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Category Archives: Propaganda Puppets
Propaganda Puppet Projections — Tucker Carlson tried to use Hunter Biden to get his son into Georgetown
Emails reveal the ‘extent’ which Carlson was willing to turn on Biden’s son since the 2020 election, Washington Post says
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/tucker-carlson-hunter-biden-georgetown-emails
Systematic, Institutional — Tucker Carlson Is Happy To Make Excuses For Mass Shooters — When They’re White
A clip from MSNBC host Ari Melber compared the stark difference in Carlson’s tone when he covers certain perpetrators.
— Read on www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-difference-coverage-mass-violence_n_6285e0dde4b02667554e15cc
Tucker Carlson Shares Blame for Buffalo Supermarket Attack
Payton Gendron’s racist shooting rampage in a Buffalo supermarket caused conservatives to defend Tucker Carlson, an advocate of “great-replacement theory,” a conspiracy theory that inherently lends itself to violence.
— Read on nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/tucker-carlson-buffalo-supermarket-attack-great-replacement-white-nationalism.html
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch touts Fox’s success — without mentioning Tucker Carlson
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch touts Fox’s success — without mentioning Tucker Carlson | Media Matters for America
— Read on www.mediamatters.org/lachlan-murdoch/fox-corp-ceo-lachlan-murdoch-touts-foxs-success-without-mentioning-tucker-carlson
Right-wing network forced to recant Big Lie claims about Georgia poll workers
Mehdi Hasan reports on One American News admitting in an on-air statement that their past claims of voter fraud by election officials in Georgia are false, part of the settlement in a lawsuit filed against OAN by maligned election workers.
— Read on www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-network-forced-to-recant-big-lie-claims-about-georgia-poll-workers-139750469580
‘fact’ because someone else said so
Every empirical study of Twitter has shown a right-wing bias
J.D. Vance’s Unbelievably Phony Populism
Against basic safety net programs for low-income families, and backed by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel, the Ohio GOP Senate candidate is about as populist as Gordon Gekko.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-unbelievably-phony-populism
Tucker Carlson’s latest performance is an especially big hit in Moscow.
America’s Domestic Terrorists
To the Surprise Of Zero People — Tucker Carlson Most Racist Cable News Show Ever
The New York Times dropped an investigative report into Tucker Carlson that declares his Fox News program “the most racist show in the history of cable news.”
— Read on www.mediaite.com/news/ny-times-drops-massive-tucker-carlson-investigation-declaring-program-most-racist-show-in-the-history-of-cable-news/
You can watch an interactive analysis of how Carson has mainstreamed fascistic and white nationalist practices here
Elon Musk is purchasing Twitter because he was upset that Twitter had suspended an account that was mocking a transgender female.
Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent the Tesla CEO’s ear. One of them had a very personal stake: Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/the-shadow-crew-who-encouraged-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-tesla-jack-dorsey-11651260119
America’s Propaganda Groomers — Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Fed The WH Trump’s Questions Before Interview, Texts Reportedly Show
The Fox News host leaked what she’d ask the then-president to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to messages obtained by CNN.
— Read on www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-maria-bartiromo-trump-questions_n_626cd59ee4b0bc48f57bbd5f
Admits He’s A Propaganda Puppet — Hannity Gets Defensive After Damning Texts Revealed
The Fox host acknowledged he’s no journalist, but that shouldn’t be a problem, he insists.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/hannity-gets-defensive-after-damning-texts-revealed
Propaganda Puppet — Elon Musk Tweets ‘Democratic Party Has Been Hijacked By Extremists’
Elon Musk faces backlash after tweeting the “Democratic party has been hijacked by extremists.”
— Read on secondnexus.com/musk-democratic-party-hijacked-extremists
‘Sounds just like Trump’: Elon Musk blasted for tweeting demonstrably false meme supporting conservatives
Elon Musk in a court agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission is required to get his tweets pre-authorized after being forced to pay $40 million in a fraud case ($20 from him, $20 million from Tesla). It is not clear he is doing so.Musk, the richest man not just in the world, but in the…
— Read on www.alternet.org/2022/04/elon-musk-2657236693/
Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries
The influential right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted a fake story created by a troll about furries, which resulted in her angry followers harassing a school district.
— Read on mashable.com/article/libs-of-tiktok-furries-school-troll-fake
Unwoke America — Man threatens to bomb dictionary over definition of “woman”
On Friday, April 22, 2022, the Justice Department announced that the FBI had apprehended Jeremy David Hanson, a 34-year-old resident of Rossmoor, California, who had made numerous threats of violence against the Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Due to these threats, the publishing company closed its offices for five days in October 2021 out of concern…
— Read on boingboing.net/2022/04/26/man-threatens-to-bomb-dictionary-over-definition-of-woman.html