The Gary Null Show - 09.19.18

The propaganda war between corporate and independent media and the rising epidemic of censorship of independent -- particularly activist - online news and commentary sources

 

Abby Martin is one of our leading international voices among younger American journalists and media activists.  She is the host of the investigative documentary news program The Empire Files on the pan-Latin American network Telesur TV English out of Caracas Venezuela.  Recently US sanctions against Venezuela has forced Telesur to stop broadcasting after having its wire cut. The Empire Files features hard hitting investigative history and insights into subjects ignored by mainstream corporate media. Earlier Abby was the host of Breaking the Set on the Russia Today network. Abby is a founder of the organization Media Roots that supports citizen journalism, and serves on the board of the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored, which airs on the PRN network; and she also co-directed the film “99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaboration.”  Older Empire Files episodes can be viewed at TheEmpireFiles.tv and on Youtube, and her personal website as an accomplished visual artist is AbbyMartin.org