The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the crisis of media censorship
Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.
Patrick Lawrence was a correspondent and columnist for nearly 30 years for the Far Eastern Economic Review, the International Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. He is the author of Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World and Time No Longer: America After the American Century.
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I'm British. I've worked in many countries, and never fail to be amazed by the false information the BBC puts out, until now I have no trust in the British Broadcasting Corporation.
You are not alone ..they are flat out liars..
As an american I used to watch the BBC because I thought they were at least a little more truthful than American new networks. Maybe I was wrong. In any case, I don't know what's real anymore.
But everyone knows that it's MI5/6 great way to send spy's all over the world especially in places of trouble not All but I'm sure many in the BBC. Citizen funded no advertisements required, we fund it through the BBC tax and they send agents to your door if you do not have an update license. Great idea I'm sure RT, Al Jazeera etc have government operatives working as photographers and journalists if anyone thinks I'm wrong I'd be very interested in why.?
Interesting use of English for a Brit!?!?
Tell me ,when were they false?
When British politicians can call for Putin to be declared a war criminal without any sense of irony you know you're in a dark place.
Name one UK politian who has acted or commited actions that are considered a war crime or are considered to be a war criminal. And don't use Blaire as he got a UN resolution get out of jail card for his antics.
@@okbutthenagain.9402 UK country of saints lawl
@@okbutthenagain.9402lmao you said it
Yes, if Putin is a war criminal, the rest would have to form a nice orderly queue behind him!
@@okbutthenagain.9402 Blair is a blot on the face of humanity. Evil personified!
The vietnam war had so much footage and yet now when every person is a cameraman nothing comes out of the Ukraine
You can always follow Patrick Lancaster for real news from the battle front.
As always: "Looking for news in the corporate-media is like looking for love in a brothel. Not saying it can't happen. Just that it comes at a price."
🎯
Wow! What a metaphor!! First time hearing this!! 😂
"Love in a brothel" is a result of too much TV such as a movie with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Or perhaps a man inundated with feminism his whole life. Nonetheless an interesting concept.
@@ricklee4515 Piaf Edith
@@bobbyh4957 ,your new .. The saying is alot older than you then ..
"When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." -Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Correct my Friend
When the silence is replaced by lies, the lies are truth. - everyone told who are told they are lied to
Yes when the truth is is replaced by science,lies broadcasted millions time on TVs ,Radios,and speeches,And gulable populati9n think it is the truth,In absence of real fact &truth of News,And to an extents,people believe when just just leis and fabricated news comes on News,Hitler did the same thing,to tell his German,they were right,and beople Germany believed this lies till bitter end,and at the end facing defeat and devestation,and since then they (Germans feel guilty and 3ducated in school,never to stand the former enemies,who defeated them,to disgrace,in resul4 of believing Nazi prapaganda,just as what is going on now,against Russia,who suffered under German,then and now again by Dragged Germans,under Nato,What German are taking side with Smerica,are only German politics,But wide population Is against war,snd sendinding weapons,to currupt nob Christian president of currupt ukrains,who known well to manuplate politicians /Christian population in all over Eroupe,as Christian populatio dieing in Ukraine being manuplated by non Christian Currupt Clown Stage conartist,to miss use and abuse all Eropean politicians and warmonger politician,who brainwash thier population,by prapagada ,brainwashing similar to Nazi disinformation.To sacrifice people in divided /civil warned Ukraine,It is battle between,local manplated Ukraines and local ethnic 45% population,who want to live in non nato neutral country,to enjoy benefits as neutral progressive country having good relation with all.with being against Russia or against west,
Did you see that Ukraine's corrupt Bureaucrats have begun the WEFs transformation from individual Countries to the GREAT RESET of the Global WEF Government? Digital Passports will track your every choice, be a good global citizen, and you will earn free tickets to their latest Propaganda Movie; misbehave in any way, your digital savings will be fined, and your food allocation of Cricket past tablets will be reduced. Pure evil is already in existence in 32 of the UN Member countries!!!!!! When will the Australian POLITICIAN TRAITORS force this slavery onto you and your family? You don't believe the UNs POLITICIAN TRAITORS can remove you from your property into one of their smart digital cities, right? Under the UN agenda 2030 that your government TRAITORS in Labor and LNP agreed to 8 years ago without asking your permission to do so, if the government TRAITORS declare that the ground under your house is contaminated, you will be moved to your new living area in their Smart Digital city with all the other slaves? It’s all there on the WEF website,
@Vishal Gupta Why does our mainstream media call our fighters/killers "volunteers" or "aid workers"? if you watched Grayzone, Redacted, Scott Ritter, Grayzone, Patrick Lancaster, Eva Bartlett, Richard Nedhurst, etc., you'd clearly see the evidence of why USA and UK have been training Ukrainian thugs since end of 2013, why East Ukraine population have been bombed for so many years because they are mostly Russian people. Tattoo parlours in Ukraine advertising swastika removals for travellers abroad. Real footages years old where they strip and tie up Russian population on posts, belt them some to death, stamping on heads, just for being Russian. How deepstate Weapons Manufacturers create wars around the globe so then governments can steal tax payers money to send "aid". Which in turn a lot of it goes back to elites incl corrupt leaders such as Boris Johnson and Biden. Our mainstream also gets paid by deepstate
I remember, as a child in the 1950s, hearing that there was no freedom of speech in Soviet Russia. Fast forward to the 21st century, and the age of innocence is gone.
