Tag Archives: Mainstream media

Deconstructing media disinfo tactics against Ron Johnson

Numerous hit pieces follow an identical pattern

By Craig McKee

The propaganda attacks on Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson by the mainstream media are relentless, and they follow a familiar pattern.

Johnson has been targeted since he told podcaster Benny Johnson that he favored a new investigation of 9/11 that would include examining what really brought down the three World Trade Center towers.

In a previous article, I gave some examples of the initial attacks that followed the April 21 release of the Johnson interview. In this follow-up, I will reach into my two-part examination of Continue reading

Mainstream newspaper prints op-ed questioning 2014 Ottawa shootings

Soldiers on the scene of Parliament Hill shooting in 2014.

Soldiers on the scene of Parliament Hill shooting in 2014.


Oct. 25, 2016

By Barrie Zwicker

For 15 years I was paid to mainly find fault with the media, while on occasion celebrating well-crafted reporting, excellent think pieces, and the advent of independent journalism. A recent opinion piece that is worth celebrating is Prof. Graeme MacQueen’s op-ed in the Hamilton Spectator published on October 21st.
In the article (reproduced in its entirety below), MacQueen raises a series of questions rarely posed in the media concerning the Parliament Hill shootings in Ottawa in October 2014. What is truly impressive is not just the considerable depth of research that went into compiling the questions Continue reading