(2020-03-11). Indian farmer DESTROYS nearly $800,000 worth of chickens & eggs over coronavirus fake news on social media. rt.com 
The coronavirus outbreak has not killed anyone in India so far, but it has been absolutely lethal to the poultry industry, with a false rumor leading one farmer to destroy his entire livelihood. | Dr. Suresh Bhatlekar, a poultry farmer from the town of Dahanu in the state of Maharashtra, is one of the many local poultry producers that have fallen victim to the coronavirus-linked panic, fueled by social media posts suggesting that the COVID-19 could be transmitted through white meat. | Though unfounded, the rumor has spread like wildfire on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, prompting many to drop chicken an…
(2020-03-11). The 2020 Election Is Fragmenting the "Alt-Right" truthout.org The "alt-right" celebrated when audio was released of former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg openly justifying his stop-and-frisk policing policy in starkly racial terms. In the audio, former New York City Mayor Bloomberg says clearly that he flooded Black and Brown neighborhoods with police because "that's where the crime is," playing on white nationalist talking points connecting race and crime. | White supremacist leader Richard Spencer reshared the audio on Twitter and asked why Bloomberg wasn't ru…
(2020-03-11). Colombia: Council of State Returns Angela Robledo to Congress. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Council of State Tuesday announced that the Colombia Humana (CH) party's lawmaker Angela Maria Robledo may return to the Lower House after she was charged and dismissed for "double militancy." | RELATED: | "The seat restored to me by the 'Council of State' also belongs to the more than 8 million people who voted for the Human Colombia political project," Robledo tweeted.‚Äã&sbq…
(2020-03-11). "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" indybay.org In California, the richest state in the US, there are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses. | But right now in St. Louis, the Uhuru Movement is creating the basis for an independent African economy by building the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Find out how you can challenge "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" by coming to the Uhuru House on Thursday, March 12th at 7: 00 pm – 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
(2020-03-11). Indian Court Asks Google, Facebook, Twitter to Remove Fake News on Social Media. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): The Delhi High Court has asked the India offices of Google, Facebook, Twitter to put designated officers in charge of taking down fake news and hate speech circulated on sites, particularly in sensitive situations, such as the Delhi violence on 23-25 February.
(2020-03-11). Indian Music Company T-Series Slammed for 'Plagiarising' Producer's Song in Latest Bollywood Film. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India's largest Music Label and film Production Company T-Series is king of the internet after winning an epic battle against Swedish vlogger and video gamer PewDiePie for the most subscribed YouTube channel.
(2020-03-11). What happened to catch it, kill it? Dominic Raab goes VIRAL for UK parliament coughing antics. rt.com 
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab may want to avoid checking his Twitter mentions and enter self-isolation, as he has begun trending online for repeatedly coughing into his hand during the budget debate in the British Parliament. | With this sitting in the House of Commons coming hot on the heels of the news that Health Minister Nadine Dorries has contracted the coronavirus, the timing couldn't have been worse. | The speech also saw the British government pledge a package of £30 billion ($39 billion) to protect the economy from the impact of Covid-19, so all eyes were on Westminster and, more specificall…
(2020-03-10). 'Double standards!' Trump team rips Twitter after it flags Biden 'endorsement' clip but OKs THREE doctored Trump vids. rt.com 
The Trump campaign fired off a withering reply to Twitter after the company said the president had shared a "manipulated" video clip, accusing the platform of unfairly enforcing its rules to help Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. | Twitter appended its first ever "manipulated media" disclaimer to a video on Sunday, warning users that a clip re-tweeted by Trump — showing a stammering Biden as he apparently endorses the president's re-election — was "edited in a misleading way." But the Trump campaign insists Twitter has simply invented a new rule to "protect" the former VP. | "The Biden campaign has a…
(2020-03-10). Afghan president Ghani orders release of Taliban prisoners, important point of deal with US. rt.com 
President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree pardoning Taliban fighters held in Afghan prisons. The move was part of the peace deal Washington made with the group, but official Kabul hesitated to act on it, demanding guarantees. | The Afghan president "has signed the decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners in accordance with an accepted framework for the start of negotiation between the Taliban and the Afghan government," Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted on Tuesday, announcing the measure. | President Ghani has signed the decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban pr…
