Abby and Robbie Martin talk about Donald Trump’s disturbing list of far right, neocon appointees and their nebulous connections with the military industrial complex; the origin of real “fake news” from Matt Drudge, to Andrew Brietbart to InfoWars and their fostering of racism and Islamophobia online; the need for a real movement under what could become a highly repressive and dangerous Cheneyesque era.

Abby Martin
http://theempirefiles.tv/
Abby Martin is a journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, a weekly investigative news program on teleSUR English. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on RT America network, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Abby also is an artist and activist who founded the citizen journalism organization Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Abby appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News (2013), and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013). Follow her on twitter @AbbyMartin

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