[68][69] His books Death of the Liberal Class and Empire of Illusion are strongly critical of American liberalism. He was also the first president to recognize and weaponize the power of post-modernist reasoning; he took the formerly left-wing postmodern disdain for objective reality and used it to create a right-wing world of alternative facts, in the memorable words of Kellyanne Conway, his personal Counselor. Chris Hodges is founder and leader of Church of the Highlands. July 7, 2017: Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on sidelines of G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The official Facebook page for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. It was a brilliant stroke by the team of Americas first true Demagogue-in-Chief. However, it is not journalism. The New York Times and The Washington PostsharedPulitzer Prizes in 2019 for their reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connection to the Trump campaign, the President-elects transition team and his eventual administration.. In a New York Times column thatcalledTrump the Siberian candidate, Paul Krugman wrote that the platform was watered down to blandness by the Republican president. Trump was the worst president in American history. What is worse, major media organizations, which produced thousands of stories and reports that were false, refuse to engage in a serious postmortem. But, bring it on, Donald. In his early career, Hedges worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, and Dallas Morning News. The systematic failure was so egregious and widespread that it casts a very troubling shadow over the press. The advent of digital media and the compartmentalizing of the public into antagonistic demographics has destroyed the traditional model of commercial journalism. Probably not, but mostly thinking of saving money by withdrawing troopsor getting South Korea to pay full cost plus 50 percent. His father was a World War II veteran, Presbyterian minister, and anti-war activist. Its a forgone conclusion. I wonder if MediaCorp even gave a thought to the people who bought trumps act and were/still are ready to go all jabberwocky on them? They married in 2012 and had their first baby the next 12 months. [3], On April 15, 2016, Hedges was arrested, along with 100 other protesters, during a sit-in outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C. during Democracy Spring to protest corporate political influence. This article was originally posted as a thread on Twitter. [78] The Obama administration appealed the decision and it was overturned in July 2013 by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. His birth sign is Cancer. ixated on Religion, Politics, Media. On Contact was nominated for an Emmy in 2017, RT America's first significant award nomination, but the award was won by Steve. In my view, the slow death of truth and journalism reached critical mass under the Obama/Biden administration, which moved from overt wars like Iraq to cover operations like Syria, fought not only through proxies but through information warfare. Those who reported stories that challenged the dominant narrative were targets, not only of the U.S. government but also of the hierarchies within news organizations such as The New York Times. by Chris Hedges March 9, 2020. Music by The Chris Hodges Band and other Chris Hodges projects. [48][49], In 2006, Hedges was awarded a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Nonfiction.[50]. Chris Hodges has an estimated net worth of $1 million dollars as of 2022. We cover each other's sources when it's a good story because otherwise everyone would get hold of it. WINNER OF THE 2017 MARTHA GELLHORN PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM. 29 talking about this. [71], Hedges has argued that the impact of population growth must be addressed, saying "all measures to thwart the degradation and destruction of our ecosystem will be useless if we do not cut population growth. +64 9 916 8321. The rhetoric is just as bad as a small news outlet with the journalists who think they have all the answers. It is gone. [44][45] Hedges had to end the commencement speech short because of the various student disruptions,[46] which included an additional microphone cut, foghorns,[47] and chants of "God Bless America. So, in a way, I didnt pay for it. Giving subscribers what they want makes commercial sense. He previously worked overseas forThe Dallas Morning News,The Christian Science Monitor and NPR. He joined the ministry in 1984, where he was serving as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center outside Baton Rouge. An unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondents. REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (May 4, 2021) - For engineer Chris Hodges, Redstone Arsenal is a family tradition. The Trump regime arguably had the same bunch of rabid, cowardly warmongers rehashed from previous regimes: Bolton, Pompeo, Barr, etc. David Hodges and Ashley Terkeurst Relationship David and Ashley met in 2011 and began relationship shortly afterward. . There are plenty of proven reporters of quality available. Bob Woodward, appearing on Fox News, called the dossier a garbage document that never should have been part of