FB has long had prohibitions on hate speech and threats of violence against other. But now, they’ve approved such speech if directed at Russian or Belarusian leadership. This is a very bad move on their part.
The White House releases a chart on economic growth that has a highly unusual Y-Axis. You may have to look closely to see the problem.
The UK government is accused of deliberately using scare tactics to force the population into compliance with its public health Orders and mandates (which they elite themselves ignore). Fear is one of the most powerful of propaganda motivators and has long been a tool of tyrants.
When the government launches a government sponsored propaganda campaign against tens of thousands of scientists and medical professionals – whose crime was having a different perspective and different approaches to the pandemic – the government has lost the messaging. Once outed, the reputation of those responsible is sort of shot and they need to go.
Over the span of a few days, the SF Chronicle went from a headline emphasizing “Winter Covid surge” to a new title emphasizing “the endgame”, and a new illustration, removing the fear and negativity focus. Sadly, the media always goes for fear and negativity and manages to spin good news into bad. This time they got caught at it.