This article first posted in February of 2014 What’s most successful when it appears to be something it’s not? Astroturf. As in fake grassroots. The many ways that corporations, special interests and political interests of all stripes exploit media and […]
The following is a news analysis This article was first published Sept. 22, 2022. Most of us probably used to think that dictionaries or definitions existed to explain the meanings of words. Today, these resources are instead often used as
Anatomy lesson: redefining ‘migrant’ — and how the media went along Read More »
This story first aired in 2019 and is extremely relevant to controversies in the new today. We’ve entered a brave, new world in the information age. Where it can be tough to know what’s real. Now there are movements to
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What’s really behind the fake fact checks and dangerous efforts to teach our kids what some special interests call media literacy?
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Now more than ever, it’s a good time to revisit my TedX talk on Astroturf and Media Manipulation. Check it out! Click the image below, or if the image doesn’t show, just click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU
What hidden forces control the information we see online– and how? You may think you know, but you likely can’t imagine how pervasive it is. Watch our investigative report from Full Measure at the links below. (Two parts.) #Wikipedia #Snopes
Snopes propaganda article by Alex Kasprak debunks claims that were never made and uses one-sided references as its sources— other propagandists— without disclosing their vaccine industry ties.
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