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Tag: Propaganda

The Manufactured Mirror and the Curated Outrage

Podcast Members of the Iranian diaspora in Perth, Australia, holding a solidarity rally on 10 January 2026 against the Islamic Republic | Source: Wikimedia Commons | Credit: Gnangarra Listen to this essay: I have watched the Iranian diaspora move deeper into an information war that rewards certainty over truth. In that war, social media does… — read more

Apr 17, 2026
The Pathology of Political Metaphor

PodcastOn the Cancer of Calling Others Cancer A certain rot has taken hold of political discourse—one that begins the moment we cease to see our adversaries as human beings and begin to see them as diseases. The metaphor of cancer, that most dreaded of diagnoses, has become a favoured instrument in the rhetorical arsenal of… — read more

Mar 16, 2026
When the Dead Are Counted Twice: Inflated Atrocities and the Manufacture of Indifference

PodcastThere is a particular cruelty in inflating the number of the dead. It does not honour the victims — it instrumentalises them. And when the inflation is eventually corrected, it does not restore credibility — it destroys it, along with every legitimate grievance buried beneath the exaggeration. This is not a hypothetical. It is a… — read more

Mar 14, 2026

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