go there stop us if you've heard this one before anonymous sources in washington quoted in the u.s. media over purported intelligence reports on specific but on specified. threats from a middle eastern country and this buildup of u.s. military forces around said country because as the narrative goes somehow maximum pressure perhaps even war is the best way to bring peace to the reach this would not be the 1st time the american media with italy or unwittingly has made the case for war on the basis of vague anonymously sourced intelligence in 2003 it was iraq this time it's iran much of american news reporting on u.s. iran relations glosses over president trump's role how his policies have led to this standoff there's even less space given to reflect on the history of american aggression against iran which is not to say that the islamic republic ruled by authoritarians and involved in wars in syria and yemen is an innocent player however inflammatory headlines unnamed sources and decades of misinformation in the us media over iran don't help our starting point this week is washington d.c. .

the u.s. media picked up on the mounting concern over these new charges against the sanj questioning the move of the justice department let's go to new york now and speak to the source from caleb. caleb has this stand by the u.s. media come as a surprise to many. well certainly there have been a number of voices who have come forward and expressed concern about freedom of the press and the implications of these charges against a son now it's important to note that the u.s. department of justice is insisting that julian assad is not a journalist however many of the voices that have stepped forward are saying that essentially that point doesn't really matter because what assad is accused of doing is what journalists do that would be publishing information making information available to the public now the new york times has made a statement on behalf of julian a songe and it's interesting that the new york times has themselves published classified information that was provided to them by leakers befor

and student but obviously it was strange because it wasn't really trumpeted as such in the u.s. media and if you think it was like a false flag operation it would have been trumpeted more by the u.s. media is very much a mystery all i can say is we're going through a psychological warfare period at the moment. but what i must stress is that iran is not iraq in 2003 it's not libya in 2011 it's not a defeated country iran has the ability to strike back in the persian gulf there are plenty of american targets in the persian gulf in there are plenty of american targets in cutter for example they have a big air base there iran can settle fires in syria iraq in israel it also has the ability to choke the world's oil supply by closing down the straits of hormuz so if the americans want a war then this is not going to be a one sided war it will be a catastrophic war not just for iran and it will be for iran as well but for the west and for israel and for the persian gulf region itself the b.b.c. very close ally of the british council arguably saying iran jails british council workers in inver

meeting actually went ahead but the iranians have confirmed that and there are some reports in the u.s. media that might pompey or the secretary of state is actually concerned some even see angry that this meeting actually went ahead no the u.s. policy is very clear donald trump has articulated it on several occasions he believes it's all about exerting maximum pressure on iran he believes that with the current economic sanctions by choking off the market for around all industry that that will force the arena calling me into trouble and will force the iranian leadership back to the negotiating table there are some in washington who believe that john bolton the national security advisor is very much in favor of military action against iran and that might pompey or the secretary of state is also a hawk when it comes to that as well but you have to remember though trump has spoken on several occasions about what he sees as expensive needless for and war as he says you don't spend that sort of money and get nothing out of it it's very much with his american foreign policy so here's a lot to launc

with digital platforms politico breitbart and buzz feed the report suggests that from 989 to 2017 u.s. media has taken a gradual and subtle shift toward subjectivity and away from facts and analysis it says online media in particular reflects personal frames and subjective references it also claims t.v. news reporting is being replaced with opinion based shows led by pundits prize winning journalist chris hedges says the findings are accurate. i think on the cable news channels whether it's imus and b. c. or soon or far they've actually given up on journalism. and replaced it with. we are really show. you know news programs newsprint at the same times become so let me make. the real journalism in most major cities as with the way you take for instance philadelphia live an hour from philadelphia the philadelphia inquirer was once one of the great newspapers. foreign correspondents it's all gone. through the free for all people go to war and stage you know whatever the titular political belief system or you know conspiracy theory did you have to do bruce really foresaw if you look at the speci

well as them mentions that u.s. media is reporting a meeting between johnson serious and dianne feinstein a single democrat on the senate intelligence committee and fisher has more from washington d.c. . it's not unusual for politicians across the board to meet with diplomats from other countries what is slightly unusual this time is that it was a senior democratic senator meeting with the iranians no dianne feinstein's office said that they spoke to the state department before the meeting and they asked for a briefing on come around u.s. relations the meeting happened 3 or 4 weeks ago so things have changed in the interim period and there's no confirmation from the state department in the meeting actually went ahead but the iranians have confirmed that and there's some reports in the u.s. media that might pompey or the secretary of state is actually concerned some even see angry that this meeting actually went ahead no the u.s. policy is very clear donald trump has articulated it on several occasions he believes it's all

