{"id":2373,"date":"2019-12-25T18:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T22:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2019-12-26T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T16:30:10","slug":"presstitutes-embedded-in-the-pay-of-the-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2373","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Presstitutes: Embedded in the Pay of the CIA\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Introduction \u2013 Dec 23, 2019<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Udo Ulfkotte\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/tag\/udo-ulfkotte-murdered\/\">died of a heart attack in January 2017<\/a>. Given the efforts to bury his book, there is good reason to believe that he was murdered to prevent him revealing anymore. This makes the English translation of his book Gekaufte Journalisten a \u2018must read\u2019, as it is an insiders account of how our so-called \u2018free press\u2019 is now a controlled organ of the powers that be. Ed.<\/h3>\n<h1>\u2018Presstitutes: Embedded in the Pay of the CIA\u2019<\/h1>\n<h1>Ian Fanton \u2013 for Progressive Press Dec 20, 2019<\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\">\u2014<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGqi-k213eE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u2014<\/div>\n<h5>Political lying? Biased reporting? Smear campaigns? These are now hot topics in the aftermath of the UK\u2019s General Election. But how can all this be going on without the collusion of the press?<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/embedded-in-the-pay-of-the-CIA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-199710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/embedded-in-the-pay-of-the-CIA-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/embedded-in-the-pay-of-the-CIA-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/embedded-in-the-pay-of-the-CIA.jpg 442w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Now for the first time there is an English translation of Udo Ulfkotte\u2019s book \u2018Gekaufte Journalisten\u2019, which reveals from the inside how political journalists in Germany are overwhelmingly serving the CIA \u2013 and he writes from personal experience as a former journalist with the Frankfurter Algemeine.<\/h5>\n<h5>In an interview in English he explains that the situation in the UK is even worse than in Germany (See video in Off-Guardian articles below, ref 4: 8 mins in).<\/h5>\n<h5>The publication of an English translation of his book \u2018Gekaufte Journalisten\u2019 was for some time being blocked by a fake announcement of an English translation that appears never to have existed. This edition by Progressive Press is a must-read for anyone wondering about the fake news being reported uncritically in today\u2019s media \u2013 and indeed by anyone wondering how politicians can get away with so many untruths without being properly challenged.<\/h5>\n<h5>Whilst the topic is still hot, here is some information for immediate publication:<\/h5>\n<h5>Publishers page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivepress.com\/book-listing\/presstitutes\">http:\/\/www.progressivepress.com\/book-listing\/presstitutes<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>Publishers page for the original German edition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kopp-verlag.de\/a\/gekaufte-journalisten\">https:\/\/www.kopp-verlag.de\/a\/gekaufte-journalisten<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>Some press mentions to date:<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h5>Paul Craig Roberts of Institute for Political Economy:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/10\/22\/udo-ulfkottes-book-exposing-cia-control-of-western-journalism-now-available-in-english\/\">https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/10\/22\/udo-ulfkottes-book-exposing-cia-control-of-western-journalism-now-available-in-english\/<\/a>\u00a0(\u2018Udo Ulfkotte\u2019s Book Exposing CIA Control of Western Journalism Now Available in English\u2019 \u2013 quick initial announcement)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/11\/13\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-press\/\">https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/11\/13\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-press\/<\/a>\u00a0(\u2018There Is No Such Thing as a Free Press\u2019 \u2013 a review of the book)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2019\/10\/06\/watch-udo-ulfkotte-bought-journalists\/\">https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2019\/10\/06\/watch-udo-ulfkotte-bought-journalists\/<\/a>\u00a0(Video of a lecture by Udo Ulfkotte in German with English subtitles)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2018\/01\/08\/english-translation-of-udo-ulfkottes-bought-journalists-suppressed\/\">https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2018\/01\/08\/english-translation-of-udo-ulfkottes-bought-journalists-suppressed\/<\/a>\u00a0(This is a report of the fake English version, with an interview in English with Udo Ulfkotte, in which he states that the situation in the UK is worse than in Germany: see 8 mins in)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>In Amazon:<\/h5>\n<h5>5. The original book in German:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Gekaufte-Journalisten-Geheimdienste-Deutschlands-Massenmedien\/dp\/3864451434\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Gekaufte-Journalisten-Geheimdienste-Deutschlands-Massenmedien\/dp\/3864451434\/<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>6. Amazon US:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1615770178\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1615770178<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>7. Amazon UK:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1615770178\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1615770178<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>I am pleased to attach a letter from the Publishers, Progressive Press, and also two files of excerpts from the book: a smaller file without the covers, (Prestute-20pExcerpts.pdf) and a larger file with the front and back cover (Prestute-Exerpts-Cvr.pdf)<\/h5>\n<h5>Yours sincerely,<\/h5>\n<h5>Ian Fantom<\/h5>\n<h5>Halifax, UK<\/h5>\n<h5>for Progressive Press<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Book-blurb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-199711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Book-blurb.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Book-blurb.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Book-blurb-200x300.jpg 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199705\">https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199705<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction \u2013 Dec 23, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}