Americans trust news media less than
ever, according to a new poll by Gallup. Confidence in newspapers is
less than half of its 1979 peak of 51 percent, while trust in television
news hit a new low of 18 percent. Is this due to the rise of
infotainment, media concentration or another reason altogether? RT's
Ameera David finds out by discussing the issue with Abby Martin, host of
Breaking the Set, and producer Manuel Rapalo.
(TruthstreamMedia.com) Monsanto --
often dubbed "The World's Most Evil Corporation" is a $15 billion
U.S.-based multinational agrochemical and genetically modified seed
company. Despite the fact that millions all over the world consume
Monsanto's GM seeds hidden in unlabeled food products every day --
primarily in the form of GMO corn, soy, oil and beet sugar -- the people
of the United States and other parts of the globe are not allowed to
know what they are eating. This is to the outrageous point that the
company's lobbying firm is suing the State of Vermont for trying to
mandate GMO labeling (after voters demanded it).
Yet, one of Monsanto's own official tenets in its company "pledge" is transparency.
But
Truthstream Media.com reporters found out the hard way that the company
is very protective of its image, of public information about its
operations and of its political clout.
THIS VIDEO shows what
happens when you try to film on a public sidewalk outside Monsanto's
world headquarters in Creve Couer, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis) --
where no parking signs and restrictive city ordinances have already
attempted to intimidate and shutter public demonstrations and news
reporters.
The controversial TPP is evoking
broad-spectrum hostility particularly because of the total secrecy under
which it has been crafted; while the American public and even the U.S.
Congress have been kept from seeing the text, privileged corporations
and NGOs have been given full access to the negotiated documents. The
portions of the agreement that have been publicly leaked have confirmed
that it poses a serious threat to national sovereignty, both from
international institutions (such as the United Nations and the WTO) as
well as multi-national corporations. The Joint Statement unequivocally
endorses the TPP, declaring:
The US is now 46 on the Press
Freedom Index, and Redacted correspondent Sam Sacks is going to get to
the bottom of why - but not if he has to reveal his identity in the
process.
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