appetizing.
You know most of the income of for-profit media outlets comes not from their audiences but from commercial advertisers who are interested in selling products to that audience.
Although people sometimes defend commercial media by arguing that the market gives people what they want, the fact is that the most important transaction in the media marketplace–the only transaction, in the case of broadcast television and radio–does not involve media companies selling content to audiences, but rather media companies selling audiences to sponsors.
This gives corporate sponsors a disproportionate influence over what people get to see or read. Most obviously, they don’t want to support media that regularly criticize their products or discuss corporate wrongdoing. More generally, they would rather support media that puts audiences in a passive, non-critical state of mind-making them easier to sell things to. Advertisers typically find affluent audiences more attractive than poorer ones and pay a premium for young, white, male consumers-factors that end up skewing the range of content offered to the public.
It is becoming harder and harder to escape from the propagandistic effects of advertising. Even supposedly “noncommercial” outlets like PBS and NPR run ads-euphemistically known as “underwriter announcements.”
Exhausted by the polarized political world in the USA, I wrote, performed, and produced THE VIOLATION to express my frustration with the LEFT and RIGHT extremists who think they are so right creating hate, mistrust, conspiracy theories and fanning the flames in this Cold Civil War. It hits massively hard-hitting right between the eyes. It aims to drive a stake through the dark heart of profiteering media propaganda, ignorance, and violence! Let it piss you off.
In fact, there is NOT a black America or a white America or a Latino America or Asian America, there’s the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! And until EXTREMISTS on both the LEFT and RIGHT stop enabling this NON-SENSE from their profiteering media, then we will continue to be violated by profiteers at our collective expense. When hosts of your favorite media show earn MILLIONS selling us division, they are NOT our friend. They are NOT like you and me. That’s just a pretend. You are like you and me. We are the pawns in their very sick game! We’ve been VIOLATED! The Violation LYRICS You think you’re so right
Yeah ya think you’re so left
And you think you’re so smart
But you act like all the rest You cannot see
What they do to you and me
Blinded by the lights
camera action you’ve lost the fight
cause you…. You’ve been violated
oh so so violated It was a….
Subjugation
Humiliation
Laceration
Pixellation
Annihilation
Invalidation
ah weeeeeeeeeeeeeee You think you’re so right
And you think you’re so left
Yeah ya think you’re so smart
But you’re such a freakin’ mess They got you to watch one side
You quote them all the time
Like a puppet on their string
It’s the chorus you shall sing cause
You’ve been violated
oh so so violated It was a…
Subjugation
Humiliation
Laceration
Pixellation
Intimidation
Annihilation
ah weeeeeeeeeeeeeee Don’t stick your tongue at me
I’m not your enemy
I will not piss on your back and tell you it’s raining Subjugated
Violated
oh oh so violated you were…
Subjugated
Humiliated
Lacerated
Pixelated
Intimidated
Annihilated
ah weeeeeeeeeeeeeee Now go eat your sliver of bread and enjoy the show
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Written, Performed and Produced by Johnny Punish
* Special Guest Musician: Lead guitar by Stefano Andrigo of Milan, Italy
Official Agendas
Despite claims the press has an adversarial relationship with the government, in truth, U.S. media generally follow Washington’s official line. This is particularly obvious in wartime and in foreign policy coverage, but even with domestic controversies, the spectrum of debate usually falls in the relatively narrow range between the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties.
The owners and managers of dominant media outlets generally share the background, worldview, and income bracket of political elites. Top news executives and celebrity reporters frequently socialize with government officials. The most powerful media companies routinely make large contributions to both major political parties, while receiving millions of dollars in return in the form of payments for running political ads.
In this incestuous culture, “news” is defined chiefly as the actions and statements of people in power. Reporters, dependent on “access” and leaks provided by official sources, are too often unwilling to risk alienating these sources with truly critical coverage. Nor are corporate media outlets interested in angering the elected and bureaucratic officials who have the power to regulate their businesses.
Telecom Policy
The United States’ original communications policy is the 1st Amendment. Freedom of the press was guaranteed in the Constitution because an exchange of information and an unfettered debate were considered essential components of a democratic society.
