Genocide In Yemen: Media Complicit In US-Saudi War Crimes

Writer and political analyst Catherine Shakdam shines a light on the routinely under-reported crisis in Yemen, telling Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ what’s really motivating the Saudi-led, US-backed war on the most impoverished country on the Arabian Peninsula.

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In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 photo, infant Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Udai died on March 24. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Maad al-Zikry)

Yemen has been devastated by asymmetrical aerial bombardment by a Saudi-led coalition, and the war on Yemen, along with a Saudi-imposed blockade, is having disastrous impacts on food and water security. The United Nations reported in October that more than half of Yemen’s 28 million people are short of food. At least 1.5 million children are

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‘Fake News’ Isn’t New: Dissecting Two Decades Of War Propaganda

Author and noted peace activist David Swanson joins host Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ about the narrative on Aleppo and Russia’s role in the Syrian conflict, dissecting who benefits and how.

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The Nayirah testimony was a false testimony given before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990 by a 15-year-old girl who provided only her first name, Nayirah.

MINNEAPOLIS --- The “fog of war” erupts in the confusion caused by the chaos of war. And in the media, it’s an intentional phenomenon that makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction. While the battles over war narratives evolve, they all have a common goal: to distort reality on the ground. Such is the case on the crisis in Syria, the

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Exploring The Top Censored Stories Of 2016 With Project Censored’s Mickey Huff

As public trust in the mainstream media plummets amid widespread censorship and propaganda, media literacy expert Mickey Huff joins Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ to shed light on the year’s top censored stories.

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Top censored 2017

MINNEAPOLIS --- Censorship, a tool often wielded by despots, is also a pastime of democratic governments and their corporate media lapdogs. Whether journalists are operating as part of a free press or as the puppets of a repressive government, the goal is the same: control public perceptions by carefully bending information to suit a particular

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Cold War 2.0: A New Wave Of McCarthyites & Anti-Russian Propaganda Emerge In Response To ‘Fake News’

Shadowproof’s Kevin Gosztola joins Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ to discuss the ramifications of the new ‘red scare’ for legitimate alternative media in the post-election ‘fake news’ frenzy.

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For "Newsweek," Putin is the "West's public enemy number one."

MINNEAPOLIS --- On November 24, the European Union -- that self-professed haven of free speech -- passed a nonbinding resolution aimed at combating Russian state-owned media. Accusing Russia of undermining “democratic values” and seeking to “divide Europe” via its media networks, the document specifically calls out RT, despite the fact that less

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VICE’s Fall From Counterculture Hipster Rag To Neoliberal Government Mouthpiece

Robbie Martin, director of the documentary series ‘A Very Heavy Agenda,’ joins Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ to discuss how VICE became a government lapdog pushing pro-interventionist messaging to a millennial audience wary of the government.

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Vice founders Shane Smith, left, and Suroosh Alvi, attend the 20th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, May 16, 2016, in New York.

MINNEAPOLIS --- Disney, Fox News, Bill Maher and former U.S. government officials -- seems like a pretty random list, right? Well, they have one surprising thing in common: VICE. No, I’m not talking about porn, gambling or drugs. I’m talking about the multimedia empire that’s leading the mainstream media machine in producing “edgy”

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Cindy Sheehan: What’s Worse? Trump’s Background Checks or Clinton’s Policy of Mass Murder?

The anti-war activist whose son died in Iraq in 2004 joins Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ to discuss the status of the anti-war movement today and what voters who want an end to war should consider before heading to the ballot box.

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Cindy Sheehan is taken into custody by a United States Park Police officer during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbB27IvrhE MINNEAPOLIS --- Foreign policy is a cornerstone of every presidential campaign. More than foreign aid or identifying our allies, though, a prospective president’s foreign policy can be examined through a willingness or unwillingness to go to war. And it’s up to the public to decide: Do we want

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