Greta Thunberg made a social media post in support of Palestine. Hours later, she deleted the post and re-posted the photo, but with slight editing. | The 20-year-old activist tweeted, “Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza. The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.” But a stuffed animal in the photo drew public backlash, with several X users accusing Thunberg of sending out an “anti-semitic message”. Propaganda cartoonists have often used the image of an octopus to warn of a global Jewish conspiracy. It was a caricature deployed by the Nazis. ● Greta Thunberg deleted the social media post and shared the photo again after editing out the stuffed toy. She wrote, “It has come to my knowledge that the stuffed animal shown in my earlier post can be interpreted as a symbol for antisemitism, which I was completely unaware of. The toy in the picture is a tool often used by autistic people as a way to communicate feelings.”

“It took my breath away.” —Dr. Drew on the new study shows 50% of young men who got myocarditis after the vaccine now have permanent heart damage and he doesn’t understand why this isn’t front page news. And he recommends injured students sue any school that mandated it. pic.twitter.com/rlUgKhCS2l

— Te𝕏asLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) October 19, 2023

Two prominent American doctors have spoken out to warn the public after a recent study found that young people have “permanent heart damage” after receiving Covid mRNA shots. | The disturbing study was published in the renowned peer-reviewed scientific journal Circulation. Researchers found that 50 percent of young men who developed Covid vaccine-induced myocarditis were left with permanent heart damage. Dr. Drew Pinsky addressed the study last week on The Megyn Kelly Show. Pinsky told Kelly that he was stunned by the lack of coverage of the research.

David Miller | How lobbying works | This is how Zionist lobbying works, Zionists are seeded throughout the economic, political, and cultural fabric of society – sometimes via the agency of only one family unit like the Jon and Nicola Mendelsohn – and can then be called upon to play both ends of any relevant game. All in all, the case of Mendelsohn shows that the peaks and troughs of Zionism from “right” to “left” are a mirage. What unites all Zionists is Zionism – a commitment to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

Mike Stone | If you're taking a side in the current Hamas/Palestine/Israel conflict, you're being played. That's because Hamas is Israel. | Hamas is Israel in the same way that Al-Queda is Israel, and that ISIS is Israel. ISIS literally stands for Israeli Secret Intelligence Service. Israel funds and runs those three organizations and many more. It's called Controlled Opposition. Remember those fake ISIS beheading videos that were found on John McCain's computer? McCain was heavily involved in running and funding that whole operation. He was also involved in running and funding the overthrow of the government of Ukraine. Those are only two of the reasons why President Trump had him executed for treason. What you're seeing right now on the television set is nothing but theater. Theater with deadly consequences for some, but theater nonetheless. All those boot-licking, "conservative" pundits and commentators that you currently see, demanding that we "stand with Israel" are part of the same theatrical production. They're part of the Mockingbird Press, and they are being paid handsomely to spread their propaganda.

■ War Report on Israel 10/20/23 (Rumor Mill News)
■ Israel BOMBS Oldest Christian Church in Gaza (Hal Turner Show)
■ Israël bombarde l’église Saint-Porphyre à Gaza, 16 morts et de nombreux blessés (Le Média en 4-4-2)
■ Backing the Slaughter & Silencing the Critics (Elizabeth Vos)
■ Israel’s Culture of Deceit (Chris Hedges)
■ US Warmongers Keep Pushing The Narrative That Hamas Is To Blame For All Deaths In Gaza (Caitlin Johnstone)
■ I“A False Flag”? Their Objective Is “to Wipe Gaza Off the Map” (Global Research)
■ Criminality Beyond Description: Netanyahu Supports both Hamas as well as Al Qaeda Terrorists (Global Research)

The president of Türkiye has declared a three-day mourning period to honor the Palestinians that have been killed in the Hamas-Israel conflict | Türkiye will observe three days of national mourning in solidarity with Palestinians killed in the ongoing escalation between Israel and Hamas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late on Wednesday. ● The number of Palestinians who have died in the latest outbreak of violence in Gaza has almost reached 3,800 people, the Turkish media reported on Thursday, citing a statement by the Gaza Health Ministry. Around two thirds of them were women and children, the statement added.

