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Another funny one. Russian cinema copies Hollywood in demonizing the adversary. Hollywood has been ding this for decades with ample assistance from the Pentagon and CIA.Bloomberg ViewA Russian Take on ‘The Americans’ Scares Moscow Liberals: The political conversation in Putin’s Russia increasingly revolves around cinematic versions of reality. Leonid Bershidsky US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows InsurgeIntelligenceDocuments expose how Hollywood...

In May of 2016 I wrote an article for the Unz Review entitled “Counter-Propaganda, Russian Style” in which I tried to show the immense difference between the old, Soviet, approach to propaganda and counter-propaganda and the approach taken by the Russian authorities today. The main difference was this: if the Soviet went out of their way to prevent western propaganda from reaching the Soviet people, the Russians are nowadays doing the exact opposite: they are going out of their way to make...

It's about controlling the narrative. For the most part, “fake news” is a fake concept designed by the corporate news media to discredit those who challenge the official U.S. hegemonic narrative. The typical MSM fake news accusation starts with some egregious fictionalization and then morphs over to the real targets: the subversives, those who would dispute foundational elements of the official history or its recent approved updates. The New York Times building in Manhattan. (Photo...

“We have never used Russian law in relation to foreign correspondents as a lever of pressure, or censorship, or some kind of political influence, never,” [Russian Federation foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria]] Zakharova said in an interview with Russia’s NTV broadcaster. “But this is a particular case.”She cited a 1991 Russian law which, she said, stated that if a Russian media outlet is subject to restrictions in a foreign country, then Moscow has the right to impose proportionate...

In depth reporting on Bana that doesn't appear in Western MSM.Who is telling the truth? You decide.SouthFrontAleppo’s Propaganda Princess Releases Book About Syrian War

The “Field of Dreams” slogan for America’s NGOs should be: “If you pay for it, we will come.” And right now, tens of millions of dollars are flowing to non-governmental organizations if they will buttress the thesis of Russian “meddling” in the U.S. democratic process no matter how sloppy the “research” or how absurd the “findings.” And, if you think the pillars of the U.S. mainstream media – The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and others – will apply some quality controls, you...

It's no secret that the US runs the organization BBG - Broadcasting Board of Governors - which is responsible for coordinating the international American media abroad, and in Russia. For instance, these are well-known media "Voice of America" and "Radio Liberty". Also, a new project "Present Time" has recently appeared and it is designed for a new audience in social networks. However, it is worth paying attention to how these three media work. And mostly they work methodically and as a...

Books. JSTOR Daily  America’s Unlikely Cold War WeaponErin Blakemore

Following his ouster from New America, antitrust scholar Barry Lynn talks to ProMarket about academic capture and the power of digital platforms like Google. I don't know about "slow and creeping." A lot of influential think tanks were founded by big money to promote ruling elite ideology as a means of influence and propaganda. Coupled with increasing centralization of media control and inroads of influence into eduction, the forum free enquiry and debate is shrinking.ProMarket — The blog...

Algorithms are opinions embedded in code. It’s really different from what you think most people think of algorithms. They think algorithms are objective and true and scientific. That’s a marketing trick. It’s also a marketing trick to intimidate you with algorithms, to make you trust and fear algorithms because you trust and fear mathematics. A lot can go wrong when we put blind faith in big data. Naked CapitalismData Scientist Cathy O’Neil: “Algorithms Are Opinions Embedded in Code” Cathy...