How to spot propaganda and disinfo on NPR

Scott Simon, Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR.org, March 5, 2022; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Julia, could you believe this is NPR talking about others? - I can't believe it, Winston.

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Listening to NPR has really become a slog of maneuvering through bias, distortions, deceptions, and lies in support of government, Big Pharma, the military-industrial complex, and the status quo.

"Far from radical, 'National Propaganda Radio' has become all about fitting in, prospering, growing, supporting mainstream politicians, giving the 'opposition' a voice and concessions so they'll listen, too, We promote alcohol, sports, and S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) food. We may be pro-Israel, but we don't wear it on our sleeve. We'll give lip service to anyone who's in apparent opposition as well -- unless they're actually radicals. We're sellouts who want to be mainstream centrists, not progressives," apologists for NPR might say. After all, "we live in an age of misinformation," NPR's Ron Elving says.

It's not bad when we do it

Here's how to spot disinformation and propaganda coming out of a breaking story such as Ukraine or the COVID plandemic. NPR propagandist Scott Simon speaks with Harvard University's Joan Donovan about the manipulation of videos and images from the Russia-Ukraine conflict on social media and how to identify "propaganda," clever disinformation, and bumbling misinformation.

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