Tag Archives: alternative media

Media bias – going strong as the year ends. What’s next?

Posted on December 29, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Let us see if we can understand this during the gap between Christmas and New Years, when every agency and many news organizations are either on vacation or have their third-string people struggling through. Look, a lot of Americans don’t … Continue reading →

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2024 presidential election – why bother?

Posted on August 18, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s Note: We ran an earlier version of this commentary back on 11 April 2023. and with the election now just 2+ months away, thought it worth revisiting! As elections go, the past 17 months have been one of the … Continue reading →

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2024 presidential election – why bother?

Posted on April 11, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Seriously, the 2024 Election is 19 months away. More than a year and a half. But to listen to, or read of, many pundits, it has already been decided who is going to win on 05 November 2024. The problem … Continue reading →

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Propaganda wars in full swing – those EVIL anti-maskers and more

Posted on November 20, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

As the Fifty States stagger on through month eleven of this Annus Horribilis, we see things are again heating up. We’ve not had the massive riots, and the protests have been nowhere close to what was promised and predicted. But … Continue reading →

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Really? The cure is worse than the disease.

Posted on October 24, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

I have mixed feelings about the counter-media site Natural News, run by Mike Adams (not the deceased UNCCH professor). While it frequently reposts important news and analysis, and often has thought-provoking commentary, it seems to too often be sensational and … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media (Part 2)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I have generally distinguished between media differently. (Part 1) First, there is the mainstream media (MSM), with such things as the WaPo, USA Today, New York Times and other major dailies, the “networks” of radio and TV … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media

Posted on March 13, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Whether we call it the “press” or the “media” or lump it together in the general category of “free speech,” most people (both in the Fifty States and much of the rest of the world) consider their … Continue reading →

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Modern colonies and media lies

Posted on March 6, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I spend a fair amount of time in the Four Corners, one of the areas in the Fifty States most heavily impacted by the FedGov.  Here in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico are multiple national parks, … Continue reading →

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Who do we believe?

Posted on June 24, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Funny how two very similar events are interpreted so totally differently by the mainstream AND the alternative media. Consider recent events in the Western Pacific (the Far East) involving the Chinese and United States navies. The Mirror … Continue reading →

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Politics 2016: Are we there yet?

Posted on March 15, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-11A by Nathan Barton One more “big primary election day.” Eight months to go… what can go wrong? The new Massa will be chosen, “American democracy” will be vindicated and verified for another four years – or we … Continue reading →

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