Elderly Cubans Thank Castro for Keeping Them Alive
In today's tour of worldwide propaganda, Cuba's elderly thank Castro for their longevity, Syria's elections are a huge success and "gay propaganda" in Russia receives its first fine.
Mitt Romney is shocked that President Obama has not publicly rejected an endorsement from a Castro -- not the Castro, as in Fidel, or even his brother, current Cuban president Raul -- but Mariela, Raul's daughter.
In today's tour of worldwide propaganda, Cuba's elderly thank Castro for their longevity, Syria's elections are a huge success and "gay propaganda" in Russia receives its first fine.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: Chinese media blackout coverage of activist Chen Guangcheng, Cuba throws a party for May Day and Mali's junta retakes control of state TV.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda, China's media mocks India, the Pentagon launches a misinformation campaign, the Cuban Central News Agency teams up with Occupy Wall Street, and a Communist newspaper is a capitalist success story.
Nicholas Kristof on arsenic in chicken, Slate on ecologically friendly farming in Cuba, Mother Jones on the low cost of stopping climate change, Good on not buying leather, and NPR on the end of the Ice Age.
In today's tour of state-run propaganda, Fidel Castro makes an April Fool's joke, China's media champions censorship, and a Syrian radio host defects from the country.
From Cuba's dazzling technological achievements to Russia's "gay propaganda" problem to China's obsession with female flight attendants, today's Propaganda Parade begins in the Caribbean.
Today in publishing: Nicolas Sarkozy's lavish spending habits have earned an entire book, Herman Cain is being sued by the firm that took the picture he used on the cover of his book, and Donald Westlake explains the process of having a book turned into a movie -- circa 1973.
Cuba's former president, Fidel Castro, wrote an op-ed in the state-run media today with some very harsh words about the field of American Republican candidates.
The hometown paper of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is cleaning up his latest political scandal better than his own PR team.
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
After once calling Obama "unquestionably intelligent, he now uses the word "stupid"
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Presidents must renew the embargo annually under a decades-old act
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Top Secret reports show that the US plans fired shots at a friendly pilot
Following his cancer treatment in Cuba, thousands of supporters celebrated in Caracas
The Venezuelan president caught up with an old friend while in Cuba for treatment
On Russia's political future, Internet-fueled narcissism, and the true cost of Medicare
The Cuban patriarch announced his resignation from the Communist Party
Castro compares NATO to fascists, laments the capitalist alliance of the U.S. and Europe
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