Alternative Facts | Paula Poundstone

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/akU4eI_0BZY

Trump is whitewashing US history and embracing 'alternative facts'

"But it's impossible for the Smithsonian to truthfully tell the American story without mentioning racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination, bigotry and flaws. 

Should the African American museum say that people of all races were enslaved and that slavery had nothing to do with racism? Should it deny that slavery was the root cause of the Civil War? 

Should it portray slavery in a positive light — a beneficial institution that educated Africans from what Trump once called "shithole countries" and gave them valuable job skills, free comfortable housing, good incomes and equal rights with other Americans? "

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5223544-trump-executive-order-revises-american-history/ 

 

Heather Cox Richardson on Her Book Democracy Awakening (Al Franken podcast)

Heather says that Trumpers have bought into an alternative reality and that we are, at this moment, on a knife’s edge. She’s an historian and not a clairvoyant. But she’s also an activist, doing all she can to spread the word through historical analysis. Beat that, Trump!

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-j22g4-1cc52af9

How to Be Persuasive, According to Science - Part 2 (Thomas Smith and Dr. Lindsey Osterman; Serious Inquiries Only podcast #325)

Dr. Lindsey Osterman explains the rest of the persuasion review paper. This episode has a lot of good, practical info if you’re wanting to try to change minds, for real!

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-kccyx-12fd02f7

How To Be Persuasive, According to Science (Thomas Smith and Dr. Lindsey Osterman; Serious Inquiries Only podcast #324)

With so many people in our country seemingly living in an alternate universe of facts, persuading people to change their mind has never been more important. But… how can we actually do that? What actually works? Dr. Lindsey Osterman is here to science us about it!

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-tkrqk-12ed8acd

Since you won't get them in the State of the Union, here are some facts on the Trump economy | TheHill

When the president gives his State of the Union address this week, I expect him to demand credit for our strong economy. Doubtless, he will chalk it up to his supposed business acumen. History tells us much of what he says will be false or misleading.....

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/481321-since-you-wont-get-them-in-the-state-of-the-union-here-are

Russia and Poland are playing political games with the Holocaust - The Washington Post

Will either side pay a price for rewriting history?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/23/russia-poland-are-playing-political-games-with-holocaust/

The Information War (Sam Harris, Waking Up podcast #145)

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Renée DiResta about Russia’s “Internet Research Agency” and its efforts to amplify conspiracy thinking and partisan conflict in the United States.

Renée DiResta is the Director of Research at New Knowledge and Head of Policy at the nonprofit organization Data for Democracy where she investigates the spread of malign narratives across social networks. She regularly writes and speaks about the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories. She is the author of The Hardware Startup: Building your Product, Business, and Brand.
Interview:
https://samharris.org/podcasts/145-information-war/

Was Hitler a Socialist? - A Response to Steven Crowder and Others

https://youtu.be/hUFvG4RpwJI

Alex Jones And The Outer Limits Of Free Speech On Social Media (David Folkenflik, On Point)

The big social media platforms silence Alex Jones. What does this mean for free speech, for American democracy? We’ll dive in.
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/08/24/social-media-free-speech-alex-jones

Mike Cernovich steps into the U.S. Senate race in Arizona. A ‘gonzo thing,’ he says - The Washington Post

Trailing in polls, Republican Kelli Ward invited the popular pro-Trump Internet personality to campaign for her, although neither seems particularly happy about it. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-cernovich-steps-into-the-us-senate-race-in-arizona-a-gonzo-thing-he-says/2018/08/25/d0fe9ece-a7bd-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html

Facebook Didn't Hire George Soros - FactCheck.org

Q: Did Facebook hire George Soros "to remove 'unwanted' Conservative content from the platform to better regulate elections"? A: No. A false story mischaracterizes Soros' ties to the Atlantic Council, which has partnered with Facebook on an elections integrity project.
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/facebook-didnt-hire-george-soros/

A Crash Course in Breitbart’s Conspiracy Journalism, Pt. 1 - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper

Citizen Journalist Kobi Libii meets with experts in Twin Falls, ID, to find out whether the town is being terrorized by marauding refugees.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/SkgWXIjBEIU

Targeting black activists, FBI designates 'black identity extremists' as a terrorist threat

Back in August after the white supremacist and Neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville took the life of Heather Heyer and injured many others, Donald Trump claimed that there were very fine people on both sides. This narrative—that there is an equivalent on the left to white supremacists and Nazis is both false and dangerous. But since alternative facts are a daily reality from this White House, this hasn’t stopped the Trump administration from taking its “both sides” lies to new heights. While they refuse to see white nationalism as a growing problem, in August, the FBI did declare “black identity extremists” as a growing terrorist threat.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705538/-Targeting-black-activists-FBI-designates-black-identity-extremists-as-a-terrorist-threat

A tale of two networks: How Fox News and CNN handled recent retractions -- ThinkProgress.org

The differences are telling. In recent months, both CNN and Fox have retracted stories on their websites regarding particularly high-profile topics on the left and right, respectively. Both sites issued similar excuses: A breakdown in normal editorial standards that led to something being published that shouldn't have been. Yet in most other ways, the two cases are a study in opposites. CNN, on one hand, retracted its story within a day and issued an apology. The network...
https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-cnn-retraction-6fffbc589fe6

Trump Visits Liberty U And Spews Alternative Facts

Recent polls show President Donald J. Trump with an approval rating hovering around 39 percent, but there’s one place he can always go to get a whole lot of love: Liberty University. The fundamentalist Christian bastion in Lynchburg, Va., founded by the TV preacher Jerry Falwell and now run by his son, Jerry Jr., invited Trump to give a commencement address on Saturday, further cementing the bromance the two have enjoyed since the campaign....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/trump-visits-liberty-u-and-spews-alternative-facts

The Right Builds an Alternative Narrative About the Crises Around Trump -- The New York Times

On conservative media, President Trump's supporters have used unfounded allegations, diversions and conspiracies to keep his troops behind him. ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/trump-scandal-conservatives-media.html?_r=0

The totally phony Susan Rice story, explained

The former national security advisor’s surveillance activity is neither illegal or unethical....
https://thinkprogress.org/susan-rice-explained-1a72785b100e

Trump ally Roger Stone: Americans can now choose 'alternative' truths | US news | The Guardian

Stone’s book The Making of the President is presented as an in-depth look at how the country’s ‘greatest salesman’ took office, with help from alternative media...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/20/roger-stone-donald-trump-making-president-truth?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=214180&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection

‘1984’ Sales Spike After Kellyanne Conway’s Orwellian Interview (The Huffington Post)

People are suddenly very interested in the enduring story of a dystopian society....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/1984-sales-spike-alternative-facts_us_5887c8cce4b0441a8f71871d?

Get the book as a free download: https://archive.org/details/Orwell1984preywo