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Propaganda During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Propaganda during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been shockingly powerful and well-organized.
Mark Crispin Miller interviews on A Propaganda Masterpiece:
https://www.thepressandthepublic.com/post/2020-a-propaganda-masterpiece Part I https://www.thepressandthepublic.com/post/perspectives-on-the-pandemic-xviii Part II
Asch's Experiment:
The Origins of the American Public Education System:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZp7eVJNJuw
Montage of narrative spinning:
https://twitter.com/jamesmelville/status/1461750873445568515?s=21
Corporate MEDIA Misinformation
“Trusted News Initiative (TNI) to combat spread of harmful vaccine disinformation and announces major research project
At a recent summit chaired by the BBC’s new Director General, Tim Davie, the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) agreed to focus on combatting the spread of harmful vaccine disinformation.
Examples include widely shared memes which link falsehoods about vaccines to freedom and individual liberties. Other posts seek to downplay the risks of coronavirus and suggest there is an ulterior motive behind the development of a vaccine.
Whilst it is important to scrutinise the science behind new Covid-19 vaccines and give voice to legitimate concerns from people wondering what a coronavirus vaccine means for them, questions about levels of immunity and whether a vaccine is appropriate for those with chronic health conditions, it is vital that audiences know they can turn to sources they trust for accurate, impartial information.
TNI partners will alert each other to disinformation which poses an immediate threat to life so content can be reviewed promptly by platforms, whilst publishers ensure they don’t unwittingly republish dangerous falsehoods.
The TNI is already working together to tackle to spread of harmful coronavirus disinformation and previously has had success running a rapid alert system during the UK 2019 General Election, Myanmar and Taiwan 2020 General Elections and the US Presidential Election.
The Trusted News Initiative (TNI) was set up last year to protect audiences and users from disinformation, particularly around moments of jeopardy, such as elections. The TNI complements existing programmes partners have in place.
The partners currently within the TNI are: AP, AFP; BBC, CBC/Radio-Canada, European Broadcasting Union (EBU),Facebook, Financial Times, First Draft, Google/YouTube, The Hindu, Microsoft , Reuters, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Twitter, The Washington Post.”
While other billionaires’ media empires are relatively well known, the extent to which Gates’s cash underwrites the modern media landscape is not. After sorting through over 30,000 individual grants, MintPress can reveal that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has made over $300 million worth of donations to fund media projects.
Recipients of this cash include many of America’s most important news outlets, including CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS and The Atlantic. Gates also sponsors a myriad of influential foreign organizations, including the BBC, The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; prominent European newspapers such as Le Monde (France), Der Spiegel (Germany) and El País (Spain); as well as big global broadcasters like Al-Jazeera.
The Gates Foundation money going towards media programs has been split up into a number of sections, presented in descending numerical order, and includes a link to the relevant grant on the organization’s website.
Awards Directly to Media Outlets -
NPR- $24,663,066 The Guardian (including TheGuardian.org)- $12,951,391 Cascade Public Media – $10,895,016 Public Radio International (PRI.org/TheWorld.org)- $7,719,113 The Conversation- $6,664,271 Univision- $5,924,043 Der Spiegel (Germany)- $5,437,294 Project Syndicate- $5,280,186 Education Week – $4,898,240 WETA- $4,529,400 NBCUniversal Media- $4,373,500 Nation Media Group (Kenya) – $4,073,194 Le Monde (France)- $4,014,512 Bhekisisa (South Africa) – $3,990,182 El País – $3,968,184 BBC- $3,668,657 CNN- $3,600,000 KCET- $3,520,703 Population Communications International (population.org) – $3,500,000 The Daily Telegraph – $3,446,801 Chalkbeat – $2,672,491 The Education Post- $2,639,193 Rockhopper Productions (U.K.) – $2,480,392 Corporation for Public Broadcasting – $2,430,949 UpWorthy – $2,339,023 Financial Times – $2,309,845 The 74 Media- $2,275,344 Texas Tribune- $2,317,163 Punch (Nigeria) – $2,175,675 News Deeply – $1,612,122 The Atlantic- $1,403,453 Minnesota Public Radio- $1,290,898 YR Media- $1,125,000 The New Humanitarian- $1,046,457 Sheger FM (Ethiopia) – $1,004,600 Al-Jazeera- $1,000,000 ProPublica- $1,000,000 Crosscut Public Media – $810,000 Grist Magazine- $750,000 Kurzgesagt – $570,000 Educational Broadcasting Corp – $506,504 Classical 98.1 – $500,000 PBS – $499,997 Gannett – $499,651 Mail and Guardian (South Africa)- $492,974 Inside Higher Ed.- $439,910 BusinessDay (Nigeria) – $416,900 Medium.com – $412,000 Nutopia- $350,000 Independent Television Broadcasting Inc. – $300,000 Independent Television Service, Inc. – $300,000 Caixin Media (China) – $250,000 Pacific News Service – $225,000 National Journal – $220,638 Chronicle of Higher Education – $149,994 Belle and Wissell, Co. $100,000 Media Trust – $100,000 New York Public Radio – $77,290 KUOW – Puget Sound Public Radio – $5,310
Manipulation of Language
Cure changed in Merriam-Webster (find link) likely to make early treatment medicines look ineffective.
Definition of vaccine changed in January such that it includes mRNA and DNA based products.
Definition of herd immunity changed by WHO.
Manipulation of Science
Celebrity Propaganda
From humble beginnings on “A” Late Show to a glorious conclusion on “The” Late Show, we hope you will enjoy this romp through every single frame of Stephen Colbert's longrunning educational segment, Well known songs adapted to pro-vaccine skits. “The Vax-Scene.” #TheVaxScene #Colbert #TheLateShow
https://web.archive.org/web/20210623074706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSkFyNVtNh8
Pushback Against COVID-19 Pandemic Propaganda
Pushback from Physicians
Irish doctors speak out: https://www.theirishchannel.com/the-irish-doctors-are-speaking-out/