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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EugeneMcParland</span></a></span></p><p>a reliable old chestnut:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Tsar,_bad_Boyars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Tsa</span><span class="invisible">r,_bad_Boyars</span></a></p><p>if something good happens, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> did it</p><p>if something bad happens, it's someone else's fault</p><p>sweet sweet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a></p><p>i've encountered comments here on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>:</p><p>1. historical suffering in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syria</span></a> is due to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/west" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>west</span></a><br>2. but also, syria is going to start suffering *now*</p><p>!?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syrian</span></a> suffering... begins?! 🤦</p><p>of course, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assad</span></a>'s brutality, and his decades as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> proxy, just *poof*, utterly evaporates in their minds</p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>Brief summary of Starmer's speech this afternoon</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deflection</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>A great episode of The Fire These Times where <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@ayoub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ayoub</span></a></span> speaks with Aurelien Mondon on e.g. how the media and liberals mainstream the far right.</p><p><a href="https://thefirethesetimes.com/2024/07/05/the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thefirethesetimes.com/2024/07/</span><span class="invisible">05/the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/bbcnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcnews</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hegemony</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/othering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>othering</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/revisionisthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revisionisthistory</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/illeberalisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illeberalisme</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FortressEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortressEurope</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WasteOfTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WasteOfTime</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centrism</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Straight from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> playbook/'mindset'.</p><p>Deflect/deny. Blame them. What crisis?</p><p>Cartoon by Mike Luckovich</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avoidance</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p>'It takes a critical eye to understand how reporting can be used to frame events, especially in the Middle East. As most pieces of journalism don’t receive as much scrutiny as “Screams Without Words,” it is our hope that the detailed analysis here offers the reader some tools they can apply to any media they consume.'</p><p>Feminist Solidarity Network for Palestine, 2023: <a href="https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/how-the-new-york-times-helps-israel-weaponize-rape-allegations-against-palestinians" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorkwarcrimes.com/how-the-n</span><span class="invisible">ew-york-times-helps-israel-weaponize-rape-allegations-against-palestinians</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mediaStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediaStudy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credibility</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/whiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whiteness</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coloniality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coloniality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/proZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proZionism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/StandWithIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/professionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>professionalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/institutionsDeceive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>institutionsDeceive</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AnatSchwartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnatSchwartz</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/October7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>October7</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/postFactual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postFactual</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gettleman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gettleman</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warRape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warRape</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubt</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reporting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/israelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israelism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foreignCorrespondents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignCorrespondents</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/OngoingNakba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OngoingNakba</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warOnGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warOnGaza</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/israelGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israelGaza</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/israelGazaWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israelGazaWar</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@auscandoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>auscandoc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@panamared27401" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>panamared27401</span></a></span> </p><p>Premier <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> was then asked: "if nothing wrong happened in the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greenbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenbelt</span></a> dealings — why did Housing Minister Steve Clark’s chief-of -staff Ryan Amato resign?"</p><p>"Why delete those email &amp; phone communications if there is nothing to hide?"</p><p>Ford didn't answer. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>topoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a><br>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@globalnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>globalnews</span></a></span> <br>Ahmar Khan <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/ahmarskhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ahmarskhan</span></a></span></p>