Publisher’s Note: From the “laugh or cry” department.

If we had a nickel for every time someone passed on a Snopes link as authoritative, we’d be retired and living on our yak farm. Enjoy Jimmy More and Company breaking it down.

August 20, 2021

Snopes “Fact Checkers” Outed For Massive Plagiarism (FAKE NEWS, REDUX)

Publisher’s Note: From the “laugh or cry” department. If we had a nickel for every time someone passed on a Snopes link as authoritative, we’d be […]
March 21, 2021

The “Propaganda Model of News” 2.0 (2023)

Publisher’s Note: Vermont Independent is pleased to announce FREE E-COPIES of THE (POST) TRUTH WORLD, in which we revive and expand Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman’s […]
March 26, 2019

The #RussiaGate Conspiracy Theory “Jumps The Shark” (REDUX)

Publisher’s Note: After 2 1/2 years of Trump/Russia collusion “conspiracy theory” charges by our US imperial “news” minions – MSNBC, CNN, NYT, WashPo, WSJ, and Beyond […]
February 18, 2019

US “News” Censorship In Our Digital Age (F IS FOR…)

Publisher’s Note: How will US “news” censorship work in our Digital Age? The JDS is one of the only US news outlets to keep us apprised. […]
February 6, 2019

The Lobby, the “Integrity Initiative” and “New Knowledge” (FAKE NEWS)

Publisher’s note: The “fake news” bullshit is flying so fast and furiously right now, it’s hard to keep up. Global disinformation campaigns abound. Fortunately, independent investigative […]
October 22, 2018

The “Real Deal” About “Fake News” (CCTV)

Join us in Burlington, Vermont’s CCTV studio for a public conversation about Fake News.
June 27, 2018

Censored 2019: Fighting The Fake News Invasion!

Good news, independent thinkers! Project Censored’s annual CENSORED anthology is back for 2019 – featuring research and stories from our University of Vermont students. And what […]
April 17, 2018

The Post (Truth) World?!: Reviving the Chomsky/Herman “Propaganda Model Of News” For Our Digital Age (BEYOND “FAKE NEWS”)

Publisher’s Note: Consider this an ongoing thread re: our “Propaganda Model of News,” Real News (defined), so-called “Fake News,” censorship, and beyond in our Digital Age. […]
February 17, 2018

From #BernieBros to #PutinPuppets – The “#RussiaHackedThe2016Election Meme Mutates, Again (FAKE NEWS)

So, now, according to “US Special Counsel Robert Mueller,” the 2016 US presidential campaigns of insurgent Democrat/Vermonter Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are […]
February 11, 2018

“Fake News” is Fake News (Anti-Empire Report)

Publisher’s Note: Killing Hope author William Blum is an independent researcher and expert on the US Empire. This article is republished from his Anti-Empire Report #155, February […]
April 30, 2017

US CONSPIRACIES AND “FAKE NEWS” – THEN AND NOW (WGDR +)

“The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame on the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience– soothing falsities, […]
February 19, 2017

US versus Fake News + The Deep State – Are We Ready To Go, Vermont? (CLUSTERFUCK NATION)

Publisher’s note: This past week, mainstream so-called liberal news outlets – NPR, The Nation, and the New York Times among them – have suddenly discovered the […]