I member as a child hearing people in Africa and like Iran and China basically lived in tiny huts. BUUUUUULLLLLLLSHIIIIIIIIIT
I remember, as a child , hearing that my dads parents had been released from Siberia in the 1950s , when Stalin died. My dad was imprisoned in the Lubyanka prison in 1940, after Stalin had done a deal with Hitler to carve up Poland and western Ukraine between them(1939) and 20 thousand Poles had been murdered by Russian troops in the Katyn forest. My dad was 18 years old at the time and had been studying at a Ukrainian orthodox seminary. (this was how you got a further education as a Ukrainian peasant farmer, but my dad was thinking about becoming apriest before the Russians invaded his country). He was arrested as a political prisoner for being unable to grass up his neighbours for non existent transgressions.. This apparently made him an enemy of the Soviets. He was 18. He had committed no crime except for being a Kulak. ((Ukrainian peasant) His younger brother was shot , in the late 1940s for distributing pro democratic literature.. By this time my dad had settled in England , after fighting with the Polish forces, against the Nazis in North Africa and Italy (Monte Casino). He was not to hear from his parents for another 10 years. Stalin murdered millions of Ukrainians < indeed he murdered millions from other subject nations, afte4r which time he settled many Russians in the areas of Ukraine denuded of its native population- There are great historical parallels with the American treatment of Native American populations. This happened to the grandparents of Ukrainians now fighting against a russia which,on its own, internal Russian tv admits its genocidal intent in Ukraine.
@@stevebeer3324replace soviets with Russians !
@@stevebeer3324Ukrainians were literally nazi genocidal maniacs during ww2 . What kind of cheap pro-Ukrainian propaganda are you spouting? The Ukrainian national-socialists wiped out literally all Poles from Ukraine which were a sizeable community before that. Stepan Bandera the nazi gencodial leader is a national hero in Ukraine. These are the type of people you are trying to present as "victims".
@@stevebeer3324 all you say is bullshit
Like the great John Mayer said: “ when you trust television, what you get is what you got”
Censorship is a sign of weakness. And extreme censorship and suppression of any real news on Ukraine war that we observe now is a sign of an extreme weakness.
Yes ur math is correct
Russia will save Ukraine from the horsecrap. Brothers help brothers no one gets left behind. They need to purge the evilness from their sister country hence the slow, methodical, and very careful movement of the Russian army. It is the same people people after all. 🙏 Ukronazis you can keep your little piece of cesspool that you sold yourselves out to. The rest will be liberated. Zelensky lol... no words for this shill.
@@midnightsecretsurfer Cant see any flaws in his calculations.
It's not a sign of weakness! Was Covid and vaccines censorship a weakness? There's an agenda to keep Ukraine conflict going for years so arm manufacturers can sell hundreds billions of weapons to Ukraine, European countries, middle east and Taiwan! Also Ukraine conflict is a perfect recipe to push for climate change agendas and they're telling western societies to go electric and ditch petrol/diesel vehicles, or use public transport and so on!
Do you mean the censorship of being thrown in jail for calling the 'special military operation' a war?
The 50+ Billion Dollars of weapons we have sent to Ukraine this year is more than the total military budgets of most countries in the world!
you guys could have used that for free healthcare
What’s your point? Would you rather have the battlefield closer to Americans?
@@njosborne6152 Although Russian troop conquered Portugal they would still be an ocean away from America... Elementary geography man!
@@njosborne6152 Our support of Ukraine brings the possibility of nuclear war to our doorstep. We should NOT be involved in this at all!
@@Trompicavalas actually Russia and America 🇺🇸 has a closer border at the alaska. Lol 😂. But it’s cold ice everywhere. Russia and America are closer they have been closer for a century now. Lol 😂
One question...when will the US GOVERNMENT take care if its own taxpayers needs?
Thanks to Chris for trying to get the truth out there
Communists, trying to turn the people of Ukraine into slaves, used economic methods, deprived people of the means of production, the opportunity to exist independently. confiscated banks. factories and businesses were confiscated from entrepreneurs. farmers, independent peasants destroyed. moscovites called hard-working peasants kulaks. confiscated their property. confiscated lands, livestock, wheat, farms, equipment. this could not have been done without terror. so the moscovites carried out repressions with millions of victims. drove Ukrainian people to concentration camps. free Ukrainian peasants were driven to collective farms. with forced labor. where people worked not for money but just for punishments. to finally break the people of Ukraine, the moscovites organized 3 famines! 1 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SSR in 1921-1923 2 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SSR in 1932-1933 3 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SR in 1946-1947 in 1937-1938 the moscovites shot the Ukrainian intelligentsia in Sandarmokh. the communists tried to make a god of Lenin. poisoned children in the kindergartens with the stories by Bonch Bruevich about Lenin. hung stars with a portrait of little lenin, calling the children "октябрята". sang songs about Lenin: our party is the helmsman, Lenin is always with you, etc. The first thing Putler did in Genichesk, which was occupied by the Nazis in Muscovy, was to erect a statue of Lenin. the priests do the same. Christianity is another's slave-owning religion! imposed on the people of Russ Ukraine by blood and sword by the usurper of power, serial mass murderer and rapist, mega villain Volodymyr. religion in Ukraine is separated from the state by the Constitution! organizers of this disgrace, are you completely crazy? lost your conscience? who gave you the right to mock free Ukraine like that ?! who gave you the right to mock free Ukrainian atheists? Neither communists nor priests should be allowed to make their concentration camp out of Free Ukraine!
What truth? " there are good sources" without naming the sources?😂🤡
We have been lied too for decades and those in media have played a huge role! Treasonous acts have serious consequences...
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Palpatine- it's treason then
No they don’t. That’s why they keep doing it and cashing in at the expense of real journalism
@@HouseboundPerspectives yeah, but you have to do a bit of searching for the truth and decide for yourself. It's good to have different opinions on matters important to you, but when certain people and topics are censored , that's when you have to ask yourself why . Example ... 2016 election there were claims that Pres Trump colluded w Russia by Dems n Hillary n alot of public heard the accusations and decided for themselves if they believed it. But it was much different in 2020 elec When the opposition was censored. There's alot of examples and the Senate hearings are underway by the rep Congress that are telling us who was involved
Since 9/11
It's a breath of fresh air to hear real journalists and war reporter's, most of my friends don't even know the war on Dombas has been going on since 2014.
