Search Results for “Truth” – Page 61

2012/04/092012/04/09

Joshua Kilbourn: ShadowStats Truth on Unemployment versus USG Lies

John Williams – Unemployment Rate at a Staggering 22.2% John Williams, of Shadowstats, notes that manipulated government statistics are not changing the fact that the true SGS Unemployment Measure now sits at a staggering 22.2%. Williams also demonstrates that despite the hype from Wall Street about a recovery, parts of the economy remain collapsed. Here …

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2012/04/012012/04/01

Patrick Meier: On Rumors, Repression and Digital Disruption in China: Opening Pandora’s Inbox of Truthiness?

On Rumors, Repression and Digital Disruption in China: Opening Pandora’s Inbox of Truthiness? The Economist recently published a brilliant piece on China entitled: “The Power of Microblogs: Zombie Followers and Fake Re-Tweets.” BBC News followed with an equally excellent article: “Damaging Coup Rumors Ricochet Across China.” Combined, these articles reveal just how profound the digital disruption …

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2012/03/24

Mini-Me: What Price When Empire Represses the Truth?

Huh? The dangers of reporting the ‘war on terror’ We look at Obama’s role in the continued imprisonment of a Yemeni journalist and the issues behind it. Al Jazeera, 24 March 2012 Rarely does the Listening Post dedicate a whole show to the story of a single journalist. But when that story speaks so eloquently …

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2012/03/122012/03/12

Patrick Meier: Truthiness as Propability – Moving Beyond Absolutism within the Global Social Media Information Environment

Truthiness as Probability: Moving Beyond the True or False Dichotomy when Verifying Social Media I asked the following question at the Berkman Center’s recent Symposium on Truthiness in Digital Media: “Should we think of truthiness in terms of probabili-ties rather than use a True or False dichotomy?” The wording here is important. The word “truthiness” …

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2012/03/122012/03/12

Theophillis Goodyear: Truth is Not a Singularity

Truth Is Not a Singularity One thing I learned from Joan V. Bondurant’s book The Conquest of Violence, is that Gandhi was in search of Truth with a capital T. But I eventually realized that it was SOCIAL Truth he was looking for. And there is no single social truth, because every person’s experience is valid …

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2012/03/092012/03/09

Bert Laden – The Quest for Truth Continues

A quest for truth about the last days of bin Laden Declan Walsh The New York Times, 8 March 2012 via NDTV (India) Rawalpindi (Pakistan): In his quest for the truth about his country’s most notorious guest, Shaukat Qadir started where it all ended: the room where Osama bin Laden was killed. Last August, Mr. …

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2012/03/092012/03/09

NIGHTWATCH: Syria Ground Truth / Integrity Tips

Syria: Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameddin announced his resignation and departure from the Ba’ath Party to side with the opposition against President Al-Asad’s regime. If confirmed, he would be the highest-ranking official to defect, and the third member of the administration to do so. A video of his declaration was posted on YouTube and repeated …

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