Daily Archives: February 9, 2022

2022-02-09: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-09). 12 February, NYC: #BoycottPuma Speak Out. samidoun.net Saturday, 12 February 3: 00 pm PUMA Flagship Store 609 5th Ave, NYC Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/898450857498907/ Join us on Saturday, February 12th, outside the PUMA Flagship store in Manhattan, as we demand that PUMA ceases its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. This event is part of of the international day of action to #BoycottPUMA. In …

teleSUR (2022-02-08). US National Cathedral Tolls Bell for 900,000 COVID-19 Victims. telesurenglish.net The Washington National Cathedral tolled its funeral bell 900 times, once for every 1,000 people who had died from COVID-19 in the United States. The mourning, also livestreamed on social media, took nearly 90 minutes. | RELATED: | "I remember when this particular sad tradition began in 2020, when 50,000 and 100,000 seemed horrible and unthinkable. Here we are. Soon, no doubt, one million," tweeted Susan B. Glasser, a f…

John Knefel (2022-02-08). Homeland Security's Attempts to "Combat Misinformation" Are Suspect. truthout.org During Donald Trump's campaign for president, claims of Russian misinformation and disinformation were ubiquitous on cable news, Twitter and op-ed columns. Public discussion of misinformation has since skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, usually focusing on harmful anti-vaccination media coverage on, for example, Fox News and Joe Rogan's popular podcast. There are, of course, no shortage of Fox News segments praising anti-vaxxers until they die, generally by hosts who themselves have gotten the vac…

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