Propaganda

Putin Revives Soviet-Era “Patriotic Education” Program

The Sunday Times reports: Russian students heading back to school in the autumn will be taught about the country’s values amid the Kremlin’s wider campaign to implement “patriotic” education in schools. Starting from September 5, schools across the country will dedicate hours to so-called “conversations about important things”, Sergei Novikov, head of the presidential directorate for social projects, told Tass, …

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Russian Poll Says 81% Of Russians Now Support War

The New York Times reports: The stream of antiwar letters to a St. Petersburg lawmaker has dried up. Some Russians who had criticized the Kremlin have turned into cheerleaders for the war. Those who publicly oppose it have found the word “traitor” scrawled on their apartment door. Polls and interviews show that many Russians now accept Mr. Putin’s contention that …

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Russian Students Forced Into “Patriotism” Lessons

The Washington Post reports: In a dingy Russian classroom with worn-out rugs, elementary school students lined up to form the shape of the letter Z: the symbol used on much of Russia’s military equipment in Ukraine and an emblem of support at home, showing up on everywhere from bus stops to car stickers to corporate logos. Now it has become …

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Tulsi Gabbard Spreads Kremlin Lies About Bioweapons

Forbes reports: Tulsi Gabbard shared false information Sunday about U.S. involvement in Ukraine biological laboratories Sunday, giving credence to an unfounded Russian-backed conspiracy theory the U.S. has warned could serve as justification for Russia to use biological and chemical weapons against Ukraine. In a two-minute video posted to her Twitter Sunday morning, Gabbard said there are 25 to 30 American-funded …

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Fox Doc Fawns Over Trump’s Embarrassing Interview

“In a sense, that interview was a cognitive test. He is extremely sharp on every second. And he did a test on TV where he basically, you know, went through how great his memory is. “And what he said was even all of the major leaders of the world, Ainsley. He talked about Putin, he talked about Chairman Xi. “Whatever …

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Lou Dobbs: SCOTUS Is “Trying To Overthrow” Trump

“The president likes the word ‘hoax.’ I prefer the word ‘overthrow.’ They’re trying to overthrow the President of the United States. They’re trying to block his very agenda. “They are trying to dismiss him as president of the United States with these ridiculous rulings in which they would allow a local district attorney to prosecute a sitting president of the …

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Twitter Zaps 150,000 Chinese Propaganda Accounts

The New York Times reports: China has stepped up its effort to spread misinformation on Twitter, creating tens of thousands of fake accounts that discussed protests in Hong Kong and the Communist Party’s response to the coronavirus, Twitter said on Thursday. The company said it had discovered and removed 23,750 accounts that were “highly engaged” in a coordinated effort to …

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Tucker Carlson Claims Twitter Is “Censoring” Trump

“It is so infuriating that the Congress has done nothing to protect the public from censorship, that it’s hard to even express it out loud. It’s really shameful, in my view. How can you have a free and fair election when opinions are being aggressively censored to favor one side? “I’m just thinking that maybe someone in the federal bureaucracy, …

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Sean Hannity: New Yorkers Owe Their Lives To Trump

“Comrade de Blasio, if President Trump didn’t bail your sorry unprepared ass out, guess what? Many more New Yorkers in your city would’ve died, many more would have been infected, many more would’ve been hospitalized then nobody would’ve had a ventilator. “Instead New York City, thanks to President Trump – you can thank him Mr. Mayor – is seeing, thankfully, …

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Tucker Carlson Calls AOC “Child Of Privilege” [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: Multimillionaire primetime Fox News star Tucker Carlson labeled progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) a “child of privilege” on Monday night—just two weeks after his colleague Laura Ingraham mocked AOC over her bartender past. According to Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson’s own Wikipedia page, the Fox host knows a thing or two about privilege himself. Carlson’s father is …

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Hannity: Cuomo Did Nothing For NY, It’s All Trump

“I watch Cuomo – all talk, no action politician. And I watch everybody say, ‘Oh, he’s amazing, he talks and everything, he can talk.’ “If it weren’t for Donald Trump, New York would not survive all this, because he did nothing to prepare the state that would be most vulnerable for any influenza pandemic. He did absolutely nothing. “If you …

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MAGA Media Blames Impeachment For Virus Spread

The Washington Post reports: The new talking point of President Trump’s media allies is that his lackluster response to the coronavirus isn’t his fault but the fault of those who pursued impeachment by distracting him. Breitbart’s Joel Pollak wrote a timeline of the events with a headline of “Democrats Pushed Impeachment While Coronavirus Spread.” Sean Hannity referenced Pollak’s piece and …

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Fox News Host: Nobody “Takes Trump Word For Word”

Media Matters has the transcript: JUAN WILLIAMS (CO-HOST): As a journalist, are we supposed to just say “oh yeah, whatever he says is fine”? I don’t know about that. GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): You are the only person left on the Earth that takes Trump word for word. What he’s trying to do is present optimism, and Fauci is the good …

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Emails Show Fox Promised Betsy DeVos Easy Interview

The Hollywood Reporter reports: In 2018 and 2019, booking Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was a top priority for both producers and anchors at the Fox News Channel. So much so that one Fox News producer sought to reassure Devos’ press secretary that host Maria Bartiromo would go easy on the Secretary if she sat for an interview, which she …

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Fox Host Dutifully Flogs Drug Promoted By Trump

“We need to get these drugs quickly, Brian. The malaria drug is not easy to find, other countries do have it. Israel has a lot of it, I know China has a lot of it. So hopefully these countries will help us out in our time of need. “And those drugs do have to be taken together, we’ll get more …

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New Streaming App Is Actually Russian Propaganda

The Daily Beast reports: Russian propagandists have a new trick: Pushing a “news” app that poses as a “free streaming service,” but which is linked directly to the Russian propaganda outlet RT. Of course, the app doesn’t bother to disclose this. Dubbed “Portable.TV,” the new app went live a few months ago, according to its Apple Store history. Billing itself …

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Complaint: Who Is Funding Lawsuits By Devin Nunes?

The Fresno Bee reports: A nonpartisan watchdog group filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Devin Nunes Wednesday, calling for a congressional investigation into how the California Republican is paying for his lawsuits against media companies and critics. Nunes, R-Tulare, with Virginia attorney Steven Biss filed six lawsuits and sent two letters implying possible legal action in 2019. He has not …

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Laura Ingraham: China Is Using Virus To “Hurt Trump”

“I think the most important thing is that people keep their eyes wide open about what’s going on in China. They kicked out the media. They kicked out The Wall Street Journal. They don’t want to deal with Trump anymore, with the tariffs. I think for them, the best thing would be if this hurt Trump in his reelection. It …

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Fox Host Blames Bernie For Stock Market Plummet

Mediaite reports: Fox Business host Charles Payne attributed a plunge in the stock market on Monday to Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ current momentum in the presidential campaign. After America’s Newsroom co-host Ed Henry asked whether the sell off was “all coronavirus or is this the first time the market’s were open since Bernie Sanders took control of the Democratic battle,” Payne …

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Fox Guest Suggests Banning Foreign Films From Oscars

“It’s Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s literally anything Trump mentions is racist. At this point, blinking will be racist, smiling, using hand gestures is somehow racist. It’s horrible. Gone With the Wind is a great piece of American cinema and the most successful film of all time. “I got no problem with an American movie winning best picture, I loved Parasite, …

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