Propaganda

Donald Trump deliberately warps reality around himself to create the image he wants. This goes far beyond simple propaganda or spin; this level of distortion literally commands everyone, to quote George Orwell’s words about the president in 1984 , to “reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was…

Linked to Pakistan-backed terror outfit Al-Badr, Hamza Burhan was reportedly killed by unidentified attackers in Muzaffarabad, with officials calling it a major blow to terror propaganda and recruitment networks in Jammu and Kashmir. Hamza Burhan, alleged to be one of the masterminds behind the 2019 Pulwama terror attack that killed…

Since its earliest days back in office, the Trump administration has been going after researchers who study and try to counter hate speech, harassment, propaganda, and disinformation online.  Now, some of those researchers are fighting back. Last week their lawsuit—which could have global repercussions for online safety and free speech—made…

As part of an overwhelming flow of polished propaganda, Lego-style videos are pouring out of Iran. They’re saturating social media feeds throughout the United States and worldwide with anti-war, pro-Iran messages that cast President Donald Trump as a war criminal who has dragged America into a conflict that it can’t…

An expensive business Between 2010 and 2026, inflation in Hungary doubled prices for the ordinary citizen. Yet the budget for the Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA), which oversees the state media, over the same period increased fivefold from 30 billion forints to 155 billion forints (83 million euros…

Australia’s fossil fuel lobby dramatically amped up its online propaganda after David Pocock exposed how little PRRT the gas industry pays. It’s part of a pattern. The Chevron-led Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island off Western Australia (Image: Private Media/Chevron) The resources and mining sector dramatically increased its advertising spending…

The temptation to cast Iran as the “world’s bogeyman” makes for compelling headlines. It offers a neat moral narrative: a misunderstood state unfairly maligned by Western propaganda. But this framing, while convenient, does not hold up under scrutiny. To argue that Iran’s global image is largely manufactured by Western governments…

🎧 Gas Prices, War Propaganda & Who’s Really to Blame Your browser does not support the audio element. Camas resident Tony Teso offers a reply to letter to the editor by Jonathan Hines Editor ’s note: Opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are those of the author alone…

Spencer Pratt, once the villain of the 2000s MTV reality show The Hills and now an insurgent candidate in this year’s Los Angeles mayoral race, had a breakthrough moment in his first debate performance last Wednesday. Turning to his signature issue of public safety, Pratt berated his opponents—Mayor Karen Bass…

In Hungary, AI fakes were more of an irritating factor, Russian disinformation did not reach the public, and EU regulations on transparency worked by forcing platforms to ban political ads...Read More