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Unbelievably - Rothkopf has the audacity to criticize Trump for having "repeatedly shown great fondness for foreign leaders-even despots and known murderers, human rights abusers and criminals", while Rothkopf himself is literally a paid agent working to disseminating propaganda for one of the most repressive regimes on the planet, one that does much of the Saudis' dirty work for it in Washington. And the fact that the Daily Beast makes no disclosure of any of this is what makes this practice - having paid lobbyists and consultants for foreign regimes and corporations masquerade as objective and neutral analysts of the news - such a massive journalistic scandal and fraud.Much of the American public despises mainstream corporate media, but rather than engage in some self-reflection and admit failure they just complain about Trump. It's critical we recognize that mass media in the U.S. is very much part of the very same discredited establishment it's supposed to report on, thus its response to justified criticism is likewise establishment-esque. Blame the readers, blame Trump, blame anyone but themselves.
- From today's Intercept article: MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice
Comment: Is the Baroness wrong? Not only does Israel's action vis a vis the Palestinians breed hatred within for the "sh*tty little country", it actively supports terrorist groups who oppose their geopolitical enemies.