Propaganda

By: Bloomberg | Published: June 2, 2020 3:06:55 pm China’s leaders recently moved to impose sweeping new national security legislation on the Asian financial hub. (File)Chinese officials and state media needled the Trump administration over race-related protests and looting that have engulfed U.S. cities in recent days, after weathering criticism…

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Dozens of telecommuting Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday in a rare display of defiance against their boss, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whom they are criticizing for not taking a sufficiently strong stance against the violent and habitually sophistic content posted by President Donald Trump to their platform. Because most Facebook employees are working from home…

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”,…