Propaganda

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at the headquarters of Hungary’s public media company Friday to protest what they say is biased news coverage and state-sponsored propaganda that favors the country’s populist government. Demonstrators called for the replacement of the director of public media corporation MTVA and for…

For months, pro-Kremlin media has struck a bellicose tone, proposing that President Vladimir Putin take the extraordinary step of launching a nuclear strike against Ukraine. Across Russian state TV and social media sites, pundits and presenters warned that Europe could be reduced to ashes should it continue its support for…

Kyrie Irving is at the center of the NBA’s biggest story once again for all the wrong reasons. The superstar guard who once used his large and influential platform to suggest the Earth was flat and to take a public stand against the Covid vaccine as the “voice of the…

The conservative propaganda network's response to Friday's gruesome assault has been reprehensible as its pointed a finger at the president and other Democrats Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was savagely beaten with a hammer early Friday morning after an intruder looking for his wife broke into their…

Samizdat 2.0 is here, and so is the hope of change in Russians’ mindset. October 28, 2022 In 1986, when I was 14, my father returned from a business trip to Finland and brought me a copy of Time magazine with a piece about John Lennon. Getting such a gift…

On Thursday, lawmakers of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, unanimously approved draft legislation prohibiting the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations in the media, on the Internet, in commercials, books, or in films. According to the Tass report, around 400 legislators, including State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav…

Beijing named its new propaganda chief on Wednesday, as Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 kicks off his third term as China’s leader with top leadership appointments following the conclusion of the 20th Party Congress. Lǐ Shūlěi 李书磊, 58, was a longtime former senior official of the Central Party School, which provides ideological…

The lower house of Russia’s parliament, the Duma, paved the way for toughening a notorious 2013 “gay propaganda” law on Thursday, its official website said. Lawmakers “unanimously adopted in the first reading amendments to the legislation regarding the prohibition of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations”, a statement on the Duma’s…

Published: 8:48pm, 27 Oct, 2022 Updated: 9:45pm, 27 Oct, 2022 Read More

On Tuesday, journalist Andy Ngo sat down with Balazs Orban, a Fidesz MP and political director for Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, to discuss the nation's hardline stance against medical transitions for minors and "gender propaganda" in schools. The vast majority of Hungarians made it clear via referendums that such…