Today, however, government policy is designed less to facilitate a democratic discussion than to protect the investments of media corporations. Regulations tend to promote the formation of huge media conglomerates and discourage new, competing voices.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a huge failure. It simply does NOT serve the public good. We need something new, updated, with serious principles in mind that serve the public good. But can we backtrack? How do we put the breaks on this system gone mad and find our way to good governance and news that actually provides for a well-educated informed public?
Good questions right?
Well, clearly this crazy nonsense has to stop.
What we do know is the drive to maximize profits compels corporate news outlets to produce more and more news with fewer and fewer reporters. With less time to do each story, journalists are increasingly pressured to rely on the public relations industry to do much of their work for them: Reporters can rewrite press releases rather than do their own independent research, and TV stations can broadcast promotional videos that are designed to look like news footage. This symbiotic relationship between news outlets and the industries they cover, however, is a bad deal for the public.
While institutional pressures are enough to keep most journalists from straying from the conventional wisdom, pressure groups stand ready to punish the exceptional reporter who challenges the official agenda.
A pressure group is more concerned with suppressing viewpoints that it disagrees with than ensuring that a wide range of perspectives is available. Since pressure groups are often funded by companies or industries whose interests they promote, these groups often push ideologies that are already well-represented in media debates.
Narrow Range of Debate
Given that most media outlets are owned by for-profit corporations and are funded by corporate advertising, it is not surprising that they seldom provide a full range of the debate.
The right edge of discussion is usually represented by a committed supporter of right-wing causes, someone who calls for significantly changing the status quo in a conservative direction.
The left edge, by contrast, is often represented by an establishment-oriented centrist who supports maintaining the status quo; very rarely is a critic of corporate power who identifies with progressive causes and movements with the same passion as their conservative counterparts allowed to take part in mass media debates.
What we end up with is Political Party TV Channels pretending to be news. The DEMS have MSNBC and GOP has Fox News; neither properly labeled giving the public the impression that they are news when, in fact, they are profiteering political party TV. I mean, we get mad when our products are NOT labeled properly and even have laws that prohibit misinformation and misrepresentation of products yet we have NOTHING for news; no warning labels and no properly labeling. Shouldn’t political party channels be forced to at least label properly ie… GOP Fox News or DEM-MSNBC?
What About Censorship?
Since governments almost always have an interest in controlling the free flow of information, official censorship is something that must be constantly guarded against.
In our society, however, large corporations are a more common source of censorship than governments: Media outlets killing stories because they undermine corporate interests; advertisers using their financial clout to squelch negative reports; powerful businesses using the threat of expensive lawsuits to discourage legitimate investigations. The most frequent form of censorship is self-censorship: Journalists deciding not to pursue certain stories that they know will be unpopular with the boss.
Worse, there is a more insidious censorship going on that is rarely discussed and that’s ECONOMIC CENSORSHIP.
The big corporation that controls internet advertising is Google. They run something called Google Adsense. It is actually a huge part of their profitable business. And when they cancel publishers from their network, it affects all independent networks who follow their lead and depend on them for their profits.
Online independent publishers are being driven out of relevance and business when Google brings down the hammer. And when they do, they offer NO EXPLANATION and NO RECOURSE. The publisher’s income can easily shrink by 80-90% putting them in a precarious situation. Some dropout, some barely survive, some find creative ways to stay alive. But make no mistake, by being shut out, their traffic drops significantly giving them less influence which is clearly the objective of this economic censorship.
Sensationalism
What’s left for the profit-driven MSM news organizations that are allowed to exist is great pressure to boost ratings by sensationalizing the news: focusing attention on lurid, highly emotional stories, often featuring a bizarre cast of characters and a gripping plot but devoid of significance to most people’s lives.
Major news outlets have become more and more dependent on this kind of tabloid soap operas to keep profits high.
And that’s what’s wrong with our media….it is violating all of us. And to be truthful, at this time, there is no movement to change the pathetic dynamic. For now, we are stuck with this terrible non-sense that continues to drive wedges into the American public The powerful profiteering forces simply do NOT want their boat rocked. And we the people, as a collective whole, are simply too busy surviving and/or too brainwashed to know we’ve been duped by all of this….yes it is The Violation.
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