Propaganda

Eksklusif: Dua ‘percakapan intim’ telah diadakan dengan para penulis, sutradara, dan produser, dengan pertemuan ketiga yang dijadwalkan pada bulan Juni Nato sedang mengadakan pertemuan tertutup dengan penulis skenario, sutradara, dan produser film serta TV di seluruh Eropa dan Amerika Serikat, sebagaimana terungkap oleh The Guardian, yang memicu tuduhan bahwa aliansi tersebut berusaha menggunakan seni untuk menghasilkan “propaganda” bagi blok tersebut. Aliansi ini telah mengadakan tiga pertemuan dengan para profesional film dan TV di Los Angeles, Brussels, dan Paris, serta dijadwalkan untuk melanjutkan “serangkaian percakapan intim” bulan depan di London, bertemu dengan anggota penulis skenario dari Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), yang mewakili penulis profesional di Inggris. Baca selengkapnya...

Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfareBritain is becoming a soft target for Russian and other state propaganda because the UK is not prepared to educate people on how to deal with information warfare, according to a former White House adviser and security expert.Fiona Hill told a parliamentary committee that she feared the UK had become “extraordinarily vulnerable” to online manipulation feeding into the electoral system because there was a lack of discussion about civil defence. Continue reading...

Péter Magyar compares media coverage to Nazi-era Germany and aims to ‘restore its public service character’Hungary’s prime minister-elect has vowed to suspend state media news coverage, describing it as a “propaganda machine,” when his government takes office around mid-May.Péter Magyar, whose landslide election victory on Sunday brought an end to leader Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power, detailed his plans for the suspension as he gave two tense interviews to public radio and television on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Donald Trump will claim rescue as a triumph but 48-hour drama should be a caution against launching ground operationMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump will inevitably claim the rescue of the second crew member of the downed F-15 fighter as a propaganda triumph, though the 48-hour drama is a reminder that an undefeated Iran is able to fight back and inflict costs on the US.It also ought to be a caution for a White House still contemplating a ground operation in Iran whether to seize an island in the Persian Gulf – particularly if there a serious ambition to extract Iran’s highly enriched uranium from deep underground. Continue reading...