Thursday, March 28, 2024
Freedom of Expression Denied

Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm...

(Also published by PANDA and at PANDA substack) We are living through an era in which freedom of expression is evaporating. Numerous scientists have been...

The Covid-19 Pandemic: Destroying Human Bonds and Health as Central to a Larger Agenda

As of this writing, the world approaches the second anniversary of the declared Covid-19 pandemic. In these two years, we have collectively experienced what...
Dog Wearing Covid Mask

Face Masks – Medical Protection or Badge of Obedience?

I don’t normally watch TVNZ’s Seven Sharp, but on 5th October 2021, we were told that an immunologist would be on the programme to...

Global Health and the Art of Really Big Lies

(Also published by Brownstone Institute and PANDA.) Prologue: The art of Really Big Lies In a former role I had a boss who lied a lot....

What we don’t know is killing us: The urgency of propaganda study under COVID

For those of us who study propaganda critically, and seek to do this all-important work as public intellectuals, these last two years have been...
The Worst Thing About Censorship

Misinformation or Public Debate?

Introduction In recent years, there has been an upsurge of concern about online misinformation and disinformation, with efforts to thwart it. In many cases, claims...

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...

‘Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste’: Understanding Propaganda and COVID

It’s been two years since COVID-19 became a dominant and all-consuming issue . Now there are signs we are witnessing the unravelling of some...

Philanthrocapitalism and Corporatocracy: The Great Global Coup d’état

Introduction Last September 14th, a corporate news outlet, Politico.com, published an article regarding the extent of the control that two private foundations — the Wellcome Trust and...
CNN and Coronavirus

Ivermectin and Televised Mainstream News: A Case Study of Propaganda

Abstract Televised mainstream news (TMN) may be relaying intentionally misleading descriptions and narratives that are effectively synonymous with propaganda. This study proposes that TMN knowingly...