@@DiegoLinde read my text again, i didn't mention Russia, i said the war on Dunbas meaning the unelected government of ukraine, the azov battalion of nazi's was killing people in Dunbas, i didn't know i had to explain who was doing it because it's fact if you look it up.
@@DiegoLinde yes we are on the same wavelength, most people only read the false headline, thank you Diego.
I agree with you. It's their job to shine a light on the truth and report the facts without bias. Otherwise they are just an activists or just a puppet spreading propaganda! Nearly all mainstream media is owned by the same two companies. This is where the problem lies. Take notes on how they announce a breaking story from each media outlet. Most aren't reporters, they're teleprompter readers!
@@stevegoulding6328 exactly steve but its also our job to read between the lines and look up facts, ive lost friends who are so brainwashed by the corrupt bbc and other mainstream media.
Or before.
I have been following Chris Hedges in his reporting and commenting for atleast 20 years, and have the utmost respect for him!
I love Patrick Lawrence's way of open thinking as he's speaking. Brings a depth to his words. Thanks Chris Hedges for this.
Definitely!!
Communists, trying to turn the people of Ukraine into slaves, used economic methods, deprived people of the means of production, the opportunity to exist independently. confiscated banks. factories and businesses were confiscated from entrepreneurs. farmers, independent peasants destroyed. moscovites called hard-working peasants kulaks. confiscated their property. confiscated lands, livestock, wheat, farms, equipment. this could not have been done without terror. so the moscovites carried out repressions with millions of victims. drove Ukrainian people to concentration camps. free Ukrainian peasants were driven to collective farms. with forced labor. where people worked not for money but just for punishments. to finally break the people of Ukraine, the moscovites organized 3 famines! 1 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SSR in 1921-1923 2 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SSR in 1932-1933 3 The Holodomor in the Ukrainian SR in 1946-1947 in 1937-1938 the moscovites shot the Ukrainian intelligentsia in Sandarmokh. the communists tried to make a god of Lenin. poisoned children in the kindergartens with the stories by Bonch Bruevich about Lenin. hung stars with a portrait of little lenin, calling the children "октябрята". sang songs about Lenin: our party is the helmsman, Lenin is always with you, etc. The first thing Putler did in Genichesk, which was occupied by the Nazis in Muscovy, was to erect a statue of Lenin. the priests do the same. Christianity is another's slave-owning religion! imposed on the people of Russ Ukraine by blood and sword by the usurper of power, serial mass murderer and rapist, mega villain Volodymyr. religion in Ukraine is separated from the state by the Constitution! organizers of this disgrace, are you completely crazy? lost your conscience? who gave you the right to mock free Ukraine like that ?! who gave you the right to mock free Ukrainian atheists? Neither communists nor priests should be allowed to make their concentration camp out of Free Ukraine!
Business as usual, boots on the ground, no weapon, true American Hero. Chris Hedges is one of the few GREAT men. May God bless and watch over you and yours.
So the real news is back ?
@@mvd4436 If you follow Chris and dig dig deep, you will find the heart of a Saint, and possibly the real truth, REAL news
@@seekerfloyd7346 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He is paid by the ruSSian government
“One of the few great men”😂
@@seekerfloyd7346 “and possible the truth” 😂
Essential viewing . Two fine eloquent journalists who remind us of how integrity and courage are utterly lost to the entirety of the mainstream media hacks
The mainstream media is my soap opera. I come to Hedges for behind the scenes bloopers.
@Cynthia DeMario don't know if you're a ridiculous spoof or not, but you're giving a spot-on example of what this interview is about. Good job!
@Cynthia DeMario Russia Times US allowed to headquarter in Kansas long ago. Why did you come here? Oh you thinking for yourself. Good.
@Cynthia DeMario 3 years no content ? 🤖Sounds legit. Now run along before you get reported for being a knownothing troll with a green eyed monster on your back.
@Cynthia DeMario You’re using Wikipedia as your source 😂
It sucks when you realize we are undoubtedly the bad guys.
I only came across this video today. It's incredible how many people are still as committed to believing the doublethink now as they were 6 months or a year ago
Thank the Universe we are fortunate enough to still have intelligent reporters like yourself who work so hard to get the truth out and into the real word. 👏👏👏👏👏.
Thank the universe? A collection of space bodies & dust? Ok…
@@talisikid1618 It's better than thanking god, I know that the Universe is there.
@@maseefmandic9583 oh... The one who made the universe... IF God doesn't exist then how does the universe exist? Gotcha😆
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 and who told you that god did it,,,, HIMSELF? Seem that your the one that's been got.
How do we know what these guys are saying is the truth. I mean have they been to Ukraine, where's their war footage?
I'm a massive Chris Hedges fan. He is one of the best social critics I've ever heard. I hope many more people see this very important video. Thank you.
Why? He’s a propagandist
@@davemartino5997 Exactly.
And a really bad one.
You are massive
There are vacancies for Conscription Officers in Ukraine and Russia. Great pay but short life expectancy.
Now 1 year old, this summary is on point.
Amnesty International never said one word about the atrocity of the war on drugs and rendered themselves invalid.
Eva Bartlett is one of the best journalist nowadays . She is brave enough to report from the battlefield , risking her life . Also , she is very objective . Kudos to Eva Bartlett !
also Patrick Lancaster (american), Anne-Laure Bonnel (french) and Graham Phillips(UK)
Eva Bartlett, the talking voice of Sputin's regime. Working out of Moscow. Seriously, she is a trusted voice. And Patrick Lancaster, Scott Ritter, col. Black, and col. Macgregor. Such fine Russian wood suckers.
