Daily dose of disinformation

Joseph Goebbels at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally:

And propaganda must be learned. It must be led only by people with a fine and sure instinct for the often changeable feelings of the people. They must be able to reach into the world of the broad masses and draw out their wishes and hopes. The effective propagandist must be a master of the art of speech, of writing, or journalism, of the poster and of the leaflet. He must have the gift to use the major methods of influencing public opinion such as the press, film and radio to serve his ideas and goals, above all in an age of advancing technology.

The concentration of media outlets. The proliferation of conservative think tanks. The continued attacks on the so-called liberal media as the media actually becomes more and more right-wing. More and more today we are exposed to carefully-crafted messages intended to sell a specific agenda.

Enter Disinfopedia, the encyclopedia of propaganda. Its mission is to produce a directory of PR firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts who plant the messages of their corporate agenda into everyday life.

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