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China’s Communist Party Declares Victory Over the Coronavirus—and Its Critics—at the Biggest Political Event of the Year Propaganda

China’s Communist Party Declares Victory Over the Coronavirus—and Its Critics—at the Biggest Political Event of the Year

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…
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May 22, 2020
The Business of Being Wrong: How Playing Devil’s Advocate Became a Lucrative Strategy Propaganda

The Business of Being Wrong: How Playing Devil’s Advocate Became a Lucrative Strategy

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…
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May 21, 2020
Amid High Stakes, China Is Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts Propaganda

Amid High Stakes, China Is Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

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May 20, 2020
The Bitter Secret of ‘Wormwood’ (2018) Propaganda

The Bitter Secret of ‘Wormwood’ (2018)

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…
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May 18, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns China over interference with US journalists in Hong Kong Propaganda

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns China over interference with US journalists in Hong Kong

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…
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May 18, 2020