that the u.s. media swallowed far too readily and obediently if he gets weapons of mass destruction jerry if he is what does that mean for the world iraq 2003 is considered the greatest collective failing in the history of american journalism and it is far too soon to see those kinds of editorial practices in use once again the us media was not critical at the george w. bush administration in the lead up to the iraq war even though there were multiple sources outside of the us government saying that there is no evidence that iraq had weapons of mass destruction and in this instance we are seeing the same sorts of after abuses begin again and us media they're talking a lot about threats from iran and yet they're not providing much intel about that we are now dealing with people in the top administration like john bolton who have a long track record of trying to politicize intelligence to advance their agenda whatever the shape. so the burden of responsibility is really on this sort of shoulders of the jou

u.s. presidential election, the social media campaign and the hacking and dumping operations violated u.s. criminal law. many of the individuals and entities involved in the social media campaign have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud the united states by undermining through deceptive acts the work of federal agencies charged with regulating foreign influence in u.s. elections as well as related counts of identity theft. see united states versus research agency. separately, russian intelligence officers who carried out hacking and the personal e-mail accounts of individuals affiliated with the clinton campaign conspired to violate among other federal laws the federal computer intrusion statute. see united states number 18-cr-215 ddc. then there is a redacted portion. second, while the investigation identified numerous links between individuals with ties to the russian government and individuals associated with the trump campaign, the evident was not sufficient to support criminal charges. among other things, the evidence was not sufficient to charge any campaign of

journalism and a direct assault on the 1st amendment reaction has been pouring in from media freedom groups as u.s. authorities filed 17 new charges against julian assange each of them carrying up to 10 years behind bars. but emotional tourism a calls it a day announcing that she will step down as conservative party leader on june 7th. i do so with no ill will but with enormous during gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. president trump announces he's sending another 1500 troops to the middle east tensions with the round mount but the number is much lower than recent reports that suggest that. thanks for joining us this evening this is r.t. international. at least 8 people have been injured in an explosion in the french city of leone local media say a suspect had been seen riding a bike and dropping a parcel bomb near a bakery detonated surely afterwards police have sealed off the area no one has yet claimed responsibility but the prosecutor's office said that it has identified a suspect it's been confirmed there were no deaths the french anti terror force has reporte

meanwhile u.s. media are reporting a meeting last month between iranian foreign minister jadzia reef and dianne feinstein a senior democrat on the senate intelligence committee alan fischer has the details from washington. it's not unusual for politicians across the board to meet with diplomats from other countries what is slightly unusual this time is that it was a senior democratic senator meeting with the iranians no dianne feinstein's office said that they spoke to the state department before the meeting and they asked for a briefing on come around u.s. relations the meeting happened 3 or 4 weeks ago so things have changed in the interim period and there's no confirmation from the state department in the meeting actually went ahead but the iranians have confirmed that and there are some reports in the u.s. media that might pompey or the secretary of state is actually concerned some even see angry that this meeting actually went ahead no the u.s. policy is very clear donald trump has articulated it on

the talk of journalism direct assault on the 1st the moment reaction pulls in from media freedom groups as u.s. authorities fall 17 new challenges against julian assange each of them carrying up to 10 years in jail. and emotional treason make calls it a day announcing she'll step down as conservative party leader on june. i do so with no ill will but with a normal. gratitude to a part of the opportunity to serve the country. and president trump announces he's sending another 1500 troops to the middle east as tensions with iran mounts but the number is much lower than recent reports suggest. joining us this is r.t. . this is your mother u.s. justice department to slap julian assange with 17 new charges the spot the concern of media freedom groups. any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a dian threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the sun is not a journalist this is an extraordinary escalation of the trumpet ministrations

but it seems his mo the american media than the u.s. government the sea intervention to be an option on the table many reports claim that leading u.s. media demonstrate a clear bias in the coverage of the crisis in venezuela has a look at the findings of the media watchdog fairness and accuracy in reporting. al . what would make you use the u.s. military and it's well what's in it well i think you're saying that but certainly it's something that's on the it's an option and the national assembly has determined that the election of president was or missouri was illegitimate there needs to be a new the government. why so allergic to the word coup if you look at the definition because they recognize that these words have a meaning so long as you don't say what it is you can ally about just from the media point of view don't you think one of the first question anybody should ask is by what authority do you establish or does mr why those say i have the ability to supplant this person they ask no questions i find it fascinating. that the media

