propaganda Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/propaganda/ A platform for change Sat, 17 Jun 2023 04:44:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Donald Trump never learned the first rule of Republican politics: Don’t believe right-wing media https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/06/donald-trump-forgot-the-first-rule-of-republican-politics-never-believe-right-wing-media/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:35:14 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13788 “Never believe your own propaganda” has long been a catchphrase in foreign policy circles, a warning that materials distributed to the masses are not designed to correspond with reality. This has long been the attitude of national Republican elites toward right-wing media outlets, whom they saw as useful partners, good for attacking opponents and motivating […]

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]]> CNN’s righward trend on full display throughout last night’s town hall https://flux.community/mark-sumner/2023/05/cnns-righward-trend-on-full-display-throughout-last-nights-town-hall/ Thu, 11 May 2023 16:28:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13435 Donald Trump, a room full of Trump supporters, and a single news host with absolutely no mechanism for reining in Trump’s statements. What could go wrong? Exactly what you would expect. From the very first moment of CNN’s beyond ill-advised open mic night for Trump, he simply lied in response to everything that host Kaitlan […]

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]]> Analysis: Russian state-owned media outlets published thousands of articles promoting QAnon talking points https://flux.community/kristen-doerer/2021/09/analysis-russian-state-owned-media-outlets-thousands-articles-promoting/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/09/analysis-russian-state-owned-media-outlets-thousands-articles-promoting/ The post Analysis: Russian state-owned media outlets published thousands of articles promoting QAnon talking points appeared first on Flux.

]]> Most people are wary of media manipulation, a new app aims to show how it happens https://flux.community/teresa-carr/2021/06/most-people-are-wary-media-manipulation-seeing-how-it-works-can-be/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:54:44 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/06/most-people-are-wary-media-manipulation-seeing-how-it-works-can-be/ The post Most people are wary of media manipulation, a new app aims to show how it happens appeared first on Flux.

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