Russian TikTok Influencers Paid to Spread Kremlin Propaganda
VICE News confirmed that someone unknown (possibly Russia’s government?) has been paying TikTok social media influencers to spread untrue lies as propaganda messaging on TikTok.
No it didn’t: Story of cute missing white woman “became a national obsession”
In missing person case after case, the media provides saturation coverage – but only if the victim is an attractive, young, blue-eyed blonde woman. The inherent racism and sexism of media news directors is astounding.
Self negating headline: “More than 70% of Black Americans don’t have wills.”
Surprisingly, the difference between different groups with a will and those without is very tiny and the gap is closing rapidly. But the CNBC headline chooses to spin this with an emotion-laden, inflammatory, click-bait headline.
UK government used propaganda based on fear to control the public
The UK government is accused of deliberately using scare tactics to force the population into compliance with its public health Orders and mandates (which they elite themselves ignore). Fear is one of the most powerful of propaganda motivators and has long been a tool of tyrants.
Click bait headline generators
Great example of stupid click-bait fake news services.
Danish newspaper says they failed in coverage of Covid-19
One of the largest papers in Denmark says they failed their readers by only publishing official government statements about Covid, without due skepticism and questioning.
National Geographic spent decades as a racist reporter of life – and that is their own conclusion
Read the story on my Travel blog: National Geographic spent decades as a racist reporter of life – and that is their own conclusion – Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking
CBC goes there too now: Tells asthmatics to stop using inhalers
CBC makes a fool of itself. Geesh. Some calculations I did a couple of years ago suggest that for an asthmatic that uses an inhaler every day, this accounts for perhaps 1-2% of their household’s daily greenhouse effect. This is not a high priority area for the CBC to freak out over. Two years ago, Time Magazine insultingly said asthmatics were “choking the planet” thinking that was a funny play on words. Not only was it rude and inconsiderate, it was not true.
By cherry picking: “Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Alone Could Cover Cost of Biden’s Build Back Better Plan”
Newsweek demonstrates yet again that it is a perennial fake news publisher by cherry picking a data series to prove their point. This is bull shit level reporting and why no one believes mainstream news reports anymore.
Journalists: Disconnected, aloof and arrogant
CNN’s Brian Stelter says that TV anchors were the national leaders on 9/11. Unbelievable.