Propaganda

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. A  hot-off-the-presses Washington Post- ABC News poll says the majority of Americans surveyed would prefer policies that slow the spread of COVID-19, even if they come at…

from the and-now-OAN-will-have-to-pay-her-legal-bills dept The only news network further to the right than Fox News has just seen its baseless libel lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow dismissed under California's anti-SLAPP law. While Fox occasionally has to acknowledge the real world and employs a few newscasters critical of the President…

Pussy Riot have teamed up with Argentinian artists Parcas, Dillom, and Muerejoven for a new protest song called “1312.” They’ve also shared an animated music video to accompany the song. Check it out below.“1312” is a critique of femicides (sex-based hate crimes) in Latin America, as well as police violence.…

First Lady Melania Trump said on Friday that there is "no reason for violence" following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes."Our country allows for peaceful protests, but there is no reason…

Earlier this week, 11 local broadcasters were caught airing “news” segments that were actually advertisements praising Amazon’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Experts say the ads—which featured an Amazon PR rep pretending to be a reporter—not only violated the law, but are a shining example of how media consolidation is…

The new religious freedom adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development once called Islam a “barbaric cult” and shared a meme that said people should be forced to eat bacon before purchasing a gun, among other racist posts. Those sentiments are dangerous, and he needs to step down, several…

A group of cartoonists painting walls as part of a COVID-19 awareness campaign organised by the Kerala Social Security Mission and Kerala Cartoon Academy at Caltex Junction in Kannur on Thursday.   | Photo Credit: S.K. MOHAN The sentinel surveillance studies conducted in Kerala so far have given “good results”,…

After Trump threw a tantrum over Twitter doing the bare-minimum to fact-check his deliberately misleading tweets, Trump announced plans to sign an Executive Order that forces social media to "protect" "free speech." Because government-approved top-down authoritarian control of private companies is apparently now a central tenet of the Republican Party.…

A map of population density in Tokyo, circa 1926, shows how maps splice and dice demographic data. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library All maps have biases. A new online exhibit explores the history of map distortions, from intentional propaganda to basic data literacy.This interview is adapted from the latest…

As its global image takes a big hit, the Chinese Communist Party is using an arsenal of spin, obfuscation, hyperbole, and outright disinformation to win back its reputation. Kathy Gilsinan May 28, 2020 Arsh Raziuddin / The AtlanticIt was posed as an innocent question, not an accusation. If the U.S.…