■ Israel recalls all diplomats from NATO country (RT.com)

Refusing to toe the ideological line in the West is already directly punishable, as can be seen from the fact that it is permissible to express condolences to Israelis but not to Palestinians, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. "Going beyond the buoys of the ideological trend is already directly punishable in the West. It is allowed to express condolences to Israelis, but not to Palestinians. They shouldn't be pitied. They are all some kind of terrorists and they can die by the thousands. Children, women, old people are simply expendable," Medvedev wrote. In a post on his Telegram channel, the Russian politician commented on the situation with French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen, who condemned soccer player Karim Benzema for posts in support of Palestine. ● Gerald Darmanen earlier said that the winner of the "Golden Ball" footballer Benzema has ties with a terrorist organization. Earlier, Benzema, who plays for the Saudi club Al-Ittihad, published a post in support of the residents of Gaza. ● Dmitry Medvedev believes that the US-led world "continues to slide into the deepest abyss," that the decisions of the United States are evidence of a loss of conscience, and that describing military aid to Ukraine and Israel as a "wise investment" is "beyond good and evil".

■ Biden's Address to Nation: Shameful Hypocrisy a Final Nail in America's Coffin (SIMPLICIUS)
■ The rank hypocrisy and double standards of the West (Xymphora)

An article published on Substack back in September accused the Australian government of mass murder during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. | The Sept. 9 post by the writer under the pseudonym ExcessDeathsAU argued that Canberra's actions during the pandemic were tantamount to democide, the intentional killing of unarmed people. The author allegedly spent months researching the Australian government's actions during the height of the pandemic in the Land Down Under. They outlined a series of troubling allegations against the Australian government, complete with supporting documents.

First, the government allegedly collaborated with tech giants like Twitter and Facebook "to censor, digitally corral, de-platform and target Australian citizens." In turn, this collaboration infringed on the freedom of speech and access to information during the pandemic.

Second, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) allegedly imposed restrictions on hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for COVID-19. The TGA is the country's equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Third, the government launched the "Arm Yourself" vaccine media campaign that tapped celebrities, sports stars and pastors to manipulate the Aboriginal group on COVID-19 vaccination. The said campaign ran from 2021 until 2022.

Fourth, public leaders like former Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan called people who refused the COVID-19 vaccine "drongos," "idiots," "morons" and "absolute cretins." Such coarse and derogatory remarks, ExcessDeathsAU noted, were seen as harmful to public discourse.

■ 2020-2022: Australia’s covid response (ExcessDeathsAU)
■ Covid democide: a primer (ExcessDeathsAU)

American commanders have reportedly taken over the command of Israeli operations against the Gaza Strip given the deep-running confusion among Israeli military echelons. | Citing sources in the occupied territories of Palestine who are familiar with the matter, Tasnim News said, “Considering the mental and psychological disorder of most of the Israeli military commanders, some American commanders have taken over the leadership of ‘some of their operations’ since the beginning of the Zionist attacks against the Palestinian citizens in Gaza.” The American commanders, Tasnim said, are working hand in glove with their Israeli peers. ● “The extreme psychological pressure caused by the extraordinary operations of the Palestinian resistance (the Al-Aqsa Storm) and the unprecedented losses inflicted on the Israelis have caused this psychological and mental confusion in such a way that many Israeli commanders are unable to make decisions,” the sources said. ● According to the Tasnim report, operations leading to the massacre of Gaza citizens are also carried out jointly by America and Israel. Some of these American commanders participating in the attacks are advising their Israeli comrades to refrain from entering Gaza by land because the possibility of a heavier blow is very high and this battle is not considered a right risk.

■ Biden tells Netanyahu US ‘fully in support’ of Israeli ground invasion of Gaza (PressTV)

The White House has been discussing the possibility of using military force if Hezbollah joins the war in Gaza and attacks Israel with its huge arsenal of rockets, three U.S. officials and one Israeli official with knowledge of the situation tell Axios. | Lebanon-based Hezbollah joining the war would dramatically escalate the Middle East's worst conflict in decades — raising the likelihood of mass civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon and possibly drawing in the U.S. The Israeli military — now focused mostly on Gaza — would have a significantly more difficult time fighting on two fronts simultaneously while missiles rain down on its bases and Israel's population centers.

The attack on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on Tuesday left several hundred people dead | The strike on a Gaza hospital that left hundreds dead should serve as a signal both to Palestinian armed groups and Israel to end the hostilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. ● Speaking to journalists at China’s Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Putin described the powerful explosion that rocked Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, killing at least 500 people according to local authorities, as a “tragedy” and a “terrible incident.” ● “Hundreds of dead and wounded, of course, this is a catastrophe... especially in a humanitarian place. I expect this to be a signal that this conflict should end as soon as possible. In any case, it should lead to the start of some kind of contacts and negotiations,” he said.

