Propaganda

The Barbie movie opened Friday, and it’s already breaking box office records—despite conservatives’ best efforts to bad-mouth the film as woke propaganda. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, who leave Barbie Land to explore the real world. The film has already made $22.3 million at…

Even before Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy opens, conservatives are complaining in the latest culture war battle Published July 20, 2023 2:24PM (EDT) Margot Robbie as Barbie in "Barbie" (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" is all the rage right now but conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz have rallied…

Be vigilant, everyone. According to conservative lawmakers, Hollywood is attempting to manipulate the American public into consuming Chinese propaganda via subliminal messages about international maritime disputes. The culprit? A movie about dolls. An image from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (disclosure: I already have a ticket) has sent rightwing pundits and politicians…

A traffic sign is seen on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the truce village Panmunjom, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiReuters By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is likely to milk the border crossing by…

Members of the police’s White-Collar Crime Unit visited the residence of Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine in Lowlands, Tobago, and searched the premises for several hours yesterday. The search was in relation to the audio recording of THA officials allegedly conspiring to use public funds for propaganda…

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says bribery-accused ANC MP Qubudile Dyantyi is spreading propaganda to deflect questions about his alleged role in the scheme to extort money from her husband, David Skosana. Mkhwebane said this in her second application to the Parliamentary Section 194 committee looking into her fitness to…

If there is one thing Muritala Ajaka, one of the governorship candidates in the Kogi election should tell Nigerians at this moment, it is what qualified him to contest for the governorship of a state in Nigeria. This is because nothing is known about him beyond his reliance on fruitless…

TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh filed his declaration before Mangalagiri Magistrate court on July 14. He filed a defamation case against YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLC Pothula Sunitha and Andhra Pradesh digital board director Gurrampati Devender Reddy.…

One day last fall, Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, came across a clip from Russian TV that had gone viral on social media. It showed one of Russia’s most prominent talk-show hosts calling for Ukrainian children to be killed—“thrown in a river with a strong current”—for speaking out against…

Ismail Kissa, 24, from Leyton, east London, was stopped at Stansted Airport on March 29 last year and two mobile phones were seized. On the devices, a number of disturbing files and videos linked to Daesh and Islamist terrorism were found by counter-terrorism officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations…