Welcome to episode 17 of the Visu.News podcast, I am Zach D Roberts and this week I chat with fact-checker extraordinaire, Brooke Binkowski formerly the managing editor of Snopes.com about fake news and the future (and past) of journalism in a wide ranging conversation. This was recorded a couple of weeks ago so excuse the tenses….
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MARS Season 2: Discussion and Open Boxing
Occasionally we slip in to Visu.News some entertainment stories but as the site moves forwards we’ll be doing more and more of them – when they are politically relevant. A couple of months ago I was on the set of the the National Geographic TV show, MARS. It’s an incredible show, that deals with climate…
Greetings from the Resistance – Kickstarter
I’ve been covering resistance movements in America since I became a photojournalist. Before that I was an activist, and organized several Bush era protests in Upstate NY. I covered the 2004 GOP convention protests in NYC, anti-war protests, and more. When Occupy Wall Street came about I was there the first day and was beaten…
Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in
Chanting “No to Kavanaugh” over the megaphones, one by one they were pulled from the floor and arrested. Zach D. Roberts / NationofChange / News Report – Originally published on October 5, 2018 Today was a journey for the protesters that have been showing up daily to say no to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh…
‘They want to undo the #Metoo Movement:’ The people unite against Kavanaugh
Three hundred similar gatherings took place across the country, according to the organizers, including a wide number of groups like the Women’s March, ACLU and Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Zach D. Roberts / NationofChange / News Report/Originally published October 4, 2018 As I write this Wednesday night, the FBI investigation into Judge Kavanaugh is concluding…
Greg Palast and Jesse Jackson Are Suing Kris Kobach
Originally published in NationofChange.org Anyone following my and Greg Palast’s work will likely already knows the answer. For the last four years been on the trail of Kobach and his voter purge lists – so after dozens of FOIA’s, thousands of miles of on the road and more airline miles than Trump has racked up…
Keep Hope Alive: VisuNews Co-Editor on Jesse Jackson’s Radio Show
Normally I don’t share my radio and podcast appearances but this was a great one. We were on with an amazing cast of election and voting experts – beyond Jesse Jackson who actually ran for President once (1984) there was David Daley (author RatFucked) and Barabara Arnwine (Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Charles Ellison,…
White Supremacists Who Attacked DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville Given Years in Jail
The slow march of Charlottesville justice continues as Jacob Goodwin has now been given 8 years in prison, 2 suspended. According to Tyler Hammel of the Pulitzer Prize winning Charlottesville paper The Daily Progress, “Goodwin, from Arkansas, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with two years suspended, as well as a $5,000 fine and…
No, Ocasio-Cortez Is NOT The Left’s Sarah Palin
Here’s episode sixteen of the Visu.News podcast. Jeanne Devon is the NY Times bestselling author of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years and most recently she co-authored with Bill Fulton the soon to be tv show – The Blood of Patriots: How I Took Down an Anti-Government Militia with Beer,…
Visu.News Podcast Ep. 15 – Aaron and Zach discuss #Resistance and Democrats
This is episode 15 of the Visu.News podcast. I’m here with my co-host, Aaron Cynic and this week we are discussing activism, the Democratic Party and voting. We are one year and one hundred and ninety three days into the Donald J Trump administration. If you like this and want to see us do more…