(2020-03-10). 'I was shunned by stuffy golfing world because of my cleavage,' says social media favorite Paige Spirinac. rt.com 
Former pro golfer Paige Spirinac has slammed what she says is rampant "stuffiness" in the sport, claiming she's been shunned "because of her cleavage" and shamed as "a sl*t." | Spirinac, 26, emerged as a college golf star while at university in Arizona and San Diego, before briefly playing professionally on the women's Cactus Tour in 2015-16. | However, the budding blonde star decided to leave the professional ranks as her social media popularity soared, also featuring in magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. | Spirinac currently boasts 2.2 million Instagram followers, and keeps fans…
(2020-03-10). Testimony of a surgeon working in Bergamo, in the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak. mronline.org 
In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on "how to be responsible on social media", with some recommendations that we all can agree on. |
(2020-03-10). US Sick-Leave Policies, Healthcare Hinder Coronavirus Efforts. telesurenglish.net The presence of the novel coronavirus in the United States, a country where crowdfunding platform GoFundMe is used as a health-care lifeline and even insured patients can face hefty co-payments when visiting the doctor for minor ailments, poses a major challenge for an inequality-riddled system. | RELATED: | The viral outbreak has revealed gaping holes in healthcare coverage at a time when people may need it most…
(2020-03-10). 'Missing the mark': Ex-Warren staffers face outrage over campaign tattoos eerily similar to Holocaust concentration camp numbers. rt.com 
Former staffers for Elizabeth Warren have been taken to the woodshed over tattoos meant to memorialize her ill-fated campaign — which just happen to closely resemble markings given to Holocaust concentration camp prisoners. Oops! | Intending to commemorate the Democratic senator's failed bid for the presidency, at least two former Warren staffers thought tattoos displaying the hex code for the campaign's "Liberty Green" theme would be a clever tribute — until Twitter caught wind of it. In an avalanche of criticism, netizens wasted no time in pointing out the obvious — albeit accidental — r…
(2020-03-09). Chernobyl to Katrina: Pundits scramble to compare Trump's handling of coronavirus to previous catastrophes. rt.com 
Media are comparing US President Donald Trump's (mis)handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic to high-profile historical disasters, from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Hurricane Katrina…and even the fall of Rome. | Pundits eager to see the end of Trump have rushed to compare what they view as his failure to properly deal with the coronavirus outbreak to legendary disasters from recent and ancient history, regardless of how well those disasters reflect current events. | The president himself retweeted a meme that was quickly interpreted as comparing himself to Emperor Nero, who supposedly fiddled whil…
(2020-03-09). Trump says crashing markets good for consumers, blames Russia, Saudi Arabia and Fake News. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump can't seem to decide whether a sudden, massive drop in oil prices is good or bad for the country, so he's hedged his bets on Twitter, suggesting it's "Good for the consumer" but bad for markets. | Blaming the "market drop" on "Saudi Arabia and Russia…arguing over the price and flow of oil" in a Monday morning tweet, the president whipsawed around and – within the same minute! – bragged that the resulting chaos was "good for the consumer," because gas prices would go down. | Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for…
(2020-03-09). Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination. news.un.org Sudan's Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was "safe and in good shape".
(2020-03-06). Oil firm dumps plans to drill the Bight, but fight not over. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-03-02). Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence. democracynow.org 
The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54 — the highest number of fatalities outside of China, where the outbreak began. Experts say the real number of people who died from the disease may be as high as 200. This comes after Iran's deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, posted a video on social media last week acknowledging he contracted coronavirus. Just one day before, he seemed ill at a press conference, where he downplayed the spread of coronavirus in the city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary. Iran…
(2020-02-21). In the Midst of Infighting, Anti-LGBTQ Church Network's Website and Social Media Disappear. splcenter.org The New Independent Fundamental Baptist network, most prominently associated with anti-LGBTQ pastor Steven Anderson, appears to be in turmoil as infighting again erupts, this time between Anderson and fellow pastors in the network.