“War has always depended on a reliable system to spread its propaganda. The Arthashastra written by Chankya (350-283 BCE) who was chief advisor to the Emperor Chandragupta (the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire) discusses propaganda and how to disperse and apply it in warfare. It is one of the oldest accounts of the essentialism of propaganda in warfare.“

Nakamura serving up the Fake.

“Just a simple editing room oversight..”

“The more Americans are turned off from traditional news, the more they turn to dubious sources and read and listen only to things with which they agree. For those worried about our increasingly polarized society, the media is feeding that divide.”

Amen.

“Maybe the next time it is sued for defamation, the Times can use a satire defense: no reasonable person would believe that anything it publishes is true.‘

“One current anonymous FBI source cited in the article described the Trump performance as a “new low,” while a former senior Justice Department official, labeled Trump’s behavior as “directly out of the Putin playbook. We have a Russian asset sitting in the Oval Office.”

“The media loves to pretend they’re unbiased, but that couldn’t be further from the truth,” an email promoting the survey read. “Liberal propaganda machines have used every possible tactic to slander, undermine, and insult the President as he fights to put AMERICA FIRST.”

Call us “shocked”.

We ceased to be surprised by Fake News CNN. But this is a new low, and over the top, and outrageously irresponsible.

Alabama is the center of the Fake News universe and Lynyrd Skynyrd is very upset.

“American voters are a lot harder to fool than the political elite think.”

Wishful thinking?

“Not only do we no longer have dominion over our bodies, our families, our property and our lives, but the government continues to chip away at what few rights we still have to speak freely and think for ourselves.”

Trouble.

“What makes the indictment against Assange so concerning is that it exposes just how vulnerable journalists are under the Espionage Act,”

Should we be worried?