■ LIVE: Israel accused of committing a ‘crime of genocide’ after hospital bombing, which killed hundreds (MEE)

■ Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) | The monstrous attack on the hospital in the Gaza Strip is certainly a war crime. And the final responsibility for it lies with those who cynically capitalize on wars in different countries and on different continents. Who recklessly hand out huge sums of money for weapons, loading their military-industrial complex. Who falsely broadcast their global mission to protect democratic values. The United States of America. (T)

Defense officials in Washington have expressed worry over the situation in Palestine and the threat it may pose to US forces across West Asia | Washington has provided its forces occupying Syria's northeastern Deir Ezzor and Hasakah governorates with additional equipment, Turkish media reported on 15 August, in anticipation of attacks by Syrian government forces backed by Iran. “The US provided its forces in Deir Ezzor governorate with radar systems,” Anadolu Agency (AA) said on Sunday, citing local sources. The radars aim to deter "foreign terrorist groups supported by Iran," which are responsible for several attacks this year and last year against US occupation bases and US-occupied oil fields in Syria.

■ U.S. Deploys Large Force - Eyes On Syria
■ US faces defeat in geopolitical war in Gaza (M. K. BHADRAKUMAR)

[The] Israeli government actively and directly participated in creating and propping up Hamas in the service of its own political machinations. | Bibi Netanyahu and his ideological ilk represent more of an existential threat to the continued existence of the Israeli state – and possibly the world if it gets dragged into its geopolitical melodrama -- than any foreign adversary ever could hope to. What many casual news consumers might not know, even ones who consider themselves “informed” – in large part because MSNBC/CIA-funded Washington Post would never tell them – is that Hamas is in no small measure a creation of the Israeli state. Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s how Netanyahu schemed behind the scenes for years to promote the terrorist group he now publicly decries and postures as the savior from. 💬 [...] ‘Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,’ he told a meeting of his Likud party’s Knesset members in March 2019. “This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” On learning that Netanyahu told his comrades this, one might ask obvious questions: Why would Netanyahu be interested in keeping Palestine balkanized politically?

Raz Segal | Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening? | Indeed, Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is quite explicit, open, and unashamed. Perpetrators of genocide usually do not express their intentions so clearly, though there are exceptions.

■ Israel’s campaign to displace Gazans—and potentially expel them altogether into Egypt—is yet another chapter in the Nakba, in which an estimated 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes during the 1948 war that led to the creation of the State of Israel. But the assault on Gaza can also be understood in other terms: as a textbook case of genocide unfolding in front of our eyes. I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians. I have written about settler colonialism and Jewish supremacy in Israel, the distortion of the Holocaust to boost the Israeli arms industry, the weaponization of antisemitism accusations to justify Israeli violence against Palestinians, and the racist regime of Israeli apartheid. Now, following Hamas’s attack on Saturday and the mass murder of more than 1,000 Israeli civilians, the worst of the worst is happening.

■ Under international law, the crime of genocide is defined by “the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such,” as noted in the December 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. In its murderous attack on Gaza, Israel has loudly proclaimed this intent. Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant declared it in no uncertain terms on October 9th: “We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we will act accordingly.” Leaders in the West reinforced this racist rhetoric by describing Hamas’s mass murder of Israeli civilians—a war crime under international law that rightly provoked horror and shock in Israel and around the world—as “an act of sheer evil,” in the words of US President Joe Biden, or as a move that reflected an “ancient evil,” in the terminology of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. This dehumanizing language is clearly calculated to justify the wide scale destruction of Palestinian lives; the assertion of “evil,” in its absolutism, elides distinctions between Hamas militants and Gazan civilians, and occludes the broader context of colonization and occupation.

Over 500 people were killed at al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Palestinian authorities have said | he World Health Organization (WHO) has denounced the attack on a Gaza hospital that killed at least 500 people on Tuesday, calling for “immediate” protection of civilians in the Palestinian territory. Israel has denied responsibility for the strike and blamed Hamas. The WHO 💬 “strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in north Gaza,” said the organizations’ head, Dr. Tedros Adhenom Ghebreyesus. “We call for the immediate protection of civilians and health care, and for the evacuation orders to be reversed.” An Israeli airstrike killed more than 500 Palestinians, both patients and civilians seeking shelter, while “hundreds” more remain under the rubble, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.

