Alan MacLeod
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Salon,
RawStory,
Routledge,
Common Dreams,
AlterNet
and
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World politics, US, UK and Latin America, fake news and media bias, social media, cyberwarfare, health
Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews. I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.
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Alan MacLeod’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Alan MacLeod is a journalist and former academic who specilizes in propaganda, fake news, media criticism and Latin America.
His first book, "Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting" was published in 2017. His latest book, "The Propaganda Model in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent" will be published in 2019.
He is Senior Staff Writer at MintPress News and contributes to media criticism website Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
Alan MacLeod’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 4 answers →What does it mean to be a journalist?
Journalism is about printing news powerful people don't want published. Everything else is just public relations.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did not. I backed into journalism almost by mistake.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my bike or walking in the mountains.