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achieved 1,000 percent of their planned production. Most of them don't deploy propaganda that conflicts with everyday reality. And yet all of them depend, if not on a Big Lie, then on what the historian Timothy Snyder once told me should be called the Medium-Size Lie. To put it differently, all of them encourage their followers to engage, at least
... See moreAnne Applebaum • Twilight of Democracy
the New Statesman was treating us to tales of Fascist barricades made of the bodies of living children
George Orwell • Homage To Catalonia
Selling this fabricated narrative to the public requires Blumenthal’s mastery. Clinton is delighted when, three days after the Benghazi attacks, Blumenthal emails her an article that his son, Max, has written for the British Guardian newspaper, focusing attention on the false narrative that blames the video. It’s titled “Inside the Strange
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
