Propaganda

India called out Pakistan's 'malicious propaganda' while using its right to reply in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in response to Pakistan's representative, Hina Rabbani Khar's critique of New Delhi's defence acquisitions. "Pakistan's obsession with India while its population battle for their lives, livelihood and freedom is an indication of…

When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as a traitor or suggesting I am providing grist for our nation’s enemies. I’ve been told, for instance, that I should move to China because I’m anti-American.…

Fox News is not a news organization. This has long been apparent: It has functioned, more or less openly, as a propaganda arm of the Republican Party for years, but to a certain extent, the company was able to keep this reality somewhat veiled. Its opinion shows—running from Bill O’Reilly…

New Delhi, March 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dubbed the BJP and its allies’ victories in Tripura and Nagaland as proof of the people rejecting the Opposition’s propaganda that the BJP is “anti-minority” and “anti-tribal”. Citing the example of formerly Left-ruled Tripura where the BJP has won a…

Their videos get huge amounts of clicks and profits on YouTube. And their vlogs show a Syria that has turned the page on years of civil war. But these so-called "apolitical" travel influencers are shown around the country by regime-sponsored guides that shape the narrative. One guide who appears in…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has called an emergency meeting of the Security Council after a supposed attack by Ukrainian saboteurs on Russian territory early Thursday that was apparently led by a notorious Russian nationalist. Lawmakers confirmed the meeting shortly after Russian propaganda outlets churned out a hodgepodge of horror stories claiming…

The consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are mounting both internationally and domestically. Despite the losses, however, the fallout for Putin if Russia does pull out of the war would be devasting. Propaganda has successfully garnered a lot of domestic support for the war, and it’s been a huge point…

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Tuesday unknowingly cited Chinese propaganda to justify cutting aid to Ukraine during a House Armed Services Committee hearing.  Gaetz, who recently introduced a resolution proposing the termination of U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine, cited and entered on the record a report from Chinese…

That the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Sangh parivar create and spread false propaganda to achieve their twin goals of retaining political power and Hindutva-ising society has once again been made obvious by their electoral strategies in Karnataka. In their latest onslaught on the history of Karnataka, much of…

China has blocked new artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT over fears that its American owners would use the tool to spread propaganda in the country. ChatGPT is the latest chatbot from OpenAI, founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others, but has only been publicly available since November. The…