u.s. there is independent media president president trump calls it the enemy of the people that term doesn't become an indictment to put a newspaper journalist in jail in turkey the problem is that populist wave which is now all across the world is so strong and it's crushed institutions so let's also left very little room about so we have a very version of populism in the us i see other problems as well in the western democracy. i see other problems as well i mean i think it is it is not unfair to say i got him a job or we get our news or community has become nothing but a propaganda machine for the government the 90 percent of the turkish media has become like that i mean we are all in. absolutely i disagree with this point and it makes no sense whatsoever where did you get this 90 percent. number it doesn't it doesn't reflect the reality and you very well know that if you if you work if you are complaining about the media ownership by a few businessmen this is a common from for many countries for example rupert murdoch in dk has more than 50 percent of british media but you never claim th

well the u.s. media has picked up on the mounting concern over these new charges against his son's questioning the move of the justice department morgan has been looking into the coverage. certainly there have been a number of voices who have come forward and expressed concern about freedom of the press and the implications of these charges against a son now it's important to note that the u.s. department of justice is insisting that julian assange is not a journalist however many of the voices that have stepped forward are saying that essentially that point doesn't really matter because what hassan is accused of doing is what journalists do that would be publishing information making information available to the public now the new york times i have recently wrote an article on articles published by the new york times recently regarding the julian assange case in the new york times itself has in the past printed classified information provided by a leaker here is what was written in the new york times re

chinese officials to that trump a tweet by president trump and also reports speculation in the u.s. media that china is preparing to pull out of the final round of trade talks to to happen in washington later this week i think at the moment chinese officials are trying to work out you know as they have done so many times before whether this was president from speaking in a in a private capacity or was this president speaking as a representative of the u.s. government and also a representative of his trade negotiators they have been ten rounds remember of trade talks now over more than ten months and this was supposed to be the week that a deal was going to be signed lou her the vice premier who's leading the chinese trade delegation is due to be leaving beijing today actually to join those talks and he's supposed to be leading a one hundred member delegation so what we don't know is whether china is going to go ahead with these talks because at the moment they've given no indication as to whether they're going to be attending these talks or not i think as i say they're trying to work out

u.s. activists. over time, the social media ccounts reached large u.s. audiences. i.r.a. visited the u.s. to obtain information and photographs for use in their social media post, end quote. i yield back to the gentlelady from illinois. ms. schakowsky: i thank the gentleman. now invite the congresswoman from wisconsin, gwen moore to read a quote from the mueller report. ms. moore: thank you. and of course, i am reading from -24 inclusive.s 22 dozens of i.r.a. employees were responsible for operating accounts and names on different u.s. social media platforms. the i.r.a. referred to employees assigned to operate the social media accounts as, quote, special lifts, unquote. starting as early as 2014 i.r.a.'s u.s. operations including special lifts focusing on facebook, youtube and twitter. i.r.a. later added special lifts who operated on tumbler and instagram accounts. initially, the i.r.a. created social media accounts that present tended to be the personal accounts of u.s. persons. by early 2015, the i.r.a. created larger groups that claimed falsely to be affiliated with the u.s. political

u.s. media's taken a gradual but nonetheless subtle shift towards subjectivity and away from facts and analysis he says online media in particular reflects personal frames and subjective references it also claims t.v. news reporting is being replaced these days with opinion based shows led by pundits prize winning journalist chris hedges told us the findings indeed are justified. i think on the cable news channels whether it's imus n.b.c. or c.n.n. or far they were actually given up on journalism. and replaced it with. reality show. you know news programs newsprint at the same time has become so anemic. that the real journalism in most major cities has withered away you take for instance philadelphia live an hour from philadelphia the philadelphia inquirer was once one of the great newspapers with its own foreign correspondents and. it's all gone and the internet is a kind of free for all where people get a wizened to whatever particular political belief system or you know conspiracy theory did they happen to embrace to reinforce so if you look at the especially the electronic media fact is int