I love her work! N hedges n greyzone
She is one among "most wanted" persons by SBU. She, and some other Journalists already on Myrotvorets's Hit List including Lindsey Snell, Graham Phillip, Patrick Lancaster, Christelle Neant, John Mark Dougan, Sonja van den Ende, Giorgio Bianchi, Andrey Filatov of ANNA, Igor Zhidanov of RT, Margarita Simonian of Sputnik, Dmitry Maslak of CGTN, Adrien Bocquet, and Alejandro Kirk of TeleSUR.
@@well9179 I'm of Ukrainian heritage and the people that run this list no longer should be allowed to call themselves human. They are not human. That's my opinion and I call myself the Inconvenient Canadian of Ukrainian decent.
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information." Vice President Henry A Wallace, 1944
Yes,''The progressive woke left destroys everything they touch''...
I understand the point Wallace was making here but I also think American fascists kinda like violence.. like a lot
Great evidence
@@lukemadrid5711 eventually yeh they like to make it a big show
Didn't someone warn the USA decades ago about any attempt to destroy America will come from within?
Thank you for this report. I have read that Ukraine has lost 200k troops. No one is signing up to fight. Have you noticed that they are now asking for long range rockets/ missiles...this is what a county does when they don't have enough boots on the ground, they have all but stopped asking for rifles/ammo.
I have never been able to find Ukrainian casualties in this war. The same for the Russians. Everything is a guesstimate. But no doubt the Ukraine has casualties and material losses as well civilian. Looking at the ammount of destroyed RF armor and some news they have heavy losses.
I was a reporter for 20 years and always fought my chief editor for telling public the truth . He said the survival of every press media was depend on the "news" its reporters wrote... Btw, I always read Eva Bartlett reports and I believe she is reporting the truth. I highly respect her as a brave, professional journalist who still holds the ethic code of journalism.
Thanks, Chris; always a breath of fresh air when you expose the hypocrisy of the media
He exposes the media on the media & the media let's him expose the media on the media. Sounds counterproductive. Same as we are gonna launch a full investigation of ourselves..
Who is media who is (are) owenrs ? Few bunchs of... Censure
Jews did 911!
Well said and well OBSERVED.
Oooooo this looks Sooo Good. TRUTH IS FEW N FAR BETWEEN
I accidentally came across this video and I'm so glad I did! great conversation and substance. hearing so much logic is so refreshing in a time where the facts and truth are intentionally ignores and many times admonished. great job guys!
Same here.. 🔥
Can you define substance sir? These guys running the show have never put a foot in Ukraine for a coverage, risking their lives. Theysat comfortablilly in their leather armschairs in AC offices, without any risk and copycat RT to sell their garbage.
Listening to actual real journalists, a profession that is getting rarer and rarer, makes us understand the level of lies and propaganda our brain is subjected to each and every day if one is lazy enough to not do his own research to try to discerne the truth, or the closest one can get to it, amongst the brutal censorship and relentless propaganda of the mainstream media. The only way to even try to get close to the truth is without a doubt following the few remaining real journalists still in existence, meaning the independent ones.
There's no logic of truth here.
duraan and redacted are also excellent
Thank you, guys! I wish I could do more for the true investigative writers that you are, you are my lifelong heroes bringing heartfelt smiles of admiration as you blow the whistle or point out incongrouties on our social systems and their often grotesque players, on the one hand, and on the other, shinning light on the best paths forward and on those leading us there.
Chris Hedges doing what the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ programme should be doing.
A perfect example of this is the Zelensky 'fundraising' visit to the UK last week. He was there unashamedly, with hat in hand, despite the buried story from some months back that 17 million pounds of military aid, donated by the UK a few months before, had just 'disappeared' without a trace. No inquiry. No investigation. No request from the UK to uncover the whereabouts of that donation. Nothing. It was as if it never happened, and Zelensky was still being paraded around and championed and showered with more millions, no questions asked.
Can you link to info about that disappeared military aid. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
I am wondering where the info about stolen donations came from. I mean Ukraine should be even stronger then the media says if it managed to keep winning the war against 3 times bigger country and in the same time steal smth
@@hannahz2136 Mil.of donation fm Germany and other corrupted European countries too. Just open your eyes and ears. Theres definitely No winner in a war between 2 countries engaged in, except others at their side.
@@hannahz2136 clown
Поймите, на этой войне отмывают огромные деньги как США и Великобритания так и их союзники, ну а Украина берёт себе процент.
Thanks for the excellent conversation. Thr runup to the Gulf War was a turning point for me. The media bias, the steady drumbeat for war, was sickening.
Yemen was punished for voting in the U.N. against the US invasion on Iraq. The U.S . withdrew economic aid to Yemen and instructed Saudi Arabia to deport Yemenite workers -- and Yemen continues to be punished to this day. U.S. imperialism is the center of all evil on this earth - and with its partner in crime - U.K are doing the dirty work for Pharisees of Isra'el - more commonly known these days as Zionists. ..And I am born of a Russian Jewish mother - who herself was born in Ukraine in November 1920 - Many escaping conflict in Russia migrated across to Ukraine - Germany and Poland - many also went to Iran - and British colonies in Africa. People traveled across Europe like gypsies for a quarter of a century - Life as a refugee is extremely difficult - and many don't survive the hardship. We are again heading in that direction.
It wasn't just the Bush invasion of Iraq, but also the bombing of Serbia before that, that made me realise the mainstream media was not being very honest and they were pushing a government agenda. This is not the same media that was more open during the Vietnam war. Funny thing is during the invasion of Iraq, I never heard the media mention "Unprovoked". But since the war in Ukraine that word is often heard. I would say the Russian invasion of Ukraine was "very provoked" by NATO and by Ukraine itself, in attacking the Russian speaking people of Donbas.
