campaign 2)-attack Trump from the right, portraying him as an agent of Putins.3) pre-condition the American mind for eventual war with Russia. [40] In the aftermath of the revelations that the Iraqi defectors were not legitimate, Hedges defended his comportment since he had done the story as a favor to Lowell Bergman, adding that "There has to be a level of trust between reporters. [83] Hedges supported Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the 2016 election. I guess the purported Western World is pretty much limited to zombie journalism, the writing dead: I like that phrase very much, zombie journalism, especially given that they are the zombies and their owners are the vampires. In addition, Hodges celebrates his birthday on June 21st every year and his birth sign is Cancer. It was well known, however, by many at the paper, that Coker filed a number of complaints about Callimachis work and considered Callimachi to be untrustworthy. Hedges received a scholarship to attend Loomis Chaffee School, a private boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut. Trump promised to replace Obamacare with something marvelous and did nothing of the sort. [82], In the 2008 United States presidential campaign, Hedges was a speech writer for candidate Ralph Nader. Meanwhile, the people of South Korea and North Korea long for re-union. Chris Hodges Salary. Its goal of justice through transparency is in the oldest and finest tradition of journalism, Martha Gellhorn prize judges said in their citation. However, it is not journalism. Chris Hedges is a progressive journalist, prolific writer, activist, and university lecturer. +64 9 916 8321. Democrats could not do any better, they like hateful rhetoric and lack industrial policies either. As Jacques Ellul and Ortega y Gasset noted decades ago, their minds had become crystallized by the Kings oratory; and unfortunately there is no truth that can awaken a crystallized mind. [78] The Obama administration appealed the decision and it was overturned in July 2013 by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. It was always very iffy even before that, just look at the works by Michael Parenti, Ben Bagdikian, and Chomsky and Herman. The failure to report accurately on the Trump-Russia saga for the four years of the Trump presidency is bad enough. Since it began in 2001, Church of the Highlands has grown to average more than 38,000 people attending each weekend and is known for its life-giving culture and focus on leading people to an intimate relationship with God. How naive can we be? The U.S. media has the lowest credibility 26 percent among 46 nations. The commercial model of journalism has changed from when I began working as a reporter, covering conflicts in Central America in the early 1980s. Chris Hodges, the pastor of COH, is part of the lead team of the ARC. Was it just laziness? I think Chris Hedges called the US political class a suicidal death cult years ago, if I recall. [14], Hedges continued his career as a freelance journalist in Latin America. Follow Cheris F. Hodges and explore their bibliography from Amazon.com's Cheris F. Hodges Author Page. The best we in the West can do is continue to support independent journalists who have not lost the ability to follow a story without prejudice and report their findings. Such is the level of disorientation induced by a 24/7 corporate media bubble, along with ever more sophisticated modes of propaganda and psy-ops. He was later joined in the suit, Hedges v. Obama, by activists including Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during presidential election 2016. Hodges entered the ministry in 1984 as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 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His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (2007); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco. We cover each other's sources when it's a good story because otherwise everyone would get hold of it. Andrew Nichols: Ive tried for quite some time now to state so briefly and pointedly as you have, what has been the effect of Trump and Trumpism in the US. And the masses, throughout history, have cyclically awoken to throw off their chains. His support of genocide in Palestine is reason enough to put him on the dock. Christopher Hutton 463 Followers Freelance Journalist. The rhetoric is just as bad as a small news outlet with the journalists who think they have all the answers. Hedges subsequently entered Kuwait with U.S. Marine Corps members who were distrustful of the Army's press control. On Contact was nominated for an Emmy in 2017, RT America's first significant award nomination, but the award was won by Steve. Could this madness possibly be traced, in this case, to an old expression that begins: Hell hath no fury? [54] Additional accusations of plagiarism from Ketcham were countered by an independent investigation from the Type Media Center. In Tales of Power, the terrifying response to the Kings lying rested with the people (country bumpkins), who despite being shown the truth still believed the lies of their King. 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If the paper reported something that could be interpreted as supportive of Trump or not sufficiently critical of Trump, Jeff Gerth, an investigative journalist who spent many years at The New York Times recentlytold me, they would sometimes drop their subscription or go on social media and complain about it.. 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From 1983 to 1984, he covered the conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala for The Christian Science Monitor and NPR. GrowLeader Podcast with Chris Hodges GrowLeader Podcast Religion & Spirituality 4.9 237 Ratings; The GrowLeader podcast brings you thought-provoking inspiration along with practical insights and tips that will help you grow as the leader you are called to be. The closest I came was right after the election of 16 when I put up a post that went something like this: Indigenous Americans probably see it as perfectly natural and unremarkable that an ordinary real-estate speculator is now the captain of the US ship of state.. [3] The run of On Contact ended. Now that the whole Western media has taken as given that the president of Russia is the worst of all possible evils and the known corrupt, CIA-led, entity called Ukraine is the height of democracy, freedom and all things good, the populations of the USA, EU, UK, Australia rely on sources from the Ukrainians for feeding their prejudices. Bob Woodward, appearing on Fox News, called the dossier a garbage document that never should have been part of an intelligence briefing, Gerthwritesin his report.