propaganda

Conspiracy theories tagged "propaganda."

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Elite Media Control Conspiracy
Mixed

Elite Media Control Conspiracy

The theory that a handful of corporate owners — through six major media conglomerates — exercise editorial control to suppress inconvenient stories, manufacture consent for wars, and frame political reality in favor of the ruling class.

1988 · United States
Confirmed

Operation Mockingbird — CIA Media Control

The confirmed CIA program that placed agents in major U.S. news organizations and paid journalists to publish propaganda during the Cold War.

1953 · United States
Nayirah Testimony — The Staged Kuwait Baby-Murder Story
Confirmed

Nayirah Testimony — The Staged Kuwait Baby-Murder Story

A confirmed propaganda operation: a 15-year-old testified before Congress that Iraqi soldiers ripped babies from incubators. She was the Kuwaiti ambassador's daughter. The whole thing was staged by PR firm Hill & Knowlton.

1990-10-10 · United States
State Propaganda Machine
Mixed

State Propaganda Machine

The documented history of government propaganda operations, from Edward Bernays and WWI to Pentagon media embeds and CIA-funded news outlets -- where proven manipulation meets conspiracy theory.

1917 · United States
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Debunked

Protocols of the Elders of Zion

A plagiarized, fabricated antisemitic text created by the Russian secret police around 1903, debunked by 1921, used by Hitler to justify the Holocaust, and still circulating today. The anatomy of history's deadliest hoax.

1903 · Russia
Government Social Media Manipulation
Confirmed

Government Social Media Manipulation

Documented programs by which governments manipulate social media — from GCHQ's JTRIG to Russia's Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica's data harvesting.

2003 · International
Golden Billion — Russia's Western Elitism Theory
Debunked

Golden Billion — Russia's Western Elitism Theory

The 'Golden Billion' conspiracy theory claims Western elites plan to maintain prosperity for a billion Westerners while impoverishing the rest of humanity. Used by Russian state media to justify anti-Western foreign policy, its origins trace to Soviet-era propaganda.

1990 · Russia
Soviet KGB Active Measures in the West
Confirmed

Soviet KGB Active Measures in the West

Confirmed: the KGB ran decades of 'active measures' -- forged documents, planted news stories, funded front groups, and recruited agents of influence to destabilize Western democracies.

1920 · Soviet Union