Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

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Stephen E. Arnold: Dark Web Notebook ($49)

Advanced Cyber/IO, IO Impotency
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The Dark Web Notebook is the practical guide to the digital underworld used by criminals and terrorists, written specifically for law enforcement, intelligence, and corporate security personnel. The 200 page digital book is a step-by-step guide to the lawbreakers’ marketplace and communication system.

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Antechinus: Richard Falk — Anger Over My UN Apartheid Report Shows Israeli Weakness on the Facts of the Matter in Relation to Palestine

06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, United Nations & NGOs
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Richard Falk: The anger at my UN ‘apartheid' report shows Israel's weakness

Denunciations of the report by the recently designated American ambassador at the UN, Nikki Haley, and by the firebrand Israeli diplomat, Danny Danon among others, is part of a trend in recent years in which supporters of Israel move to close down critical discussion rather than to respond substantively. Such tactics are a reflection of how weak Israel’s positions have become on such contested issues as settlements, excessive force, Jerusalem residency, discriminatory laws and regulations, and diversion of water.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Fake News Media — Who Pays?

IO Impotency, IO Sense-Making, Officers Call
Stephen E. Arnold

Alternative (Aka Fake) News Not Going Anywhere

The article titled The Rise of Fake News Amidst the Fall of News Media on Silicon Valley Watcher makes a convincing argument that fake news is the inevitable result of the collective failure to invest in professional media. The author, Tom Foremski, used to write for the Financial Times. He argues that the almost ongoing layoffs among professional media organizations such as the New York Times, Salon, The Guardian, AP, Daily Dot, and IBT illustrate the lack of a sustainable business model for professional news media. The article states,

People won’t pay for the news media they should be reading but special interest groups will gladly pay for the media they want them to read. We have important decisions to make about a large number of issues such as the economy, the environment, energy, education, elder healthcare and those are just the ones that begin with the letter “E” — there’s plenty more issues. With bad information we won’t be able to make good decisions. Software engineers call this GIGO – Garbage In Garbage Out.

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