propaganda

With Cameras Rolling, Korea's Leaders Put a Peaceful Spin on Propaganda ... leader, encouraged President Moon Jae-in of South Korea to step over the border to the North's side became one of several images that displayed both countries' understanding of the propaganda value of political theater.

This past weekend, someone drove around several streets in the town of Colonial Beach, throwing white nationalist flyers and DVDs into the yards and driveways of local residents. Colonial Beach Police Chief Danny Plott describes what was distributed, “Racially hateful propaganda. That all the fault of the ...

Your response to my commentary about the coliseum, auditorium and parking lots has been overwhelming. No citizen has asked for more information on these facilities than me. I'm making every Open Records request I've made available to you so that you have access to the same information.

York County pastor George Scott is one of four Democrats running for the nomination to try to unseat Republican Congressman Scott Perry in Pennsylvania's 10th district. Scott, who's an Army veteran, is now airing a commercial in which he dismantles an AR-15-style rifle and then throws it onto a fire - all ...

The Cambodian government issued an 18-minute propaganda film on Monday, insinuating that political dissidents Sam Serey, Sourn Serey Ratha and Sam Rainsy are “terrorists” working together to overthrow Hun Sen's regime. Read the full story: ...

Weeks before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in America to flout his millennial-friendly brand of authoritarianism, the worlds of the White House, the Saudis, and the Trump-friendly tabloid empire American Media Inc. mysteriously collided to produce The New Kingdom: a 97-page tribute to ...

The scandal surrounding the improper use of data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in the 2016 U.S. election is reminiscent of the old debates about propaganda and its ability to “violate the minds of the masses,” according to Sergei Tchakhotin, an expert in the study of Nazi propaganda. The Russian ...

It wasn't until December, weeks after Donald Trump had been elected, that the center's mandate was expanded beyond combating terrorist propaganda to include state-sponsored disinformation under the National Defense Authorization Act. Even then, the G.E.C. struggled to catch up. Lacking support or ...

The accounts are reportedly tied to a propaganda operation which attempted to influence the 2016 presidential election. 13:30, UK, Monday 26 March 2018. Tumblr. Image: Tumblr has banned Kremlin-linked accounts. Tumblr has deleted 84 accounts which it claims were used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation during ...

The Council for Higher Education in Israel published a controversial ethics code on Sunday which forces universities and colleges to adhere to a set of rules aimed at “rejecting politicization in academia.” From now on it is prohibited to call for or participate in boycotts of Israeli institutions, as well as ...

The general observed that tanks and guns were no longer needed to win wars – nowadays computer hacking, TV propaganda and criminal skullduggery can be more effective in defeating an enemy. Western democracies do some of that too, of course, but they don't murder those they see as enemies of ...

Those are just a few of the superlatives China's massive propaganda apparatus has used to extol the virtues of President Xi Jinping since the 19th congress in October, when he secured a stronger mandate for his second five-year term as party chief and chairman of the armed forces. Not bad for someone ...

Tumblr has finally broken its silence about Russian state actors using its service and released a list of 84 usernames it believes engaged in "state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda campaigns." Why it matters: Tumblr, which is owned by Yahoo, is the last of the social media services to comment on how it was used ...

Every week, IRIN's team of specialist editors curates a reading list of humanitarian trends and developments from around the globe. Fact Check: A Saudi prince on Yemen aid. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS, to those in the know) has been on a charm offensive in the United ...

Tumblr today published a list of users it claims "were engaged in state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda campaigns," and the wonderful collection represents a funhouse mirror look at internet culture as interpreted by possible Russian trolls. Specifically, Tumblr tied some of the accounts in ...

Among these bills is the Countering Foreign Propaganda Act, proposed by US Congressman Seth Moutlon and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, which aims to label broadcasts from other nations as foreign propaganda. The bill targets media controlled and owned by governments. Moulton specifically ...

As part of the change Chinese state media outlets CCTV, China Radio International and China National Radio will be consolidated into one super-broadcaster answering to the Central Propaganda Department. Programmes targeted at foreign audiences will be rebranded as “the Voice of China”, the ...

COMMENT | I don't mind historical revisionists. I'm one myself. I do mind, though, when those who try it do so for propaganda. BN's Strategic Communication Department, of which Eric See-To is a deputy director, reminds me of Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry. See-To attempted at “correcting” Dr Mahathir ...

China has confirmed plans to merge its state television and radio stations to create a new broadcaster that will be one of the largest propaganda platforms in the world. Chinese state media reported the merger of China Central Television (CCTV), China Radio International and China National Radio under ...

When Edward Bernays, the father of modern propaganda, set out in 1928 to explain what it was, he cited not Pravda, or puff from the Weimar Republic, but the New York Times. His point – analysing the front-page stories on relief for China, Zionism in the Middle East, and a report by President Hoover on US ...

If you have ever watched Russia Today (or RT as it's better known), it probably didn't take long to realize the TV network has a decidedly pro-Russia stance. And, if you've never seen RT just trust the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's assessment that it “conducts strategic messaging for the ...

China is creating a new giant broadcaster to ensure its voice is heard loud and clear around the world. Voice of China, as the new outlet will be known internationally, will be formed by combining three mammoth state-run national networks: China Central Television (CCTV), China National Radio and ...

While US sponsored Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria acting on behalf of US NATO are provided with money, weapons and training, Washington is now pointing its finger at North Korea's role in supporting the government of Bashar Al Assad with a view to killing their own people. Here is a recent New York ...

Newly-released video showing the deadly ambush of American soldiers is raising new questions about the U.S. military mission in the African country of Niger. Four Americans were killed in the October ambush. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released the disturbing and graphic video as part ...

Referring to this article, former chess champion Garry Kasparov tweeted the provocative hypothesis that CNN is now the stooge of the North Koreans. “Someone tell @CNN that their site has been hacked by the North Korean propaganda ministry.” In December 2016, Kasparov tweeted this: “The point of ...

At the end of last month, a “unity rally” was held at Eastern Washington University in response to the white supremacist group's propaganda. Students said it was “evidence of deep-seated racism on campus and the broader community,” The Spokesman-Review reported in February. Identity Evropa and ...

Russian trolls used Reddit to spread propaganda in prelude to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Reddit said on Monday. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a post on Reddit that the company removed a “few hundred accounts” from its social media service that it believed were linked to Russian-based ...

White nationalist propaganda was found at two Tacoma colleges Monday morning and immediately removed by campus staff. Posters and business cards for Patriot Front were found on the Tacoma Community College campus while stickers for Identity Evropa were found on the University of Washington ...

Propaganda war between Taliban and Afghan government. Away from the bombs and the bullets, there is another war being fought in Afghanistan, one of propaganda and the winning of hearts and minds. 02 Mar 2018 12:10 GMT. The Afghan Taliban is yet to respond to the government's offer of unconditional peace talks to ...

Propaganda posters can leave a lasting impact. For Shaomin Li, the Chinese artist, economist, and dissident, they are particularly meaningful. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution, surrounded by the posters that he now collects. As a soldier in the People's Liberation Army, Li also had to create them.

Americans have preconceptions of what North Korea is like — militant, reclusive, and oppressive. But we don't really understand what North Korea's vision of America is. How do they view our government, our policies, and our history? One way to answer this lies in the propaganda that shapes public ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea halted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the rivals' tense border on Monday days before their leaders are to sit down for talks expected to focus on the North's nuclear program, Seoul officials said. Seoul had blasted propaganda messages and K-pop ...