Spin: Why misinformation didn’t wreck the midterms

Spin: Why misinformation didn’t wreck the midterms

Two years ago, we were told by multiple “sides” that misinformation and disinformation on social media threw election results. Two years later, oddly, everyone is pretending the same misinformation and disinformation no longer is an issue – which is not very believable. And then spin: “The amount of content we saw that you could call kind of election disinformation was actually larger than what we saw in 2020 — but overall, the effects were much more muted,” Source: Why misinformation…

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How not to conduct a propaganda campaign

How not to conduct a propaganda campaign

Climate hypocrites – they travel about the world with wild abandon while telling us we should not travel. This is how not to run a propaganda campaign and their hypocratic behavior, and not believing in what they are preaching, falls flat on the rest of us.

Censorship: Who regulates offline speech?

Censorship: Who regulates offline speech?

Promoters of social media censorship say it is necessary to combate misinformation and disinformation. But then, who regulates offline speech, such as political hit pieces that arrive via postal mail the week before an election? No one does. In fact, the government regulating either is a First Amendment violation – they cannot regulate our speech.

Perpetual Culture of Outrage: Wow, people got bent out of shape over an innocent social media comment

Perpetual Culture of Outrage: Wow, people got bent out of shape over an innocent social media comment

Wow – a woman posts on social media that she and her husband enjoy coffee each morning, sitting in their garden. The perpetual culture of outrage piles on and turns her tweet into a viral, and then mass media, story, about how everyone has a need to be perpetually outraged!!!!!

The Oregonian newspaper admits to long history of racism

The Oregonian newspaper admits to long history of racism

The Oregonian, published since the 19th century, admits to a long and powerful history of deliberate, cruel racism and as an advocate of xenophobia, much like the admission of National Geographic in 2018. Powerful publishers have spread hate and disinformation for more than a century – how can we trust anything they produce today? They have all lost our trust.