u.s. atomic bomb test site in the pacific cinema media danger of leaking into the ocean according to the secretary general of the united nations. there is a risk of leaking of radioactive materials that are contained in a kind of coffin in the area the consequences of nuclear tests have been quite dramatic in relation to health in relation to the poisoning of waters in some areas indeed the marshall islands were ground 0 for $67.00 american nuclear weapons tests between $146.19 they included the most powerful detonation of an american hydrogen bomb which is about a 1000 times bigger than the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima many people who live on the islands are still suffering from the consequences of the tests to this day the clean up of the entire at war was not complete that is just a portion of the radiation that it is on the at will a large amount was dumped straight into the ocean the entire at all this country emanated not simply dharm and the radiation affects us on a daily basis then we have many illnesses in our community personally as a mother and the finale impac

morph into media companies they've morphed into a telecommunications provider and at least in the u.s. media companies are regulated newspapers are regulated telecommunications providers are regulated internet companies social media companies like google and facebook are not the roles have changed studies show now that individuals expect the news to find them. when we started them and the number one thing that we were out with our company with that money and aren't interested in you they are that doesn't make any every month for their baby and you need to create a different format to fit and their lives. are so much. misinformation and it's packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on the facebook page we can lose so much of what we. were kind of democratic freedoms and market. for. both google and facebook announced they are updating their company policies to ban fake new sites from using their advertising networks both tech giants have come under scrutiny in recent weeks for presenting fake news during a presidential election all fake news is not even really a description of

the major u.s. media companies almost looked at leaving to his own just defense of it being quite critical of him because it seems like they're quite concerned they might be next how worrying is this situation for media companies. it's a very important case to follow again i mean if we call somebody a traitor and a coward yes we have made a judgment we have not allowed the courts to do that but we're talking we're talking a lot about 1st amendment issues and 1st amendment rights and it is very important to look at that i mean we're looking at social media mass banning censorship of certain political party. outputs certain media commentators and people that aren't even commentators and so we don't even have a line on media justification for censorship within twitter this is another platform we're talking about these are laws that really need to be looked at the 1st amendment has a lot not just with twitter banning but with banning of other people and a lot of the people that are being banned are journalist

well all we have at the moment are these so far one confirmed reports in a number of u.s. media outlets saying that president trump is going to be essential raising tariffs on from ten to twenty five percent on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products this was what president trump tweeted now it's being reported by these news organizations that china is going to pull out of what was supposed to be the final round of trade talks this week between china and the united states talks that have been going on remember now for more than ten months talks that was supposed to finally resolve the trade well now it all seems to be in doubt once more i think what the chinese side and now trying to do is to work out whether president trump was speaking in a private capacity about this warning or whether he was speaking on behalf of the u.s. government and his trade representatives now the chinese media is reporting that stock markets here in china have fallen quite significantly on monday the sions an index by more than six percent shanghai by around about five percent but t

it's creating but you know we can ignore that this seems that there's plenty of outlets in the u.s. media who who are going along with this narrative that iran is the threat that the u.s. is. we looked really coming in to negate that threat that requires of course some kind of. certain information if not proof that iran is a threat in what way could around the patrol it is the aggressor here. well i remember netanyahu at the u.n. and he had his acme cartoon picture of a bomb claiming this was some kind of iranian threats it doesn't need much she needs a little bit of symbolism perhaps he needs a few lies and they will get retold obviously again and again it doesn't matter that the lawyers are the people the public sense will be manufactured whatever. and as soon as the bombs start flying people tend to rally around the flag so it doesn't leave much to to get the public's swayed one way or the other but i think people are waking up now they're waking up to the fact that the us isn't a benign empire this mean this whole entire media narrative to the us and its allies are dragged into wars a

a second day of mass and last crackers is condemned to what it calls an illegal coup that most u.s. media outlets have avoided that and they have been several opinion pieces are being that quiet quiet as push to claim power in venezuela is not to kill u.s. secretary advisor john bolton explained why washington takes down few. clearly not a coup we recognize one go i do know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for wind why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military. so as you just heard the u.s. strongly objects to the coup when describing white house attempt to claim power in venezuela and if we turn to the dictionary the word is defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from the government well we can do and discuss this with gabrielle alfonzo venezuelan american filmmaker and dan kadlec human rights lawyer famous for coming on to the program and gentleman. we'll start with you dan u.s. . no problem u.s. national securi