an intelligence briefing, Gerthwritesin his report. A fast, driving indie pop rock track in the style of The Black Keys, Foster The People, Neon Trees, Phoenix, The Bravery, The Strokes and Kings Of Leon. And it is getting worse, if that is possible. Stupid, insincere or both. expenses and financial returns to the US); and b) whatever makes him look good, powerful, and smarter than other people. Guess again Chris Hedges is a progressive journalist, prolific writer, activist, and university lecturer. Hodges is estimated to receive an annual salary ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. Lets move on from the continuous lament about how rotten the MSM is. Keep going. This was May of 2016. Pastor Chris Hodges, founder of the Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, and his sons David and Michael, spoke at three different campuses during the tongue-in-cheek "Hodges Takeover". The career-killing campaigns against those who reported controversial stories or expressed controversial opinions was not lost on other reporters and editors who, to protect themselves, practiced self-censorship. Could the edifice of American politics possibly more hackneyed or less serious? It is not a pretty confession, which is why it wont happen. Hes another type of psycho along with the ones already in place, but not to their liking, as with one of them not dealing properly with a very bad odor about his person. [54] Additional accusations of plagiarism from Ketcham were countered by an independent investigation from the Type Media Center. [27][28] He reported on the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 and shortly after the war uncovered what appeared to be one of the central collection points and hiding places for perhaps thousands of corpses at the large open pit Ljubija mine during the Bosnian Serbs' ethnic cleansing campaign. Chris has extensive experience advising on a broad range of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. This, unfortunately, is the model that now defines the commercial media. 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Title: Chris Hedges' disoriented concept of "political maturity" Author: World Socialist Web Site Created Date: 3/4/2023 1:01:08 AM In addition to the Freak Show and Russo-phobic hysteria created by the Mass Media Cartel, the absurdity of Trump (or any other puppet emperor) being friendly to Russia should be obvious as well. The Washington PostandNPRreported, incorrectly, that Trump had weakened the GOPs stance on Ukraine in the party platform because he opposed language calling for arming Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons a positionidentical to that of his predecessor President Barack Obama. Want to Build Class Solidarity? Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of RT's On Contact, a weekly interview series on US foreign policy, economic realities and civil liberties in American society.He's the author of 14 books, including several New York Times best-sellers. They would be ecstatic if Drumpf would be puppet emperor again. He compared his decision to a vow of abstinence, adding that it is necessary "to make radical changes to save ourselves from ecological meltdown. In his early career, Hedges worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, and Dallas Morning News. 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July 7, 2017: Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on sidelines of G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. These are the people who debated putting Occupy in concentration camps! (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons). Proxy? But why? [85][86], In September 2020, Hedges spoke at the Movement for a People's Party convention. Eric Severeid, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Scheer, a few publications such as the LA Times, were pretty reliableI mean by being critical of The Establishment. I wonder how Sy Hersh gets by. All that is total BS. How do they explain to the public that their hatred for Trump led them to accuse him, for years, of activities and crimes he did not commit? The Chris Hedges Report: The Trump-Russia Saga and the Death Spiral of American Journalism chrishedges.substack.com The Trump-Russia Saga and the Death Spiral of American Journalism The media caters to a particular demographic, telling that demographic what it already believes even when it is unverified or false. Democrats do not want to replace Obamacare either (although on that point Trump was lying and they did not, Sanders participates in Democratic party but not in its elite). God's greatest angel Lucifer, became God's greatest enemy when "pride" was found in his heart. Plenty to criticize, bitterly even. Chris Hodges, 36. 