Exact same for me. I was pro-west and the US during the first Gulf War. Followed it and the aftermath very closely-WMD inspectors, punitive sanctions, Iraq becoming the most surveilled country in the world, etc. And yet we were told that Saddam Hussien could possibly strike London with a WMD within minutes. Clear to me we were being fed a crock of shit, and my long-held belief in the western establishment crumbled. I finally saw them as the power mad, murderous liars they are.
Yes, and all the more because, some of us (coming off US war crimes in S.E. Asia) were foolish enough to believe that the US people had learned a definitive lesson with regard to the MIC and the corporate media. All it took was some synchronized drum beating by the corporate press and some deliberate lies about ''babies torn from incubators''. And every time these people were successfully stampeded, the false flags got more outrageous. Now, these sociopaths, ''elites'' as they style themselves, neither fear the masses nor have any respect for their discernment. The people seem as mentally vacuous as their parasitical ''elites'' are corrupt, bumbling, and mad. To make matters even worse, the (order of magnitude) tens of trillions that are ''missing'' were most likely spent on huge DUMBs (deep underground military bases)- clean water, nuclear power, high speed rail (even universal healthcare!), where these psychopaths believe they can retreat to (as some 7.95 Billion of us die) and upload their ''brilliance'' into some transhuman cyborg and live forever. Kushner gave a speech on this latter part just last week! ''They'' are quite mad, and cruelty is the trademark kink of their screwy death cult.
Well said my friend
And let us never forget what General Smedley Butler said, "War is a Racket". In his book he discusses how everybody, meaning the politicians, suppliers, and financial institutions all make enormous profits at the expense of the poor soldiers who are sent to fight.
True, and that book was from the 30's, and it has only gotten much worse today.
@@00vTv00 amen to that
Thank you for bringing light into “all” the obscure corners of journalism and the way it is practiced ( i guess self preservation is humanly more important than being loyal to the truth)
Thank you Chris and Patrick for shinining light on this toxic and shameful darkness.
totally agree. thank god people are out there combatting tge myth that putin is not a great guy
A level of integrity we don't often see from many modern day "Journalists"
I loved having a Twitter account because I felt like I had a voice, able to post my views and opinions, all well-researched, on a number of subjects. I turned my attention to Ukraine & posted information given to me by citizens remaining in that country. Overwhelmingly they reported that once the Russians landed they felt 'safe' enough to leave their homes at will and walk the streets whenever they wanted with family or friends. Clearly this didn't match up with the mostly Western mainstream media's view of Zelensky as a SAVVY POLITICIAN AND saviour of the people. Many unimpeachable political commentators attributed Zelensky's success in the 2019 general election as being due to his recognizability, having been a comedic performer in Ukraine for years, and most of all for having NO political experience as a sudden surge of republican sentiment gripped the nation following years of oligarchic rule. Pointing this out resulted in a sudden and unforeseeable (according to Musk) issue with some Twitter accounts. My account, history and followers was wiped.
I get called "Russian agent" by idiots who think victory is just around the corner
This is true journalism, with honest passionate journalists. based on humanity, facts and independence
Some of us actually crave facts and the truth over the comfort blanket of being told what we want to hear. Thank goodness there are still some folks willing to put their own comfort on the line to provide it for us.
@Cynthia DeMario Sadly, the only thing that is laughably easy to do is to mislead the vast majority of the voting public into believing that they are being informed, the security-state apparatus in the English-speaking world has all but perfected it.
@Cynthia DeMario I can’t find anything
Bollocks. Some of you just get a kick out of anything contrarian.
@Cynthia DeMario examples?
@Cynthia DeMario and here you go silent. No surprise
Thank you gentlemen … “Pursuit of truth no matter where it lies “ ..
Your the man 🫵👏👍👏 thanks you said the truth
I am an American and a Christian. What I have sadly come to recognize is the role of the American Church in shaping public opinion about this war and maybe every war. They have endorsed the Ukraine cause as just and noble. Am I the only one who is waking up?
I think many are waking up, here in the UK many are aware that the BBC is nothing more than a propaganda tool used by the government
Whatever label it is given. It is always about power and control. Sadly
Yes, I live in Canada, and some of our church sons have American wives and associations. This is when Bush went after Iraq. While we Canadians saw this was likely wrong, the American girls were all for Bush and 'America's noble war'. All I could think was. Are you nuts?
Maybe because Ukraine didn't invade Russia.
@@averageanimefanboy9473 u still don't get it - - it all started 2014 - - do some research - - reactions always follow actions - - get it ? Sometimes there are justifications for that
This is a very important report. Great to hear Eva Bartlett mentioned, add Patrick Lancaster and Graham Philips to the list of credible correspondents in Ukraine.
Add: Jacques Baud, Laurent Brayard, Bruce K. Gagnon, Pepe Escobar, Ray McGovern, John Mearsheimer, George Eliason, Johnny Miller, Vanessa Beeley.
@@Dr.AnonymousPro Alina Lipp
Il y en a d autres Christelle Néant une française qui habite dans le Donbass depuis 6 où 8 ans qui a vu et filmé récemment l armée Ukrainienne a essayé de l éliminer ils ont tiré sur sa voiture mais elle s en est sortie les français et d autres se sont cotisés pour lui acheter une voiture et lui faire parvenir pour pouvoir continuer son travail de reporter au départ ils étaient une dizaine beaucoup ont quitté l Ukraine suite aux menaces de mort reçu par l Ukraine. Lancaster lui a eu la bonne idée de mettre sa famille à l abri en Russie lors de ses déplacements il est accompagné par un militaire Russe qui le protège.
@@BroonParker Yes, how could I forget her! Roman Kosarev, Anne-Laure Bonnel, Scott Ritter, Brian Berletic, Afshin Rattansi, George Galloway, Fiorella Isabel, Aaron Maté, Max Blumenthal ! George H. Eliason!
