Propaganda

YANGON: Hackers attacked military-run government websites in Myanmar today as a cyber war erupted after authorities shut down the internet for a fourth straight night. A group called Myanmar Hackers disrupted multiple government websites including the Central Bank, Myanmar Military’s propaganda page, state-run broadcaster MRTV, the Port Authority, Food and…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky of the CDC. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. More than 4,315 brands ran ads on sites with COVID misinformation, according to new NewsGuard research. Walmart, Pfizer, and the CDC were among them,…

The grinding quality of American presidential memoirs owes to the cross-purposes they serve: to deliver a point-by-point defense of the administration’s record, while trying to persuade the public that their departed leader was indelibly, even endearingly, human. Obligatory features include mischievous tales of bucking White House protocol; an extended homage…

GEORGE GALLOWAY has lashed out at the BBC's "upper-middle-class sneering" claiming the corporation is "trusted less" than rival organisations.PUBLISHED: 00:00, Sat, Feb 13, 2021 | UPDATED: 15:13, Sat, Feb 13, 2021 George Galloway slams the BBC on trust Sign up for FREE for latest news plus tips to save money…

An Antifa group out of Israel recently hacked the website of the Patriotic Brigade Knights chapter of the KKK. The group also doxxed chapter members and revealed that the chapter’s head is a convicted sex offender. The Antifa group has promised to hack additional KKK and neo-nazi websites as part…

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Shepard Barbash, City Journal February 4, 2021 (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) The propaganda infecting K–12 science curricula, especially on the environment, won't go away. Read Full Article » Related Topics: Education Comment Show comments Hide Comments Read More

Why Africa could be the new front in China’s battle over the Xinjiang narrative ANTI-COLONIALISM: The Chinese government clearly sees itself as coming under assault from U.S. and European governments on this issue and is drawing on a deep reserve of domestic resentment rooted in earlier foreign interventions in their…

On Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg couldn’t stop laughing over a clip of Newsmax co-anchor Bob Sellers walking out of an interview with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The pillow entrepreneur was banned from Twitter in late January for spreading election fraud conspiracy theories, and he doubled down on…

Already one of the most audacious voices in nonfiction storytelling, director Nanfu Wang has made a career exploring dark passages in the recent history of her native China. So when her homeland became the epicenter of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she threw herself into a new project under less-than-optimal production…