Propaganda

Author of the article:David Pugliese  •  Ottawa CitizenPublishing date:Dec 12, 2020  •   •  7 minute readNational Defence headquarters in Ottawa. Photo by Corporal David Cribb /Corporal David CribbArticle contentBy Emma BriantDefence Watch Guest WriterInside governments there is a growing awareness of the rapid worldwide spread of disinformation across digital and social media…

Project Veritas’ recent release of leaked recordings of CNN’s daily editorial board conference call meetings reveals the network to be anything but the “Most Trusted Name in News.” At least, if you’re not a rabid liberal and supporter of the Democratic Party or someone who believes the news should always…

(Variety) Chinese regulators are in the midst of censoring the Hollywood title “Monster Hunter” after controversy broke out online on opening day over a ten second-long exchange in the film that patriotic local viewers say “insults China.”The fantasy action film is produced, written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, and stars…

The government says the US State Department’s decision to terminate a cultural exchange programme with Hong Kong is “short-sighted” and based on “false assumptions”. The department announced on Friday that it will terminate five exchange programmes with China, including the Hong Kong Cultural and Exchange Programme, with Secretary of State…

The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the United States, calling them propaganda tools for Beijing.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that these programs, conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to travel using…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (Dec 2) claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to allow Beijing to spread "propaganda", stoking months of bickering at the world body between the superpowers.The two-day meeting of the UN General Assembly begins on Thursday with about…

The image depicting a fictional Australian soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat tweeted by a diplomat from China can be called many things: art, propaganda, even in poor taste. But here’s one thing it is not: disinformation. Yesterday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian tweeted “Shocked by murder of Afghan…

In its latest bid for world domination, China has had its own version of kimchi certified with the International Organization for Standardization. That at any rate is how the propaganda rag Global Times understands it, crowing that Chinese kimchi has become the "standard" for the international market and Korea has…

Screenshot: Sony / KotakuAs I finished the short delight of Astro’s Playroom, sitting back in satisfaction at having defeated those daft dinosaurs, I found myself bathing in the warm glow of affection for a quarter-century of Sony technology, reminiscing about the days of… wait, hang on? I’ve never given a…

Judging from the description for 76 Days, I had an idea of what I was about to see. The story would not be entirely new, but I hoped the retrospective would be a potent reminder of what it was like at the beginning. I was looking for catharsis, to peel…