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It’s not even an American—it’s Nigel Farage, former head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Before Farage came along, British anti-EU sentiment was strongly tinged with racism and even white supremacism.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
he acknowledges that in the early 1970s he owned a London-based news organization called Forum World Features that was in reality a CIA-run propaganda operation.
Jane Mayer • Dark Money
we have less to fear from government restraints than from television glut; that, in fact, we have no way of protecting ourselves from information disseminated by corporate America; and that, therefore, the battles for liberty must be fought on different terrains from where they once were.
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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Brandon Marcus • 72 cards
longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
the single most salient feature of the government that we have evolved is not that it discriminates in favor of one side and against the other. The single most salient feature is that it discriminates against all sides to favor itself.
Lawrence Lessig • Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
the internet not only had democratized information beyond people’s wildest imaginings but also was replacing genuine knowledge with “the wisdom of the crowd,”