Selling the war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda
The Iran war has become ever more challenging for the Trump administration to sell.
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The online campaign stoking South Africa’s latest xenophobic backlash.
Keir Starmer’s rapid fall from power and Britain’s revolving door of leaders.
The precarious memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
A media industry weakened by marauding billionaires is dealing with a US president eager to bend it further.
Why Lebanon remains central to Israel’s multi-front wars.
A satirical online movement challenges power and propaganda in India.
Stuck in a quagmire of a war, Trump chafes at negative coverage while Iran digs its heels in.
Israel has never spent more on its national propaganda campaigns.
From MAGA loyalist to antiwar dissident – is Tucker Carlson’s pivot sincere or a savvy reinvention?
Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump reveals mistrust in the media and conspiracy theories fill the gap.
