by Kate Wheeler | Jun 17, 2025 | Donald Trump, Propaganda, The Authoritarian Playbook, Writing
The New York Times, June 15, 2025 President Trump, a former reality television star whose administration includes several former Fox News personalities, knows a good image can go far. In the space of a week, the American public has been treated to two highly unusual... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Mar 29, 2024 | Propaganda
Lucid, March 29, 2024 Last week, I looked at the question of why people believe propaganda. Today, I offer some thoughts about what we can do to push back against it. A January 2021 paper counted 175 civil society organizations around the world now working on... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 14, 2021 | Propaganda
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by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 14, 2020 | Propaganda
Essay written for CNN, June 11, 2020 “Who are you essential to?” yelled a New York Police Department officer on June 2 as he confronted badged Associated Press (AP) videographer Robert Bumsted and AP photographer Maye-E Wong as they sought to report on a...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 14, 2019 | Propaganda, Writing
The Washington Post, June 4, 2019 Since President Trump’s election in November 2016, optimists have gone on trying to reassure each other. “Our institutions will hold,” they say. Our institutions will only hold, however, if they are defended with concrete actions....
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 24, 2018 | Propaganda
CNN.com, October 24, 2018 Anyone who wonders about the link between hateful threats and actual violence was given something serious and grave to think about this week. Authorities found several pipe bombs delivered to people and organizations that for years have been...
