Give it 24 hours until lists of names start to appear.
Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% from Panama Leak
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#12The Guardian has its faults of course, but should it really be described as corporate media? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Trust_Limited Compared to say the Telegraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Frederick_Barclay Or the Times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corp
It's hard to characterize this movement that this article is critiquing, because it is diffuse. But I think it's fair to say that events in Syria and Iraq, and the anti-Russian stance taken by the liberal media, show that there is some consensus among liberals and conservatives in the US and UK around ideas that used to be called "neoconservative".
The basic idea is that liberals want to spread liberal ideas in Russia and other places, and realize that Europe is too tired of war to do this, so they conclude correctly that this requires more US power. Similarly, the neoconservatives would like to increase US power for its own sake, and the pro-Israeli elements would like to encourage the US to be more hawkish so that it relies on Israel as an ally more.
So the net effect is that both liberals and conservatives (of some kinds) would like to move away from a balance of power between the US, Russia and China, and move to a unipolar world where the US calls the shots.
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#13The Guardian has its faults of course, but should it really be described as corporate media? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Trust_Limited Compared to say the Telegraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Frederick_Barclay Or the Times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corp
It's hard to characterize this movement that this article is critiquing, because it is diffuse. But I think it's fair to say that events in Syria and Iraq, and the anti-Russian stance taken by the liberal media, show that there is some consensus among liberals and conservatives in the US and UK around ideas that used to be called "neoconservative". The basic idea is that liberals want to spread liberal ideas in Russi…
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#14Editor in chief of sueddeutsche.de: "Just wait for what is coming next"
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/ploechinger/status/71676359582094...
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#15This will hit wiki leaks. These news outlets won't be able to keep Anonymous and others out. The world will know.
This reminds me of the last episode of Mr.Robot
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#16I pretty much figured that out from banksy: https://twitter.com/thereaIbanksy/status/716740923615350784
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#17There is a very consistent pattern of events with sensitive subjects in the West when dealing with powerful interests.
Step #1 - Report on the people who can't sue you effectively.
Step #2 - Verify.
Step #3 - Report on what you can verify in regards to people who can sue you.
I'd give them a month before crying bias.
Gawker exploited this loop to a degree by skipping #2 and we've seen how well that turned out for them. However, it was largely their own hubris that created the problem that might sink them (Hulk Hogan). Most of the rest of the lawsuits they were able to bat away.
As much as I'd prefer some actual firebrand journalism which is willing to report with less verification (in regards to the people in power, not the general population), I can understand caution.
https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-...
HSBC, Credit Suisse, etc. are named so its not like they are completely ignoring the West.
It also mentions David Cameron's father:
> Ian Cameron, a stockbroker and multimillionaire, was a Mossack Fonseca client who used the law firm to shield his investment fund, Blairmore Holdings, Inc., from U.K. taxes.
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#18This guy is impatient... They learned this from wikileaks: 10 huge headlines spread across half a year is more effective than 1 huge headline today.
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#19This to me is almost bigger news than the leak itself. Its so obviously and blatantly stacked one can't help but conclude media has been thoroughly "captured".
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#20> What if they did Mossack Fonseca database searches on the owners of all the corporate media and their companies, and all the editors and senior corporate media journalists? What if they did Mossack Fonseca searches on all the most senior people at the BBC? What if they did Mossack Fonseca searches on every donor to the Center for Public Integrity and their companies? What if they did Mossack Fonseca searches on every listed company in the western stock exchanges, and on every western millionaire they could trace?
This is exactly why the person who leaked this information didn't just torrent it. Not everyone that did business with Mossack Fonseca is guilty of a crime.