The Warped Logic of Douglas Murray
Sooner rather than later, every student of propaganda has to face the fact that a lot of what the propagandist says is not designed...
Far-Right Extremists and Neo-Nazis are Everywhere (but some are more ‘worthy’ than others)
February 2022 was a crucial turning point in human affairs. For two years, all matters Covid-19 dominated the public sphere, yet within a few...
War is Peace: How journalists vilify peace to rationalize war
Not too long ago, a meme was going viral on social media. It showed the horrified face of George Orwell, looking in disbelief and...
Models of War Propaganda and Media
The Study of Propaganda
The formal study of propaganda is impregnated with academic discourses from literature (including rhetoric and narrative), linguistics (semiotics), sociolinguistics (discourse), psychology...
Attacks on Academic Freedom, the Times of London, and MI6
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Once again, The Times newspaper is attacking academics who speak truth to power, with a new hit-piece. What the latest...
Follow Bitcoin: Media, Academia, Money and Propaganda
Time is money. Money talks. Money does not grow on trees. Save for a rainy day. There is no such thing as a free...
The Politics of Suicide
It is an unwritten rule of news reporting that suicides in general should not be reported on, and when they are, this should be...
The Covid-19 Concoction: A Recipe for Successful Psychological Operations
Abstract: When viewed as a war story, the COVID-19 narrative framed in corporate media urges citizens to be on a constant “war footing” and...
Whose Disinformation Is It Anyway? BBC vs Critical Academics
BBC Radio recently broadcast a File on 4 programme called Ukraine: The Disinformation War, promoted with the strapline ‘British academics accused of sharing Russian...
How “Censorship” Became “The Fight Against Disinformation” in Germany: A Story in Six Steps
Step 1: 2014 – Ukraine
After the coup in Kiev in 2014, the media across the spectrum — from right to left — started reporting...