Samantha Bee takes down US media faux objectivity and Trump campaign lies (video)


There is little doubt that the result of the EU referendum is nothing short of a catastrophe for the future economic security of the UK. Of course, any objective observer of the period leading to the vote may not have been … Continue reading

Seth Myers on Trump’s racism and attacks on press freedom (video)


“Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn’t possibly get worse, he did. The RNC reportedly told Trump to give condolences and then shut up, but that was clearly ignored. Now, Republicans are quickly understanding that anything would have been better than … Continue reading

Donald Trump the conspiracy theoretician (video)


“Donald Trump is a narcissistic demagogue who shamelessly exploits long debunked conspiracies to stir up fear and confusion and distract from the emptiness of his policies and ideas“  To watch the clip use the password: imincorrigible Video © Comedy Central / … Continue reading

Fox News: Ferguson riots result of “racial arsonists” stoking a victim mentality in black America (video)


The recent publication of the Department of Justice report into racism in the Ferguson police force and Fox News’ ridiculously partisan reporting of it reminded me of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s assessment of the Fox take on the riots … Continue reading

Propaganda wars: the loaded language of media bias in reporting the Gaza conflict (video)


Recently, I received a comment criticising my “journalism”.  It should be obvious to readers of this blog that I am not a journalist and the posts herein are not offered as news.  What is presented here are my opinions or those … Continue reading

Jon Stewart ridicules supreme court justice Scalia’s irrational gun statement (video)


“Jon Stewart did a great job in illustrating the warped thinking of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia today. He used the Bruce James Abramski case to ridicule Scalia.  Abramski purchased a gun for his uncle three days after the uncle … Continue reading

Gun store owner targeted by extremists (video)


In a shocking example of anti-gun intolerance, Andy Raymond, a gun store owner from Rockville Maryland received a number of death threats for selling guns.  Ninety per cent of Americans support reasonable measures to control guns from being misused but these … Continue reading

RNC claim thirty-five thousand ‘possible’ cases of voter fraud justifies their racist reforms but they’re wrong (again) video


Last June, in a move heavily criticised by civil rights groups, the US Supreme Court struck down some of the key elements of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were designed to protect the poor and ethnic minority voters from being disenfranchised. To watch … Continue reading

MH370: The 24 hour news cycle gives us all heat but very little light (video)


For three weeks in the aftermath of the disappearance of flight MH370 we were on the receiving end of saturation coverage of the tragedy by global news organisations, often at the expense of reporting more important national and international events. This would … Continue reading

Will Tea Party Republicans (and Donald Trump) Ever Accept That President Obama Is Not A Muslim? Apparently Not! (video)


In 2004 Barack Obama gained national attention in the US when he delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention but it wasn’t until 2007, following his announcement that he would be running for the presidency that questions about … Continue reading