Manufacturing Fear and Loathing, Maximizing Corporate Profits! A Review of Matt Taibbi’s Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another

Matt Taibbi’s must-read new book Hate Inc. describes how the media stokes fake conflicts to prevent consideration of real issues.
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Recession ahead: China won’t bail US out this time (Full show)

5 Nov, 2019 01:28 / Updated 7 hours ago

Recession ahead: China won’t bail US out this time (Full show)

Rick Sanchez explains why the Federal Reserve’s recent behavior seems to indicate a looming recession. Beijing bought trillions of dollars in US debt in 2009. Would China again rescue the US from economic oblivion? Sourabh Gupta of the Institute for China-America Studies joins Rick Sanchez to share his expertise.

President Trump has announced that he intends to “secure the oil” in Syria. US media was largely uncritical of the move while the Defense Department confirmed that the US military would be protecting the oil “from ISIS and others.” RT America’s Michele Greenstein has the details.

Then former Pentagon official Michael Maloof offers his analysis. Senior airlines officials plan to fly in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in an attempt to rebuild consumer confidence in the company. RT America’s John Huddy reports. Plus, RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports on a lawsuit against a fertility clinic by a man who says it used his sperm to beget 17 children.

Zelenskiy Dismisses Senior Ukrainian Security Official

As finance minister for two years under former President Petro Poroshenko, Danylyuk was Ukraine’s point man for talks with the Washington-based International Monetary Fund. During his tenure, Danylyuk also took part in nationalizing the country’s biggest lender, Privatbank, when a hole of nearly $6 billion was found on the bank’s balance sheet.
— Read on www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-dismisses-senior-ukrainian-security-official/30191667.html