■ Минздрав Газы сообщил о 500 погибших в результате удара Израиля по больнице (RG.ru)

■ Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) | The monstrous attack on the hospital in the Gaza Strip is certainly a war crime. And the final responsibility for it lies with those who cynically capitalize on wars in different countries and on different continents. Who recklessly hand out huge sums of money for weapons, loading their military-industrial complex. Who falsely broadcast their global mission to protect democratic values. The United States of America. (T)

Tzipi Hotovely argued that Hamas was responsible for the wellbeing of Palestinian civilians | The Israeli ambassador to London has denied that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, arguing that the Palestinian militant group Hamas must “pay the price” for attacking Israeli civilians. Asked by Sky News about the situation in Gaza on Monday, Tzipi Hotovely replied: “There is no humanitarian crisis.” On Thursday ["Israel"] ordered over 1 million Palestinian civilians to evacuate to the southern part of the densely populated territory. The UN and human rights groups condemned the evacuation order. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, warned that it would bring “devastating humanitarian consequences.” ● [A]n estimated 500,000 Palestinians have fled south since the warning was issued. At least 2,750 Palestinians and over 1,300 Israelis have been killed since October 7, according to officials from both sides.

■ Spanish minister denounces Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza | Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas terrorists need to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Spanish Minister for Social Rights Ione Belarra said on Monday. 💬 “Israel is carrying out a planned genocide” in Gaza by leaving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without water, food, and electricity, Belarra, who is the leader of Podemos, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, claimed. She further described the move as a serious breach of international law and a possible war crime.

A new study based on official government data has revealed that 94% of Covid deaths were among patients who were fully vaccinated for the virus. | The study was based on data from the British government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS recently published an update on deaths by vaccination status in England. The data has shockingly revealed that the vaccinated population accounted for 95% of COVID-19 deaths in the 12 months between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023. 94% of those deaths were among the fully vaccinated – either the triple or quadruple-vaccinated – population. The dataset was published recently by the UK Government and it can be found on the ONS website here
, or downloaded here. The dataset includes deaths by vaccination status between 1st April 2021 and 31st May 2023.

■ Doctors Warn of Severe Mental Breakdowns Among Covid Vaxxed (NewsAddicts)
■ Detective Arrested for Investigating Link Between Infant Deaths and mRNA Shots (NewsAddicts)
■ Moderna Executive: ‘Exploding’ Vaccine Injuries Are ‘Not Our Problem’ (NewsAddicts)

Powerful explosions heard in south Lebanon. Israeli army says it has begun directly bombing Hezbollah military sites in south Lebanon. | Hezbollah has, thus far, stayed OUT of the Hamas-Israel fight. Now, Israel is pre-emptively attacking Hezbollah with intentional military air strikes against specifically targeted Hezbollah assets. Said one observer "This has just started actual war between Israel and Hezbollah."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Chinese capital of Beijing to participate in the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a Sputnik correspondent reported. | On Monday, the Kremlin said that Putin would pay an official visit to China from October 17-18. The Russian leader is expected to hold negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss further development of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, as well as topical regional and international issues. ● According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin and Xi Jiping will exchange detailed opinions and coordinate positions. ● The Kremlin added that Putin would also hold a number of bilateral meetings with the leaders of the participating states of the forum. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also arrived in Beijing on Monday and met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

■ Xi, Putin to conduct in-depth dialogue on bilateral relations — Chinese Foreign Ministry (TASS)
■ 'One of the Most Important Diplomatic Events': China Belt and Road Forum Review (Sputnik News)

Jonathan Cook | The truth is that this moment of catastrophe could never have been reached without western powers indulging, subsidising and providing diplomatic cover for Israel’s brutality towards the Palestinian people, decade after decade. The bloodiest hand in the current slaughter of Palestinians and Israelis belongs, not to Hamas or the Netanyahu government, but to the West.

● Yes, Palestinian fighters carried out a brutal attack at the weekend on Israeli settlements on the edge of the Gaza Strip. But this attack did not emerge from nowhere, or without warning. It was not “unprovoked”, as Israel would like us to believe. In fact, western capitals know exactly how much the Palestinians of Gaza have been provoked, because those same governments have been complicit for decades in supporting Israel as it has ethnically cleansed Palestinians from their homeland and imprisoned the remnants of the population in ghettoes inside historic Palestine.

● For the the past 16 years, western backing for Israel has not wavered, even as Israel has turned the coastal enclave of Gaza from the world’s largest open-air prison into a gruesome torture chamber, where Palestinians are experimented on. Their food and power have been rationed, essentials of life denied to them, their access to drinkable water slowly removed, and their hospitals prevented from receiving medical supplies and equipment. The problem is not ignorance. Western governments have been informed in real-time of the crimes Israel is committing: in confidential cables from their own embassy officials, and in endless reports from human rights groups documenting Israel’s apartheid rule over Palestinians. And yet Western politicians have time and again done nothing to intervene, done nothing to exert meaningful pressure. Worse, they have rewarded Israel with endless military, financial and diplomatic support.