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In 2009, the broadcast ministry of "Abiding Above with Chris Hodges," began its first radio broadcast with Bott-Radio Network - WCRV 640AM in Memphis, TN airing our brief 2-minute "Encouraging Message" at 5:00PM. .Theres the my truth and your truth mode of mediating reality which has gained currency. Chris Hughes is Defence and Security Editor of the Daily Mirror. [83] Hedges supported Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the 2016 election. Hodges entered the ministry in 1984 as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [80][81], Hedges was previously a plaintiff in Clapper v. Amnesty International. [4][5] He was raised in rural Schoharie County, New York, southwest of Albany. All you say it true, but i feel the real story of t.rump and collusion with russian oligarchs is being covered up by the false stories you speak of here. First, a federal agency like the CIA or FBI secretly briefs Congress, Gerthwrites. It wont achieve their objective. Chris advises clients across a wide range of industries on corporate transactions including . What a depressing article. Chris Hodges is the senior pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. Apparently the security state was actually thinking at one point of assassinating him! Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during presidential election 2016. Find Chris Hodges's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more. Who listens to President Putin, who has explained in detail the plans for Russias eventual response to the 8 years or more of US/NATO interference in Russia neighbor Ukraine? Mainstream journalism, being already under the influence of postmodernist ideas of relativism, had no tool to reply to this, except to rage and rant against Trump at every turn. But when mistakes occur, they must be acknowledged and publicized. How do they justify their current lack of transparency and dishonesty? Naive wishful thinking. Under his leadership, Church of the Highlands has grown to become one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the nation, offering multiple services each weekend at a variety of sites. Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and commentator. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Hedges&oldid=1129007199, 21st-century American non-fiction writers, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award winners, Articles with dead external links from January 2022, Articles with permanently dead external links, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Articles with dead external links from June 2016, Wikipedia articles with style issues from June 2022, Pages using Sister project links with hidden wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 December 2022, at 03:53. We are going to need them more and more as things continue to unravel. Hedges petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case,[79] but the Supreme Court denied certiorari in April 2014. The views expressed are solely those of the author and may or may not reflect those ofConsortium News. He started the ministry in 1984 serving as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center. Hedges has worked for a decade teaching writing classes in prisons in New Jersey through a program offered by Princeton University[58] and later Rutgers University. It refers to apparatchiks who are just doing their job, which was what Eichmann was, a little grey man doing his job. First, a federal agency like the CIA or FBI secretly briefs Congress, Gerth, The reports that Trump was a Russian asset began with the so-called Steele dossier, financed at first by Republican opponents of Trump and later by Hillary Clintons campaign. Hedges hosted the television program On Contact for RT America from 2016 to 2022.[2][3]. How do CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, How do they level with viewers and readers that the most basic rules of journalism were ignored to. Just something to work around while being maintained for show. Hedges said "it will be the last time" he appears on the show, and compared the CBC to Fox News. We will update his annual salary soon when available. He . He later told me that the Post wasnt interested in his harsh criticism of the dossier. News organizations, whose future is digital, have at the same time filled newsrooms with those who are tech-savvy and able to attract followers on social media, even if they lack reportorial skills. The charges in the dossier which included reports of Trump receiving a golden shower from prostituted women in a Moscow hotel room and, Bob Woodward, appearing on Fox News, called the dossier a garbage document that never should have been part of an intelligence briefing, Gerth, Asked how they reacted, Woodward said: To be honest, there was a lack of curiosity on the part of the people at the, Other reporters who exposed the fabrications , The handful of reporters who have responded to Gerths investigative piece, such as David Corn at, Chris Hedges: Russiagate Spells Journalisms Death, Make your tax-deductible donation by clicking, The walls are closing in, with startling rapidity, on independent journalism, Biden Administrations Capitulation to Israel, Until This DayHistorical Perspectives on the News. Hedges has described himself as a socialist[66][67] and an anarchist. It is a horrible business if you are looking for truth: totally horrible. Then Democrats or Republicans selectively leak snippets. Mainstream journalism was never good going back decades prior to the internet, apart from a few. Refresh and try again. Trump had a decent idea of negotiating with North Korea and put Bolton in charge. Valheim Genshin Impact Minecraft Pokimane Halo Infinite Call of Duty: Warzone