@@Dr.AnonymousPro and John Mark Dougan kzhead.info
Thank you for standing to your principle❗️🏆 God Bless🙏🙏🙏
Chris hedges and your fellow colleague are the real deal the real proper journalists we need today
Great interview. So grateful for this level of discourse when everything is reduced to being a Putin apologist if you actually desire honest war reporting, not propaganda.
This in Russian apologia.
@@johnward7223 open your mind and listen again, please
@@VickiNikolaidis John is just doing his job as instructed by his masters. He just does as he is told and critical thinking is not allowed.
@@VickiNikolaidis Vicki dear, it could be that John's - paycheck - comes attached with specific instructions not to have an open mind.
@john ward, ok, Klaus 🙄…
such an essentially important thing to discuss: how real journalists cover war and friction on the ground vs. the type of career journalists seeking that hemingway moment in the hotel bar where they take their marching orders.
And then there are “career journalists” who just want to report what mainstream ( real journalists ) DON’T report! You think their ambition is to be a “caree🙄journalist”? “Real” Journalism has become a cheap term for brainstream media! What “career” journalists accomplish is to simply bring issues to the attention of the general public something that “real” journalists= presstitutes Deliberately FAIL to do. Deception is their trademark!
@@vortex162 ill amend my sentence
So right you are L.H.
Excellent piece!
Our hubris will be our downfall 😢😢
Respect to both Chris & Patrick for their bravery in both war & disseminating the truth.
God bless and keep them safe, in Jesus name.
,,2,ruski hasbeen propagandist, spewing Lies an garbage ... Not a f..word of respect for the 32journalist who have died in Ukraine ... reporting this war for you to bitch about...
“A highly skilled and popular politician will serve his own interests, those of his supporters and contributors, those of his party, and those he prefers-all before those of the voters-because promises mean nothing once you are elected and out of reach.” -Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
Awesome words of wisdom Kevin an guest. Learned something from your video 🤔 . Thank you for that. It's good to hear what the reality is /was for a change.💕 I'm
I think you could edit out 'highly skilled and popular'. Bigger truth.
Yes, Patrick Lawrence is very effective with his deliberateness of conviction and assuredness which comes from thoroughness.
Agree, but what a word salad that was 😅
Nailed it ,great post ,general public are now realised they being hoodwinked
In a perfect World, both of you would receive a Nobel Peace prize for journalism. I thank you.
They are aiming for hero of the russian federation
I'm afraid that Zelenski has a bigger chance to get a nobelprize.
@@justicar5 in the other word you say... "Russian bot" sounds like a 9years old argument there or I can say activist argument
@@mirage_panzer2274 nope, not bot, read what I said: they are both aiming to get Hero of the Russian Federation, they support, aid and abet the imperialist invasion of Ukraine, and support the rape and genocide being carried out. They are very much humans, just utter scum.
@@justicar5 yeah your point is pretty much personal insult and whatever random bad words you can find in the dictionary to throw at. Zero argument, zero proof. Just insult/mocking
Chris and his guests are honest people, and they always try to tell the truth. Keep it up. Brilliant.
nah, i do'nt think so
BULLSHIT. They are propagandists giving ONLY a Marxist-Left perspective. You think these propagandists are not omitting FACTS from their reporting? Think again.
@Adam Jacobs nobody, and certainly NOT you.
My everlasting memory of the end of the Viet Nam war in the early 70s was some high ranking US soldier commenting that never again will the press have free rein during conflict and should be treated as enemy combatants unless they use only approved statements. The number of journalists who have died in, particularly US conflicts would seem to bear this out..
As always - excellent- than you for your work.
Most MSM journalists are actually activists PRETENDING to be reporters… perfect description! This is why I avoid the majority of MSM and instead have come to rely on independent podcasts and citizen journalists. God bless you, gentlemen and all those who practice journalistic integrity!
I watch to see how absurd the narrative is, none of them are reporters _or_ activists, like Chris said, they are careerists, willing to to whatever it takes to keep the job or get to the top of the ladder, regardless of how dishonest they have to be.
,,32 Journalist have DIE'D in Ukraine in just over, 6mnths they got your podcast, it's news ... You need to wake up bud ....
Yeah, because who better to accurately report the news than people who are unburdened from things like a journalist's fancy degree or the ethical standards that come with it, & the need to actually go to the places to document what they report about? I would much rather hear what some one on KZhead based on 3rd and 4th hand sources or just some speculated or some completely made BS. Way better..
@@Brett_S_420 Those fancy degrees are just that because there is no integrity behind them, either from the 'journalist' nor their employer and FWIW, the 'journalists' with their fancy degree and the ethical standards are seldom ever where the news actually happens, I've seen 'war correspondents' reporting on the war in Ukraine while in Lviv, that's reporting or journalism? NONE of the 'journalists, are actually near the front lines unless on a guided tour by the military of the side they support, Eva Bartlett and Patrick Lancaster are exceptions but then they aren't MSM 'journalists' either. As someone pointed out, when he went to one 'journalism' school at a major university, they actually had a class on 'spin'!
+ many are married to intelligence agents & George $oreAss minions, if not "retired" intelligence agents themselves !
Love Patrick Lawrence's writings on Sheerpost. I'm in south africa, and I remember Patrick going to jail for not releasing the name of his informant in an article he had written in a large daily newspaper. Keep up the great work Patrick
Did the publisher go to jail? I've worked as a reporter. You're supposed to die for your publisher, if need be. But the publisher has no risk, except a financial one.
It is what those of us who ARE journalists do. Other than that; like my bureau partner, we pay with our lives. I have a spot marked on my world map where he died and is; allegedly, buried.
