Sunday, June 22, 2025

Taking Tucker Carlson Seriously, Part Three: 11/22, 9/11, 7/13

(Editors' note: this article is part three of a series. Read Part One and Part Two.) “ … I lie. If I’m really cornered or...
Ursula von der Leyen and Sanna Marin

Contradictions in Engineering Public Reputation: Propaganda and Ursula Von Der Leyen

The term propaganda is often liberally applied to the current context and stage of political/geopolitical development of the Western world (the Global North). At...

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...

Reflections on PR and Propaganda at heart of Ethical Space

Reflections on public relations and propaganda and critiques of the corporate media lie at the heart of Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication...

The Atrocity of Western Mainstream Media

My 2017 book, Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis: A Study in Conflict Propaganda (Routledge), chronicles the absurdly one-sided tunnel vision of Western...

Mainstream news media, the state and censorship: What amounts to undue influence?

An article appeared in early editions of The Times on Saturday 18th June 2022 that alleged that Boris Johnson had attempted to hire Carrie...

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 3

What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part three of a three-part report on the Dawn...

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 2

What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part two of a three-part report on the Dawn...

Mass Shootings and Media Spin

Introduction Mass shootings represent a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, drawing from individual, social, and environmental origins. Current legislative and media initiatives predominantly concentrate on firearm...