Propaganda is everywhere: Why Americans are susceptible to Russian meddling

Thanks to the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential election, there’s been an increased focus on just how things like social media can be used to affect the mindset of your average American voter.  While some have taken a decisive stand regarding the subject, stating outright that foreign efforts to influence an […]

Russian network RT must register as foreign agent in US

The company that runs the U.S. version of RT, the Russian state-owned outlet originally known as Russia Today, must register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent, signaling that all of their content would be labeled as propaganda from Moscow. In a report Monday, RT did not name the company that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has […]

As ‘Death to America’ chants lose power, Iran retools propaganda with rap videos

It’s a common theme in the state-controlled media in Iran: The armed forces are not to be trifled with; they’re tough men doing a tough job, defending a country permanently under threat. Nevertheless, it was a shock to some young Iranians when a video appeared featuring a well-known rapper delivering the same message from the deck […]

China warns military recruits to stop beating off all day

Evidently it is not just the US military that is a faced with a epidemic of fat bodies and unhealthy life choices that is disqualifying potential recruits.  The People’s Republic of China is issuing a series of public service announcements stating that 8% of recruits are automatically disqualified due to varicocele, a condition with unknown causes […]

My life at a Russian propaganda network

“What would you do if we asked you to write something that wasn’t true?” I was sitting in a 10th-floor conference room in the K Street offices of “RIA Global,” otherwise known as the Washington, D.C., bureau of the Russian-owned Sputnik News Service, where I’d come for a job interview. It was in mid-December, just […]

MAKS 2017! What is it? Where is it? Why you should check this out!

With all the Russian mania these days how many of you know what MAKS is? The International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS is one of the largest air shows in the world and is based out of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII) airfield which is about 25 miles south-east of Moscow. Today, International Aviation and Space […]

North Korean defector’s abrupt return to DPRK fuels abduction theory

A popular television personality in South Korea who gained fame after fleeing from North Korea three years ago, is feared to have been kidnapped and returned back to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the BBC reports. After appearing in a propaganda video with another former defector who ‘returned’ to North Korea, many now […]

Russian official decries ‘Nazi remnants’ in NATO over video of Baltic guerrillas

In a testy Twitter exchange this week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia is currently dealing with “Nazi remnants” in Europe after NATO created an official video glorifying the actions of anti-Soviet partisans in the Baltics. NATO published a video about the ‘Forest Brothers’ killing our soldiers. This confirms that we are […]