● Where does this endless indulgence from the West ultimately lead? Already, Israel is emboldened to make much more explicit its policy towards Gaza’s two million inhabitants. There is a word for that policy, one we are not supposed to use to avoid causing offence to those implementing it, as well as those who quietly support its implementation. Whether by design or outcome, Israel’s starving of civilians, leaving them with no power, depriving them of clean water, and preventing hospitals from treating the sick and wounded – from treating those Israel has bombed – is a genocidal policy. Western governments know this too. Because Israeli leaders have made no secret of what they are doing.

Isaac Herzog says: 'It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved' | Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Friday that civilians in Gaza bear responsibility for the Hamas attack on southern Israel as Israeli bombs are killing scores of people in the besieged enclave. ● “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,” Herzog said, referring to Gaza, which is not recognized as an independent nation. “It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true.” ● Herzog claimed that civilians in Gaza “could have risen up. They could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’etat.” [So all the children of Gaza could have deposed Ismail Haniyeh and destroyed the Hamas that Israel created and supported with money over the years? They should have done it, right? – Gimme a break, child-killer!] Proponents of the collective punishment of Gaza often claim the civilians living in the enclave elected Hamas. But the last time Gazans participated in elections was in 2006, and many of the enclave’s current citizens were not at voting age or even alive at the time, as about half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are children. ● Hamas’ party won the 2006 elections, but a government was not formed based on the results. After the elections, fighting broke out between Hamas and the rival Fatah party, which was encouraged and backed by the George W. Bush administration. The fighting led to Hamas taking power as the de facto governing body in Gaza in 2007.

■ Israeli veteran, 95, rallies troops to 'erase' Palestinian children (MEE)
■ Biden Admin Gave Hamas $75 Million Days before Attack (N7A)

Fuel reserves in Gaza hospitals are expected to last another 24 hours, then the lives of thousands of patients would be at risk, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday. | "Fuel reserves at all hospitals across Gaza are expected to last for about additional 24 hours. The shutdown of backup generators would place the lives of thousands of patients at risk," the agency said in a statement. ● On October 7, Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel to declare a state of war the following day and launch retaliatory strikes. On Monday, Israel ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel.

■ Carnage, chaos in Gaza: Palestinian death toll from Israeli war surpasses 2,750 (PressTV)
■ Five-hour ceasefire introduced in southern Gaza Strip (TASS)

So-called “order” is just a front for colonialism, with purported rules ever-changing to fit needs, Russian president has said | The Western-promoted “rules-based order” is merely a cover for colonialism, as the presumed rules have never been agreed-on by anyone and are ever-shifting from one case to another, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The president made the remarks in an exclusive interview with state-run broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that was aired on Monday. 💬 “Have you ever seen these rules? No, because no one has ever written them, and no one has ever agreed to them with anyone. How can we talk about order based on rules that no one has seen?” Putin stated.

■ Putin Berates NATO Over Eastward Expansion as Alliance Launches Nuclear Drills in Europe (Sputnik News)

Athletes With Serious Health Issues or Have Died Post-Vaccination | In July, we reported that 1,884 athletes were recorded as having serious health issues post-vaccination. Sadly, 1,310 had died. This was according to the latest reports of athletes recorded in Good Sciencing’s list at the time. ● Good Sciencing is continuously updating its list and tragically, the number keeps rising. From the rollout of the mass covid injection campaigns to the end of September 2023, Good Sciencing had recorded 2,003 athlete cardiac arrests or serious issues. The total includes 1,400 who have died. Many of these heart issues and deaths happen shortly after the person had received a covid injection.

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"A free, independent, and plural media is essential to the functioning of a healthy democracy." | The Media Reform Coalition (MRC) has published a new edition of its flagship ‘‘Who Owns the UK Media?’ report, this is their fifth study on media ownership in the United Kingdom, which covers data for the period since March 2021. According to MRC, the report highlights the dangerous levels of concentrated ownership across the UK’s national and local press, in TV and radio broadcasting, streaming services, and online platforms. ● A free, independent, and plural media is essential to the functioning of a healthy democracy says the MRC, but, their findings show that the UK media is dominated by a tiny handful of corporate media moguls and ‘Big Tech’ tycoons. Across our newspapers, TV channels, radio stations, and online platforms, these companies hold a dangerous level of power to dictate our national conversation and influence the political agenda to favour their own interests. ● An example of media dictating their own agenda was seen in the U.S. Sinclair Broadcast Group, which is the nation’s largest owner of local television stations, faced backlash after being caught using their anchors to push their political views in 2018. The funny clip below shows how that sounded put together in a video.