Propaganda

05.26.20 China has a confederate in its effort to deflect attention from its mishandling of the outbreak of COVID-19: U.S. media. American media cooperated by repeating uncritically Beijing’s reports that it bears no responsibility for the spread of COVID-19. In fact, China’s state-controlled television has made U.S. media reporting part…

If there was a moment during the coronavirus crisis when the Chinese Communist Party looked as if it was losing its grip, it came on the night of February 6th, as the ophthalmologist turned whistle-blower Li Wenliang lay dying in a Wuhan hospital. In a small act of bravery that…

Volkswagen has pulled a racist ad from its Instagram page, saying in a public apology Thursday that it will investigate why it was released with so many offensive undertones. The 10-second clip for the German car company’s new Volkswagen Golf model features a giant, white hand poking and prodding a…

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian violations make it untenable for the U.S. to stay in a treaty that permits 30-plus nations to conduct observation flights over each other's territory, but he hinted it's possible the U.S. will reconsider the decision. The Open Skies Treaty that…

Skip Bayless, LeBron James and the four reasons why it's easier than ever to become rich and famous for being contrarian. May 21, 2020 14 min read Imagine if your local news station decided to hire two weather reporters. The first uses state-of-the-art technology to offer probabilities on storms, temperatures…

BERLIN — Volkswagen withdrew on Wednesday an advertisement posted on its official Instagram page for its Golf cars that it admitted was racist and insulting, saying it would investigate how it came about and draw consequences. The German car company, which has seen its reputation tarnished in the past five…

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TV, newspapers, social media... No matter where you go, you're never safe from fake news. Franken-lies made with mangled, twisted pieces of the truth roam everywhere. Yes, even in fictional universes. There's no way they're immune. Propaganda disguised as information by a bad fake mustache is a thing wherever someone…

Mark Schafer/NetflixPeter Sarsgaard as Frank Olson undergoing psychological tests in Errol Morris’s Wormwood, 2017Transparency and accountability are essential virtues in a democracy, but they’re clearly not as viscerally appealing or as thrilling as their opposites, secrecy and impunity. The intelligence operative—especially the rogue spy flouting the law, from James Bond…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of US journalists in Hong Kong, and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kong's autonomy could affect the US assessment of Hong Kong's status. "These journalists are members of a free press, not propaganda…