Why does our mainstream media call our fighters/killers "volunteers" or "aid workers"? if you watched Grayzone, Redacted, Scott Ritter, Grayzone, Patrick Lancaster, Eva Bartlett, Richard Nedhurst, etc., you'd clearly see the evidence of why USA and UK have been training Ukrainian thugs since end of 2013, why East Ukraine population have been bombed for so many years because they are mostly Russian people. Tattoo parlours in Ukraine advertising swastika removals for travellers abroad. Real footages years old where they strip and tie up Russian population on posts, belt them some to death, stamping on heads, just for being Russian. How deepstate Weapons Manufacturers create wars around the globe so then governments can steal tax payers money to send "aid". Which in turn a lot of it goes back to elites incl corrupt leaders such as Boris Johnson and Biden. Our mainstream also gets paid by deepstate.,
So sad. 💐😥
@neilfriedman Well South Africa doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to human rights and coruption. It's sad that you haven't been able to fully set your country free but I have hopes for you.
THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT VIDEO ABOUT MEDIA DISINFORMATION, PARTICULARLY REGARDING UKRAINIAN WAR
Who are these ruling elites referred to here ?😂.
Thank you to two heroes in an age of insanity!
During the Vietnam war , the first casualty of war was truth. Embedding newspaper reporters with the small army units was the most clever way preventing them from getting the over all picture of the war if they were allowed freely to investigate on their own as traditionally in previous wars. Since then all news on foreign wars was controlled and propagandized.
Chris Hedges is a real journalist...but he is also a real listener. He has opinions but understands that other people might have opinions to. That is why his audience are faithful to his programme ... and his guests.
Excellent.. it's so rare to hear something so sound and well said.
"The press... slavishly echoes the opinions of a ruling elite." This also applies 100% to the way China is reported. I would really like to see your discussion of that too.
Yep if you are a thinker you can see the b's propergander being used as an excuse for war with China. Just look at which country has attacked so manny sovereign countries it's not China.
I don't now what country you live in and how it works there but here in Sweden there has been very lille involment by the government in what the news reports and there are laws to protect the media from such things. If you don't like what he media says your are free to say that as loud as you want.
@@dennistofvesson6351Theoretically that is supposedly the system throughout most of the west. Here in Australia all our mainstream media has a lazy, selective form of reporting. Whether privately owned or government funded media, they all report news one sided. They definitely copy one another when it comes world affairs. And they've been caught doing so on many occasions. Especially when a report is later proven to be false, yet all stations prematurely broadcast the same false report.
China is the existential threat to the plutocratic bourgeoise elite in the west. They are probably the only power in the world left that can break neoliberals stranglehold on the world. The neoliberals are deathly afraid of what might happen to them if their hegemonic control is ever broken. This is life and death to them because if they ever lost that control, especially the media control, we will be waking up from our propaganda induced stupor and we will start eating the rich. Literally and figuratively.
Thank you both for your integrity over the years. Chris, good to see you again after RT was taken down unfairly.
RT lolololol ..... that is moronic
have you seen much national Russian TV lately? how do you compare this to RT?
🤣 rt is taken down for acusing the jews of Ukraine of being the new Nazi Party. For covering up war crimes. Don't be silly.
True they were a propaganda chanel for putin !
@@philipcamp1370 Is there propaganda channel(s) for Biden? Oh, sorry, there is no such a thing as a propaganda in US, my apologies. Let me just tune to CNN and hear the angelic voices of truth...
"They liked playing boy scouts" absolutely brilliant collective description. I agree that careerism was a designed process to replace collective bargaining with the aim of "blackmailing" employees. Is it akin to the days of J Edgar Hoover? Control the messenger and you control the message. I am nowhere near your league of knowledge or intelligence concerning this matter but I commend myself that instinctively one knows that this is what is going on.. Thank you so much for this broadcast. I even love your intro music. 😊
Congrats to both you both. EXCELLENT VIDEO _ AGAIN !
The world would be a better place with more journalistic type conversations like this.
back in the conservative 1980s i would never have guessed that it would be the Left that would be the ones who would bring unprecedented Censorship to North America....
😂😂😂😂
@@MeMe-ei7uv 🥸
@@MeMe-ei7uvwhy are you such a pr1ck ?
They have got to make a living.
This was a thought provoking dialogue between two seasoned investigative reporters. That style of reporting that they discussed is completely missing in mainstream media hence the reason you’re seeing more people gravitating to indie media 🙏.
Funny how they failed to mention all the journalists who died or were injured at the start of the war. Clearly not relevant to why you would have a military escort. 🙄 Very balanced.
@@annaredding No one needs to mention the obvious. The risk of dying or being injured comes with the job... For those that are scared, thay need to work at McDonalds. Leave the war-journalist's job to the brave...
Love the music at the front … excellent choice Sir!
So grateful for Independent News. The only truth being told.❤
Very good journalism rare to find in media
Keep feeding us with the truth.
Well said 👏👏👏
You know this firm of bravery is very clear and good and True......courage to search for the Truth! thank Gid we have human beings that are driven to search.
Thank you Gentleman for your work It feels good to hear that there are still real journalists with the Courage to speak up
You guys are both awesome--thank you for your tireless efforts to inform!
This Is One Of The Few Channel's That I Can Get Responsible Journalism! Blessings On You For Doing That And Your Family's Too.🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🗽‼️
I have noticed at age 71 there is very little front line reporting in Ukraine
We need the truth, especially when it challenges ourselves. Thank you.
@chrishewitt8305 The trouth is in peoples minds a very subjctive thing. One can think one thing is true but someone else that the same thing is absolutely false. For example in this war. I belive that Russia is fully responsible for the invasion while some think that USA is the bad guy. I respekt that they have their opinion and can only try to make them se what I se. If they don't it's their right to do so.
So good to hear something other than the unanimity we are being presented with in the Australian (and Western) media.. Thank you, much appreciated.
