Exactly, how are we dealing with fake news?
The biggest problem is that Facebook and Google are these giant feedback loops that give people what they want to hear. And when you use them in a world where your biases are being constantly confirmed, you become susceptible to fake news, propaganda, demagoguery. – Franklin Foer, writer and journalist This week I was invited […]
If I were leader of the world
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – John C. Maxwell, bestselling author As leader of the world, my first decision would be to end the monopoly of cartels. Hospitals will charge only what is absolutely necessary in the interest of the people they serve and doctors […]
The persona of propaganda
The American people are free to do exactly what they are told. – WARD CHURCHILL, AMERICAN AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST The College of Propaganda was first established in 1627 Rome to propagate ecumenical policies and programs to the four corners of the world. The meaning of “propaganda,” inevitably, took on a sinister role to depict a […]
Don’t be hoodwinked by opposition promises
MIRI: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau has reminded his constituents to not be easily hoodwinked by the opposition’s propaganda aimed at tarnishing the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) image. “Those propaganda by the opposition is meant to confuse the rakyat so that they can take over Sarawak in the coming election, and we cannot allow this […]