u.s. atomic bomb test site in the pacific ocean a media danger of leaking into the ocean according to the secretary general of the united nations there is a risk of leaking of radioactive materials that are contained in a kind of coffin in the area the consequences of nuclear tests have been quite dramatic in relation to health in relation to the poisoning of waters in some areas the nuclear tests were carried out from 12462958 far away from american territory in the marshall islands in the pacific ocean at the time there on the u.s. administration the tests included the most powerful detonation of an american hydrogen bomb which is about a 1000 times bigger than the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of a russian or many islanders were forcibly evacuated from their property and resettled but for those who remained of been some serious consequences. the cleanup of the entire at all was not complete that is just a course of the radiation that exist on the atmel a large amount was dumped straight into the ocean the entire at all is contaminated not simply dolman and the radiation affe

and more now on those u.s. media reports a meeting between iran's foreign minister zarif and a member of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein and fisher is live for us in washington any further details on this meeting and. while the meeting is it's not unique but it is unusual that a democratic senator when there's a republican president would be meeting someone from a run certainly dianne feinstein's office she is a senator from california they're seeing that the informed the state department of the meeting before it happened and that happened over a month ago the intention was that they would get a briefing of us and the run affairs of course in that month things have changed significantly the state department isn't saying anything at all about it although there are reports the might pompey is very angry and we know that donald trump has already criticize john kerry the former secretary of state under barack obama and the person who helped negotiate the iran nuclear deal. for meeting a really in offic

they be queuing up to defend him now because if they don't whoa they be next well a lot of the u.s. media toes the status quo why they support the status quo they don't engage in real investigative journalism which is why ever since the u.s. made up the gulf of tonkin incident to trick us into the vietnam war ever since they've continued to hide information that the american people have every right to know the mainstream media has essentially let them get away with it so i'm not sure that they're really going to stand up they should stand up but i don't know that they will because they have been playing along the side with the political establishment. as i understand the challenge is going to sign is that going to come as a breach of the espionage act i don't believe any journalists have been charged and feels like the u.s. government it's pushing boundaries it's treading on ground so presumably there is a risk that comes with that there's no guarantees that the kools will support them . there is a massive legal risk and i do believe that at least some courts some judges some justices wil

chinese government and spying allegations both by way and beijing deny however journalists from the u.s. media outlets say they saw vodafone's confidential security report with their own eyes and it tells a different story a social media lawyer we spoke to suspects bloomberg report is politically motivated. a bug. is always important to a bomb. only to be unable. to be able to so. it will be quite unusual or. not mostly of a bug there is probably a. trade war between. these all those who are. suddenly. on board. which is of course an american completely then there have been some really. nice now i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates please stay with the stove on r.t. international for going underground and a documentary called incarcerating us on our team u.k. . join me every thursday on the all excitement show and i'll be speaking to us in the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you there. time after time said welcome to a brand new season of going on the ground back on international workers day coming up on the show from hundreds of thousands killed b

taking in the region very carefully the same bus ravi with an update from to her on thank you well u.s. media are reporting iran's foreign minister and a member of the senate intelligence committee met several weeks ago mohammad javad zarif and senator dianne feinstein are reported to have had dinner when he was in washington she had her town see has more from the u.s. capitol. the trouble bit of structure news reaction to news breaking about dianne feinstein's did it with the report at least on the face of it appeared to back up what the iranians are saying this wasn't some back channel negotiations using feinstein as a goober between between the administration and the iranians or top of an assertion says a very angry about diane feinstein are the other democrats like john kerry the secretary of state communicating with the iranians and undermining trumps foreign policy of course if i was about john immigration that would be was what the americans would say but it's very difficult to tell what is going on if feinstein is the conduit is going to get terribly good drop because she was reported

into iran blame for pushing the united states towards conflict with iran i want to get more now on u.s. media reports of a meeting between enron's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif and a member of the senate intelligence committee. joins us from washington chad has there been any confirmation of this meeting. not from the state of pa but actually it's a little bit of zip we have contacted the state department and they refused to confirm or deny vats that they gave the ok for this meeting done feinstein's office who had that musing about dinner with the reeve says they cleared this with the state department she simply wanted to get an update on u.s. iranian relations the state department not confirming or denying that that was true might compare the secretary of state however has been very critical about the meeting he appeared on fox and said the sort of thing shouldn't be happening it's adding to a narrative that we've had for about a year or so off the top of illustration criticizing former obama officials and democrats of trying to undermine u.s. foreign policy usually relates to john

