Propaganda

After spending the last few months working on a propaganda documentary promoting Russia’s war in Ukraine, Jeff Monson admitted he would rather not be sent to the frontlines. Speaking to Russian news source Metaratings, the former UFC title challenger revealed that he does not want to get called up as…

An explosion sparked a massive fire on Russia’s bridge to the annexed Crimean peninsula early Saturday and brought part of the 12-mile link crashing into the sea. The blast on the Crimean Bridge, a prized project for Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatens a vital supply route for Russian forces in…

The people of Iran are in open revolt, this time led by courageous young women protesting the murder of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who died in the custody of the morality police, and the law requiring they wear hijab. And yet, in his first public reaction to the…

In a visible sign of the shift, the anti-LGBTQ march went ahead without any police interference. Conversely, LGBTQ groups have had their freedom to assemble severely curtailed since 2015, with officials citing both security and morality grounds. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the Pride march planned for…

| Updated: Friday, September 16, 2022, 18:43 Brussels, Sep 16: "A war doesn't start with weapons. A war starts with propaganda, with disinformation, and state controlled press," Belgian parliamentarian Katia Segers told DW. The European Commission has now decided to tackle these problems head on with the European Media Freedom…

Diane Neal, the actress who played Prosecutor Casey Novak on Law & Order, has agreed with a recent assessment from John Oliver, who labeled the television show "propaganda." "I'm embarrassed to admit, I used to think the way it worked on the show was like real life," tweeted Neal, 46.…

The bulk of the United States media continued to behave as the Democrats’ “propaganda arm” this week, says Sky News host Rita Panahi. Ms Panahi said the media either minimized First Lady Jill Biden’s “incident” where she compared the Latino community to “breakfast tacos” during a speech at the UnidosUS…

A North Korean flag flutters at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSEOUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - North Korea has released new propaganda posters featuring its nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, state media reported on Tuesday,…

Over the weekend, New York Times reporters Eliza Shapiro and Brian Rosenthal published a carefully reported exposé about the private school system run by the Hasidic Jewish community in New York. For decades, this insular community — which largely separates itself from the wider world, including a large majority of…

In 2010, a young type designer named Li Xiangchen extracted over 47,000 Chinese characters from a photocopy of the 300-year-old Kangxi Dictionary and used them to create a rudimentary digital font. Although Li’s original motivation was more academic than commercial, his Kangxi Dictionary-based font made an immediate impression. Within a…