Disinformation
2020 Presidential Election, Conspiracy Theories, Disinformation, Facebook, Justice, Law, Presidential race 2020, Social Media
Meanwhile, on Facebook…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Jeremy B. Merrill and Jamiles Lartey report Trump’s Crime and Carnage Ad Blitz Is Going Unanswered on Facebook (‘The president has spent millions on misleading Facebook ads targeting undecided voters, while Joe Biden has been virtually silent’): With unprecedented protests around race and policing dominating the news all summer, it was all but certain criminal justice would emerge as a key…
Disinformation, Mendacity, Republicans, Trump
Fact-Checking RNC 2020, Fourth Night: Trump is a serial liar
by JOHN ADAMS •
Disinformation, Mendacity, Republicans, Trump
Fact-Checking RNC 2020, Third Night
by JOHN ADAMS •
Disinformation, Mendacity, Republicans, Trump
Fact-Checking RNC 2020, Second Night
by JOHN ADAMS •
Disinformation, Mendacity, Republicans, Trump
Fact-Checking RNC 2020, First Night
by JOHN ADAMS •
Campaign Ads, Disinformation, Joe Biden, Mendacity, Trump
Trump’s Campaign of Photoshopped Lies
by JOHN ADAMS •
Laura L. Sweet, of the design firm If It’s Hip, It’s Here, nicely shows how the Trump campaign takes pictures of Joe Biden speaking, with his family, or praying and deceptively edits those photos to make Biden seem alone or ill.
Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Coronavirus, Corporate Welfare, Disinformation, Economy, Elections, Herrenvolk, Militarized Policing, Parodies, Propaganda, Protests, Public Health, Trump, Trumpism, Tyranny
The Juice Media: A Message from the White House (Pandemic, Autocracy, Corporate Cronyism, and Disenfranchisement)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Conspiracy Theories, Culture, Disinformation, Education, Social Media
Facebook Discussions as Displays of Ignorance, Fallacies, and Marginal Literacy
by JOHN ADAMS •
In communities in the Whitewater area, assorted Facebook pages (particularly) are a significant means of messaging about politics, culture, etc. Too often, these messages are evidence of ignorance, fallacies, and are poorly written (to the point of only marginal literacy). Over time, as these rural communities have suffered relative economic decline, they have also experienced a…
Disinformation, Foreign Affairs, Sen. Ron Johnson
Sen. Ron Johnson: Launderer of Foreign Disinformation?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Natasha Bertrand, Kyle Cheney, and Andrew Desiderio report Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on ‘foreign interference campaign’ targeting lawmakers. There’s a possible Wisconsin connection: Among the Democrats’ concerns is that a Senate investigation being led by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has become a vehicle for “laundering” a foreign influence campaign to damageDemocratic presidential nominee Joe…
Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus, Culture, Disinformation, Education, Free Markets, Public Health
The Price of Ignorance is Widely Paid
by JOHN ADAMS •
As nationwide chains take sensible measures to require masks, ordinary workers at those chains find themselves the underserving recipients of abuse. Kelli Weill reports Walmart Workers Are Terrified of Enforcing Mask Rules: Even in a time of record unemployment, some of Dan’s colleagues at an Indiana Walmart have walked off the job. They aren’t quitting over…
Coronavirus, Covidiocy, Disinformation, Mendacity, Public Health, Trump
Trump’s Excuses as COVID-19 Cases Continued to Rise
by JOHN ADAMS •
(Click for larger image.) Via The Lincoln Project.