Propaganda

A journalist who covered Vice President Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic this week says Pence's office punished him after revealing that visitors were told to wear masks on the trip — a rule the vice president didn't follow. Pence faced criticism for forgoing a mask during the visit, which…

There used to be a time when posters had great influence on the shaping of people’s behavior and opinions. I am, of course, referring to the old-school propaganda posters from the 20th century. The medium was quite popular from around the time of the two World Wars all the way…

A TV screen shows a live news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, October 25, 2017. (Aly Song/Reuters) Speaking truth to power apparently means toeing the Beijing line on COVID-19. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE ‘W ho controls the…

Millions around the world of all political persuasions and creeds agreed last weekend that the demise of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un wasn’t such a bad thing.Now it appears that news wire services may have been too hasty on pulling the trigger on the good news.Still, the tubby tyrant’s health…

China’s government could take control of theatrical windowing when the country’s cinemas re-open, according to a briefing held today. Wang Xiaohui, executive vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the National Film Administration, delivered a speech in which he stressed that the windows, which have been broken…

Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. She is a senior adviser at the University of Delaware's Biden Institute, which is not affiliated with the Biden campaign. Vinograd served on President Barack Obama's National Security Council from 2009 to 2013 and at the Treasury Department under President George W.…

The COVID-19 virus is a large-scale threat demanding extraordinary action. But it is not Nazi Germany, and “beating” another country is not the same as managing the outbreak. We should be wary of leaders who suggest otherwise. NEW YORK – “We are at war,” declares French President Emmanuel Macron. US…

(Bloomberg) --The European Union’s foreign and diplomatic wing said there’s evidence of a “coordinated push” by official Chinese sources to deflect blame for the coronavirus pandemic and promote its response to the virus.Official Chinese sources have been “publicizing announcements and deliveries of bilateral assistance, with polls in certain countries showing…

A children’s workbook cover from Italy, c. 1900. There’s a reason that Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl remains one of the top nonfiction books of all time, with more than 30 million copies sold: Readers are moved by Frank’s intimate chronicle of ordinary youthful pastimes amid the unfolding…

(CNN)Federal investigators are concerned about the potential for hate crimes against minorities in the wake of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, according to the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a letter Monday to law enforcement officials around the country, and obtained by CNN, FBI Director Christopher Wray wrote…