Propaganda

Photo: Lynsey Addario/Paramount+/Lynsey Addario/Paramount+ Special Ops: Lioness, the latest Paramount+ show from the prolific cowboy whisperer extraordinaire Taylor Sheridan, opens cold on a job gone wrong. Joe (Zoe Saldana), head of a covert CIA operation tasked with flipping the mothers, wives, girlfriends, and acquaintances of male terrorist leaders, is trying…

This week, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declared war on the new “Barbie” movie, which he claims promotes “Chinese propaganda.” Cruz says a cartoonish world map advances China’s controversial and contested claim to the South China Sea. Barbie is the movie about a doll.   Cruz has given right-wing media a…

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday renewed an attack on the European Union for conducting what he called an “LGBTQ offensive”, saying his nationalist government would protect the country’s Christian roots. In a speech in Romania, Orban - a long-standing critic of Brussels - also said…

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…