Path of Exile Hollow Knight: Silksong Escape from Tarkov Watch Dogs: Legion. Copyright 2023 . He was on the right track here from a world-peace, Korean sympathy point of view. Chris Hedges . But the fabricated thingy about Russia supposedly tilting the election in t rumps favor to me smacks of Clinton looking to get her grudge on with MSM cooperating. [52] Hedges resumed work with Scheer after the launch of Scheerpost. Chris Hodges Age. The New York Times, for example, in January 2018,ignoreda publicly available document showing that the F.B.I.s lead investigator, after a 10-month inquiry, did not find evidence of collusion between Trump and Moscow. Now were left with Substack, Rumble, and CN or Scheerpost- which at least, to their credit, do not have a paywall. Like that of his Democratic opponents. Finally, the story comes out, using vague attribution. These cherry-picked pieces of information largely distorted the conclusions of the briefings. [37] Hedges' contribution to the Times award was an October 2001 article describing Al Qaeda's foiled bombing plot of the Embassy of the United States, Paris.[38]. Hedges began work as a freelance journalist, writing for newspapers such as The Washington Post and covering the Falkland War from Buenos Aires for National Public Radio (NPR). Books by Chris Hodges The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise Chris Hodges $ 3.99 - $ 16.92 Qu sigue? Mr. Hodges joined the Curtis staff in 1995 and was an integral part of Curtis for 25 years. "[10][11][12], Hedges gained an interest in pursuing journalism as a means of furthering ministry after a period of close communications with British journalist Robert Cox, who was at that time reporting on the Dirty War in Argentina. [7], Hedges was based in Paris following the attacks of 9/11, covering Al Qaeda in Europe and the Middle East. Since it began in 2001, Highlands has grown to have campuses across the state of Alabama, known for its life-giving culture and focus on leading people to an intimate relationship with God. Even some so-called anti-war folks buy into Trumps America First BS and he is anti imperialist WTF?. [39], Conservative outlets referenced the articles in justifying the invasion of Iraq. Plus there was a revenge motivation, Trump became known as politically engaged by latching to Obama birth certificate issue, and was very inventive with insults. Fresh Air: What Happens When You Discover the Powerful Secrets of a God-Breathed Life. Writing on a deadline, does not cover four years. If anything, Trump was one of the most refreshingly honest persons ever to reside in the White House, who had no problem saying what was on his mind even if it went against normal conventions. Clear rating. Kim Jong Un, who might be similar in personality to Trump but more intelligent, is NOT interested whatever in attacking other countries. Democrats could not do any better, they like hateful rhetoric and lack industrial policies either. It was always very iffy even before that, just look at the works by Michael Parenti, Ben Bagdikian, and Chomsky and Herman. US Transportation Sec Buttigieg? [59] Hedges has become a fierce critic of mass incarceration in the United States,[60] and his experience as an educator in New Jersey prisons served as inspiration for his 2021 book Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison. As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. The argumentation is made very well by Christian Parenti in his recent article in Gray Zone: hXXps://thegrayzone.com/2023/02/15/trump-empire-they-hated-him/ Trump against empire: is that why they hate him?. Hedges wrote a November 8, 2001 Times cover story about two former Iraqi military commanders who claimed to have trained foreign mujahedeen how to hijack planes[41] and destroy vital American infrastructure. Chris Hodges is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination and Press and Public Diplomacy at the State Department's Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs. While having one year left before graduation, Hedges briefly dropped out of Harvard to study Spanish in Cochabamba, Bolivia with the support of the Catholic Maryknoll Fathers. Less bloodthirsty? Watch on. Street art in Washington, D.C. by Craig Tinsky. Social Media. Hequitshortly after being transferred to a dead-end job at the financial desk. Become a Consortium News member! Chris Hodges and Matt Minor sit down with Pastor Chad Veach to talk about essential leadership principles. There are no longer any objective points of reference on issues/events upon which we could all accept as fact/truth. Apple Jr. supported Hedges' defiance of the pool system. USD $133.95. For me, Iraq gate in 2003 spelled the mainstream medias death. . Hedges reported for The New York Times from 1990 to 2005,[1] and served as the Times Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief during the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Trump should be tried for high crimes and war crimes, just like the rest. Confession wont get it back. Chris Hodges is the founding and senior pastor of Church of the Highlands. However, my approach to the consumption of media is found in a statement by Gautama Buddha who once said, Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.. Toggle primary navigation. He was insincere and inept. Please, if you can, sign up atchrishedges.substack.comso I can continue to post my Monday column on ScheerPost and produce my weekly television show, The Chris Hedges Report.. "I understand how this has made you feel and I apologize. Click a location below to find Chris more easily. Andrew Nichols: Ive tried for quite some time now to state so briefly and pointedly as you have, what has been the effect of Trump and Trumpism in the US. Its pretty desperate and pathetic to me that folks would look to scum like Trump to save the day and believe the blah blah at face value, while conveniently ignoring the facts. After Trumps first meeting as president with Putin, he was attacked as if the meeting itself proved he was a Russian stooge. With his non-stop lying, the media noted a curious phenomena: that a lie repeatedly told eventually becomes the truth, and tried to counter this by telling their own lies. Watch these liars on TV, listen to them on the radio, read them in trash such as the NYT, they are just little grey men and women doing their jobs, caring nothing for truth or decency. +64 21 687 335. [email protected]. i think you and the other journalists who i read and admireneed to dig deeper beyond the bone you seem to be adamant about saying is falsetheres a whole carcass just below. Surely the reference to Russian oligarchs, the bane of the life of Putin from the time of his election, shows your bias.These people, based in luxury in the West with their stolen funds from Russia, are the very people Putin went to great lengths to keep in check. [51] Hedges and the staff had gone on strike earlier in the month to protest the publisher's attempt to fire the Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer, demand an end to a series of unfair labor practices and the right to form a union. Such is the level of disorientation induced by a 24/7 corporate media bubble, along with ever more sophisticated modes of propaganda and psy-ops. This column is from Scheerpost, for which Chris Hedges writesa regular column. It gave too much credibility to officialdom, but, as Schanberg told me, the old model of news arguably kept the swamp from getting any deeper, from rising higher.. [70], On September 20, 2014, a day before the People's Climate March, Hedges joined Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, and Kshama Sawant on a panel moderated by WNYC's Brian Lehrer to discuss the issue of climate change. Chris Hodges entered the ministry in 1984 as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. News organizations repeatedly seized on any story, he documents, no matter how unverified, to discredit Trump and routinely ignored reports that cast doubt on the rumors they presented as fact. Contact Chris. $14.95 1 New from $14.95. Critique of that would go against the beliefs of Democratic elite. These outlets ignored the platformssupportfor sanctions against Russia as well its call for appropriate assistance to the armed forces of Ukraine and greater coordination with NATO defense planning.. Chris Hodges is an American diplomat, currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination and Press and Public Diplomacy at the Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs at the US Department of State. WikiLeaks has given the public more scoops than most journalists can imagine: a truth-telling that has empowered people all over the world. Career Well done. Hedges consulted the U.S. Embassy in Turkey to confirm their identity, and the embassy falsely did so[40] as the real al-Ghurairy had never left Iraq. Hedges made some freelance contributions for The Washington Post,[13] and later covered the Falklands War from Buenos Aires for National Public Radio using equipment given to him by NPR reporter William Buzenberg. etc. He was fired along with all of the editorial staff in March 2020. News organizations repeatedly seized on any story, he documents, no matter how unverified, to discredit Trump and routinely ignored reports that cast doubt on the rumors they presented as fact. [43] His speech was received with boos, and his microphone was shut off three minutes after he began speaking. . From 1983 to 1984, he covered the conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala for The Christian Science Monitor and NPR. Besides, the Trump freaks want to nuke Iran and China, the Biden freaks want to nuke Russia. The systematic failure was so egregious and widespread that it casts a very troubling shadow over the press. Russia has every right to feel threatened, betrayed, and angry. Examples: breaking the deal with Iran and murdering Soleimani together with Iraqi hosts. I guess the purported Western World is pretty much limited to zombie journalism, the writing dead: I like that phrase very much, zombie journalism, especially given that they are the zombies and their owners are the vampires. You can see my interview with Gerthhere. Jonny: Other than style, its difficult to find significant differences between Trump and previous presidents. NEWSLETTER: Digitaldownstream.substack.com Follow More from Medium Eric. This collapse is exemplified by the now pathological partisan divisions, stoked by juvenile memes promoting smug superiority.