Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works
Category: Media
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Outsider Among Us
India’s Affinity for Israel in a Time of Genocide
The pro-Israel affinity of propagandists aligned with majoritarian Hindutva political forces in India is rooted in Islamophobia, writes Ullekh N.P., and the MSM remains silent about it.
WATCH: Mercouris on Pilger
John Pilger was a “brilliant reporter” who used to appear regularly in the British MSM. He never changed. But the mainstream media did.
The World Has Lost John Pilger
One of the greatest journalists and filmmakers of any generation has died at age 84, his family announced on Sunday.
Last Day to Make 2023 Tax-Deductible Donation
New Year’s Eve is the last day of the U.S. tax year and the last day to deduct a contribution to Consortium News from your 2023 returns.
Empiricism vs. Ideology
If you examine evidence without pre-conceived notions your conclusions won’t fall neatly into camps but will be all over the political map.
When The New Yorker Tried to Preempt a Future Biden Impeachment
In 2019, The New Yorker‘s partisan Jane Mayer tried to blame Republicans for “conspiracy theories” that now make up substantial evidence in Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry, wrote Joe Lauria.
With No Ideology & Belonging to No Camp
As ideologies harden to fanaticism and people with banners herd into warring camps, it remains possible — still — to stand above the fray.
IMPEACHMENT: Biden Under Formal Investigation
Patrick Lawrence writes that Joe Biden, a.k.a. “the Big Guy,” will be formally investigated on accumulating evidence he participated and benefited from his son Hunter’s years of manifestly criminal conniving.