Propaganda

Last week, beleaguered Amazon workers and organizers received a rare gift from the government—two, in fact. The National Labor Relations Board released a ruling stating that Amazon officials had unlawfully interfered with the union election at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, and recommended that the election, which recorded 1,798 votes…

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The Nigerian Army has said that Boko Haram terrorists are using doctored clips showing lavish lifestyles to recruit people to join them.In a statement on Friday signed by its spokesman, Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army warned Nigerians to be careful of such videos showing luxury lifestyles. Nwachukwu added that the insurgents…

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has rubbished claims that the country's administration would be paralysed if the Perikatan Nasional government collapsed. He said this is propaganda meant to scare the public, and that country can still be administered without politicians at the helm. "Even if the PN government is no…

The cultish Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong isn’t just speaking out against the Chinese government; it’s increasingly weaving that narrative into American politics, using it against Democrats and the Biden administration, through a growing media empire that’s pushing conspiracy theories and disinformation.  On this episode of VICE News Reports, we…

Book review Seasoned industry watchers will welcome Your Computer Is on Fire as a thorough and unflinching debunking of Big Tech's outlandish self-mythologising. They might even hope that governments, business, and the media organisations who buy into the barrage of propaganda start to ask a few important questions. But there…

There’s more than one way the media can be biased. Obviously, the bias can come through in their reporting, but it can also be seen at the editorial level, meaning what they choose to cover and what they choose to omit. Somehow someone got CNN’s ear and told them about…

The 2,072-page text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill was released late Sunday night. From a climate perspective, it’s peanuts. The $1.2 trillion package contains $550 billion of new spending to be dispensed over a decade, which amounts to roughly $55 billion of new money per year. Some of that will…

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”I’ve just lost a few people in my weekly routine who have refused or did not disclose…it was unfortunate,“ she says @JenniferAniston (Instagram) If you’re one of her “Friends,” Jennifer Aniston will be there for you – but only if you’re vaccinated. The actress is speaking out about cutting ties…