Yeah. Good to hear Putin’s propaganda repackaged and disseminated via gullible western journalists
I just can't watch Australian media.I look at all the talking heads and call them media prostitutes.
lived in australia 42 years ...youve given back my faith thought i was alone cant agree more with you ...what a shock when you actually see it and how people many of which are ya mates are just assleep chowing down the BS ...best regards the celt
Went to the assange protest in Melbourne last Saturday. SBS was the MSM outlet to mention it. The commercials and the ABC all ignored it in an attempt to give the impression that no one cares about JULIAN. The ABC is controlled by ASIO and the American RULING CLASS.
Ukraine saying that Amnesty International doesn't understand the rules of law is an admission of guilt.
Listening to the citizens of the Donbas being interviewed by Eva, Patrick and Graham gives you a true picture of what is happening. Politicians and the media in Australia give an entirely different picture.
Oh, listen to actual people freed from Russian rule cities. Read reports from real agency's, not this amnesty shit where founder quited in shame of what they've become. Russians or Chinese reporters are so biased its enraging.
Unfortunately Australia always follow the US lead. The US under the democrats are neck deep in corrupt practices in Ukraine starting with bio weapons labs. All of the lies will not end well for the west. It is not hard to see that the west is falling due to the increase in moral decadence from all angles.
@@aramisio2 you know some people have lived under nato usa bombs and know very well who is the number 1 sponsor of terrorism.
@@aramisio2 у вас чуб отклеился
YES I subscribe to all three... Im an American and it's sickening the lies we're fed
I am 65 and the war on Russia in the Ukraine is by far the most censored war in my lifetime.
War on Russia? Is it not Russia who invaded Ukraine in 2014, and 2022? Ukraine has EVERY right to defend itself. If you want to read what Russia thinks, they have lots of "news sources". A pity they are not allowed to write anything independently, but only the official narrative. For them, it is no WAR. Just a special operation where they want to free Ukraine. For them, Ukraine is not even a real country, just untermench...
Dude you must be 12 then if thats the case, or you've started watching the news at age 63..
@@tmsphere Ludicrous and idiotic response, 'dude'.
@@tmsphere Name calling is not an argument. Do you have an argument 'dude'?
@@tmsphere For sure, 'dude' given your low info status, you fervently believe all the lies about Russia.
I just foundnyou and I couldn't be anymore grateful for your reporting. I knew we were being fed utter nonsense and appreciate your honesty and candid knowledge. I cant wait to hear more!
Wowowooowo... Finally, here we get TRUTH.. What a fearless channel.
Thank you for showing me this
As an aspiring writer Patrick"s point about not confusing activism for journalism was a little painful to hear but such a huge help. The type of balanced writing both allude to is another way to say integrity. Thank you both for showing us mere mortals the path to good journalism.
Depends what u doing activim for some time's it can get a bit on the ridiculous side am all for rights changing words is just getting ridiculous
It's important to remember there are different types of journalism. The job of a reporter on the field is to tell people what is happening, not what he wants them to believe. An opinion columnist however can try to persuade or influence public opinion.
Outstanding segment Mr. Hedges. Thank you for what you do!
Thank you for you mindset ❤
If anyone wonders why few still believe the coverage of likes of CNN or MSNBC, this is why.
Thanks for keeping a spotlight on the American proxy war and Ukrainian war crimes.
It will be even better when they follow the missing arms.
@@myparceltape1169…and money.
@@myparceltape1169UKRAINIAN WAR CRIMES!? You can’t tell the difference between these and the wars for profit of the last 30 years. Can’t you tell the difference?
@@wendellrider1212 It's good that you are on the spot to honestly report and not allege.
@@myparceltape1169 Still waiting to hear exactly what role we are to attribute to 300,000 Russian combo troops attacking contested villages and cities populated by surrounded civilians and non-combatants. Scorch doors artillery bombardments eviscerating infrastructure, public housing blocs and roadways used for evacuation.
I have just stumbled upon two wonderful human beings. I look forward to following you and learning the truth. Thank you so much!
In schools that teach journalism a current trend is "advocacy representation" which is a euphemism for teaching how to write propaganda.
Thanks, Chris, for this remarkably frank and revealing interview with seasoned journalist, Patrick Lawrence. I watched it the first time that you broadcast it last year - and I suppose I would be happy to revisit it, again and again. To me, you have gained a lot of wisdom in your News careers and a noticeable incredulity of what passes for mass media News, nowadays. Patrick was being polite when he referred to the correspondents he mentioned as political "Activists." In my mind, they are simply complicit with the powers-that-be, who all hold "Money" as their almighty God. I have a background in studying the Humanities - and I believe in "Advocacy Journalism" - at least when it is based on seeking to advance the best interests of humankind over the expedient interests of the monied interests who have us all by the 'balls,' so to speak, anyway...
Great piece as per usual from CH 😇
A few weeks ago I sent a mail to the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris, saying that together with a French friend, we are organising a truck load full of medicals and food to the Ukraine, and as a white South African without a country anymore, I explained the Ukrainian Embassy, that I don't have a passport anymore to do the trip from France to the Ukraine, and if they could assist in closing the passport gap somehow, and today I just got a bullocks answer back from them, in which they didn't even reply me. So unfortunately we cannot come due to that arrogant Ukrainian Embassy personal, which is really proving me, that the Ukrainian people are being betrayed by their own Government and by their own authorities just like us here in the West and even just as the Russians get betrayed by their own political leaders. This is really sickening, because we were ready to go. The name of my channel is my real name, and I'm not hiding anything. For total intel on Putin watch the 8 hour KZhead documentary "The Swiss Beast - Home of the Devil; Part 7 Switzerland's Sleeper Agent Putin" on KZhead channel "HomieLand Sickurity" on the powers behind the screens explaining the endless lies of our leaders and their Pharaonic Swiss origins giving all the orders out of the Alps and their Swiss medeval Military Orders out of the Motherland.
Who is Jay Epps?