I was just reading an article in the WSJ called Behind Russia’s Cyber Strategy A 2013 article by Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov emphasized importance of cyberwarfare but in typical propaganda fashion, the Gerasimov’s original article was not linked, so I did a little digging, and found Gerasimov’s article translated, but also found that the analyst … Read more
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL SHOW FROM DECEMBER 31ST. January 2nd – 2016 We wrap up with year by discussing the best and worst of 2016, talking about what we believe the agenda items behind the biggest news events of the year are, and taking calls from listeners. If you haven’t, subscribe to the … Read more
by Andreago Ferreira As I’ve reported in previous blogs, the mainstream media seems to subtly bolster Donald Trump, which is of course contrary to popular opinion which blanket asserts that the mainstream Midtown and D.C. media is squarely against Trump. One of the key specific indications of this was leaked off-air audio from Morning Joe … Read more
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l9yyNW7utk] Our culture is often reflected through entertainment and advertising. Future trends are also foreshadowed. Unless we’re being conditioned to accept a new normal where humans and automobiles have passionate love affairs, its anybody’s guess what the new Lincoln Continental commercial starring Matthew McConaughey is reflecting or foretelling. This commercial is trippy. This is … Read more
From Reuters The United States on Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment by Russia against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the Russian diplomats … Read more
There are people who’re dismissive of the power of propaganda. When it’s suggested that they consider the possibility that leaders on their side of the aisle might be propagandizing them in ways they haven’t considered, they balk at the possibility. They won’t even consider it. Any attempt to point out the complex nature of propaganda is brushed … Read more
New glossary entry: upsource A term I just coined to mean the opposite of subsidiarity. Moving responsibility for something up and out of local or individual control to a higher level of government. For example, medical care for the aging was “upsourced” by LBJ in the 60s with the enactment of Medicare. Similarly, the GOP … Read more
December 22nd, 2016 – Rules for Radicals, Total Information Control, The Allegory of the Cave, Putin’s Power, and much more on this 17th episode of the Propaganda Report. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO EPISODE 17 OF THE PROPAGANDA REPORT If you haven’t, subscribe to the Propaganda Report podcast on iTunes for weekly in-depth propaganda analysis … Read more
As so often happens, a meme is popping up all over at once. (Is that the very definition of a meme?) The same day I wrote “McCarthyism” along the margins of an article in my Wall Street Journal, I also saw the expression “new McCarthyism” in an excellent post I read, The Orwellian War on … Read more
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