Propaganda

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…

Another bananas White House coronavirus press conference. Totally normal president having a totally normal pandemic briefing with reporters. From an exchange between PBS NewsHour reporter Yamiche Alcindor and impeached President Donald Trump: Yamiche: Are you concerned that downplaying the virus got people sick? Trump: And a lot of people love…

Americans don’t trust the government, and they don’t trust the media. That trend has been evident for years, but the Trump era has accelerated it. Now we can see the worst-case scenario that trend could create, playing out in front of our eyes: Confronted with a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic, there’s…

Say goodbye to your guildmates in China, as CCP extends its political censorship to online gaming world By Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2020/04/15 17:00 (Nintendo's Animal Crossing screengrab) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After blocking a popular Nintendo game "Animal Crossing," the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking its political…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's conspicuous absence from commemorations for his grandfather Kim Il Sung's birth anniversary this week suggests he could be looking to emphasise his own authority over his family's legacy, analysts said.The April 15 birthday of the North's founder is the most important celebration of the…

CSPAN • Trump intent on "reopening" some U.S. states within weeks, ignoring medical experts and the state's rights the GOP is generally so concerned with. The Washington Post reports today on FEMA and CDC draft plan that enables him to do this. Late on Tuesday, right after we learned that…

Image: Shutterstock “FACEBOOK already paid $238,000 in 2018 to resolve a previous dispute over political advertising in Washington state.” The attorney general for Washington state filed a second lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, over political ads in the 2020 presidential election season. The lawsuit says Facebook once again has failed…

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NEW YORK: The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic. Claims that the virus is a foreign bioweapon, a partisan invention or part of a plot to…