alleged russian collusion and russian interference in american elections i never heard anybody on u.s. media ask by the way does the us interfere in russia's election of course the us does attempt interfere and the extent that if we can see the us become a less warlike power that would be a great thing hope to goodness they don't bomb iran. to treating iran like you'd like demons then. i'm afraid we're going to show up until i made it so we'll have to just interject at this point. political analyst lou rockwell my guest. now a new tune of 50 page report details how washington's been backing efforts to destabilize and overthrow phone governments i guess was mentioning that since 198100 the scale of mopin that some of those who've been on the receiving end of u.s. special operations. vietnam ukraine yugoslavia libya one of these countries have in common well you guessed it uncle sam has been involved the u.s. central command recently published a study that's now being dubbed the pentagon's scholars guide to overthrowing governments the joint special operations university published its study th

iran blame for pushing the united states towards conflict with iran as a mention the meeting that u.s. media reporting between jobs or a fence senator dianne feinstein. has more details about that. the trouble bit of structure news reaction to news breaking about dianne feinstein's dinner with the report at least on the face of it appeared to back up what the iranians are saying this wasn't some back channel negotiations using feinstein as a goober between between the administration and the iranians or top of an assertion says a very angry about dianne feinstein ad other democrats like john kerry the secretary of state communicating with the iranians and undermining trumps foreign policy of course if there was a back john in the ocean that would be was what the americans would say but it's very difficult to tell what is going on if feinstein is the secret conduit which is all to terribly good drop because she was reported to be walking around congress with the contact information pulled up on her i phone if you days ago she said she was the keeping all of this terribly secret and these for t

a u.s. media report see the attorney general william barr has appointed a top prosecutor to look into the origins of the russian inquiry by vote but miller the probe will determine if intelligence gathering related to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign was lawful and appropriate bart told congress last month he believes spying was carried out against the trump campaign a california jury has awarded more than $2000000000.00 to a couple who claim to products made by the chemical company monsanto calls their counselor that's a contract it known hodgkins lymphoma they blame a weed killer called round up on sun so is owned by the german company buyer woman $13000.00 lawsuits have been filed in the u.s. over the products cancer risk. now u.s. president donald trump has praised the immigration policy of hungary and prime minister viktor orban as he visited the white house it was the right wing nationalist leader's 1st meeting with the u.s. president since 1998 former president barack obama refused

a u.s. media report say the attorney general william bars. has appointed a top prosecutor to look into the origins of the russia probe by robert mueller inquiry will determine if intelligence gathering related to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign was lawful and appropriate bar told congress last month he believed spying did occur against the trunk campaign moves reports clear trump of colluding with russia but did not rule out the possible obstruction of justice by him or his team a california jury has awarded more than 2 $1000000000.00 to a couple who claims of products made by the chemical company monsanto cause their cancer that to contract it known hodgkin's lymphoma and label him a weed killer cold rounds up more than $13000.00 lawsuits being filed in the u.s. over the products cancer risk. the united nations says a severe droughts in angola is putting thousands of children at risk of starvation many of them are being treated for pneumonia tristian president sure learned so declared a state of a marriage is in january or remittan

a new study has pointed to some alarming trends in the u.s. media landscape a researcher from the rand think tank some of the findings so we end up in a situation where not only are we not sure what's true and what's not but we're not even really sure where to go to find that factual information that's cognitive bias and the way we process information we like to be right we seek out things that prove that we're right we just regard things that say that we're wrong technology changes fast and institutions change slow so schools haven't caught up in terms of providing students with the skills they need to be able to navigate that space and then finally polarization and we've alluded to it here several times in the political space but it's also important to think about social economic endeavor graphic polarization. the news in a digital age report examines the coverage of 15 media outlets they include the new york times and of the washington post t.v. network c.n.n. n.b.c. and fox are also on a spotlight along with digital platforms politico breitbart

u.s. media reports say the attorney general william barr has appointed a top prosecutor to look into the origins of the russian inquiry by robert mueller the probe will determine if intelligence gathering related to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign was lawful and appropriate are told congress last month he believes the trump campaign was spied on reports cleared trump of colluding with russia but didn't know what's ruling it's possible obstruction of justice by him or his team. u.s. president donald trump has praised the immigration policy of hungary and prime minister viktor orban as he visited the white house it was the nationalist leader's 1st meeting with the u.s. president since 1998 former president barack obama refused to meet or venture in his previous stint as prime minister the white house says the visit is part of an effort to reengage with central european countries as china and russia's influence grows in the region. u.s. actors felicity huffman has pleaded guilty to a char