Disinformation-- It's What Fascism Thrives On
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Howie Klein
- Oct 26
- 6 min
The Republican Party Has Been Bolsonarofied
Brazil’s presidential election has been marred with a flood of hate speech and a certain kind of “misinformation” being perpetrated by...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 12
- 6 min
Imagine Waking Up To Find Out That The Whole Putin Wing Of The GOP Are Just Crisis Actors!
Reporting for the NY Times yesterday, Robert Draper wrote that former Trump advisors are connecting Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 10
- 6 min
Apparently There Is No Way To Protect Our Society From Toxic, Malevolent Misinformation & Propaganda
In authoritarian states, people have no choice when it comes to news sources. The state is the news source. Russians have virtually no...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 27
- 8 min
How Do You Know Who To Believe And Who's Playing You?
Last night at the low energy/poorly attended, Trump-headlined rally for Georgia losers, Señor Trumpanzee praised his authoritarian role...
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Darren Sherkat
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Guest Post: How Can We Be So Sure That Most Trump Voters Are Morons?
Darren Sherkat, teaches sociology at Southern Illinois University, which is the subject I majored in at Stony Brook. We think along...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 15
- 5 min
Politically-Motivated Misinformation, Take II; Meet The Low-Conscientiousness Conservatives
Like Trump, A Born Loser, Chaos Is Their Goal Hopefully you read the Nature report on misinformation a couple days ago. If not, you...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 14
- 6 min
Mississippi, Misinformation... Trumpism
Mississippi is the poorest state in the Union and the second least educated, after West Virginia. Also, the second least healthy. after...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 16, 2021
- 5 min
The Misinformation & Disinformation Being Pumped Into The Body Politic Will Have An Impact
Yesterday, Monmouth released a new poll with data they described by noting that "Three in ten Americans now believe the nation’s system...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 11, 2021
- 8 min
Which Is Worse-- Facebook Or Amazon?
I wrote a note to Fiji Water when I woke up this morning informing them that Amazon is selling cartons of 1.5 liter Fiji bottles filled...
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