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I’ve been waging a quixotic campaign for years to out Rupert Murdoch as a greater danger to democracy than Donald Trump. Back in 2019, I called for mainstream and social media to pillory Murdoch mercilessly for presiding over a propaganda machine that would shock even Joseph Goebbels. His anchors present propaganda with such religious conviction… Read more.
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When Covid-19 began spreading, democratic countries began granting their leaders authoritarian powers to fight it. But I’ve been sounding the alarm about those powers from the outset. Here, for example, is what I wrote in “Coronavirus: The Worldwide Lockdown” on March 14: __________ Governments from the Americas to Asia are declaring states of emergency. This… Read more.
Leaders around the world are aping Donald Trump’s dystopian presidency. For example: Democratic leaders in Hungary, Poland, and Italy are adapting his neo-nationalist policies while others in the Philippines, Brazil, and India are parroting his demagogic and divisive rhetoric. Dictatorial leaders everywhere are chanting his “fake news” mantra – not only to discredit any reporting… Read more.
Trumpian newspeak President Trump issued his “most essential command” on Tuesday during a speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He commanded, Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. … Just remember, what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening. (CNN, July 25, 2018) In other words, we all… Read more.
