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I'd rather have my news right than first: Media manipulator

Jul 16, 2012 What is Media Manipulation?--A Definition and Explanation Ryan Holiday Contributor CMO Network - OLD An inside look at the hidden side of marketing, PR and strategy. What is Media Manipulation? If you don’t know, you should. Because media manipulation currently shapes everything you read, hear and watch online.  Everything. In the old days, we only had a few threats to fear when it came to media manipulation: the government propagandist and the hustling publicist. They were serious threats, but vigilance worked as a clear and simple defense. They were the exceptions rather than the rule—they exploited the fact that the media was trusted and reliable. Today, with our blog and web driven media cycle, nothing can escape exaggeration, distortion, fabrication and simplification. I know this because I am  a media manipulator . My job was to use the media to make people do or think things they otherwise would not. People like me are there, behind the curtain, pulling the puppet
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India rejects reference of Jammu and Kashmir, CPEC in Pak-China joint statement

ANI |  Updated:  Jul 29, 2021 20:27 IST By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi [ India ], July 29 (ANI):  India  has taken strong objection to mention of Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement issued by  China  and Pakistan after the third round of their strategic dialogue. MEA  spokesperson  Arindam Bagchi  said at the regular media briefing on Thursday that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been and will remain integral and inalienable parts of  India . "As in the past  India  categorically rejects any reference to Jammu and Kashmir in such joint statement, the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh have been and will remain integral and inalienable parts of  India ," he said. The  China -Pakistan joint statement issued after strategic dialogue held on July 24 also made a reference to  China -Pakistan Economic Corridor. The  MEA  spokesperson said the so-called corridor is in  India n territory and no material change should be made in this occupied lan
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Revealed: Queen vetted 67 laws before Scottish parliament could pass them

Exemptions from environmental standards to be imposed on everyone else...amongst other things...but not on Queen Elizabeth 1st of Scotland. In our unwritten constitution, there are so many things which remain secret...until upturned by force of events, or long afterwards...The secret prerogatives of the Crown, for instance are buried deep... Quote<<< The Scottish government has given the Queen advanced access to at least 67 parliamentary bills deemed to affect her public powers, private property or personal interests under an arcane custom inherited from Westminster. The Queen’s consent procedure, which critics have called anti-democratic, has been used repeatedly by the monarch in recent decades to secretly lobby for changes to proposed UK legislation before it is passed by parliament. The extent of the practice in Scotland, where it is known as crown consent, has until now been unknown to the public. Queen secretly lobbied Scottish ministers for climate law exemption Researc
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Managing Allied Expectations

By  Jonathan E. Hillman JULY 28, 2021 This month, the European Union’s vision for global connectivity took an important step forward. The EU Council  called  for operationalizing existing partnerships with Japan and India, establishing new partnerships with ASEAN and the United States, and identifying “high impact and visible projects” by early 2022. Reading between the lines, the EU is grappling with a challenge that all allied alternatives to China’s Belt and Road must confront: international politics and infrastructure projects have fundamentally different timelines. The political clock is what matters to most decision makers in the places where the European Union, United States, and others are trying to become more competitive. Electoral calendars always provide pressure, and in the aftermath of Covid-19, even unelected leaders are more desperate to deliver tangible improvements. The announcement of any foreign effort to provide higher quality projects will mean little unless it co
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Virtual Event: Build Back Better World

Meeting the Global Infrastructure Challenge G7 leaders have agreed to an ambitious “Build Back Better World” (B3W) initiative to help fill the $40+ trillion infrastructure need in the developing world. The B3W will focus on climate, health and health security, digital technology, and gender equity issues and will provide an alternative for infrastructure funding to the China’s Belt and Road Initiative. On  Friday, July 30, at 1:00pm ET , CSIS will host a discussion of the G7 initiative and the essential elements of a successful U.S. global infrastructure strategy.   REGISTER & WATCH LIVE Featured Panelists: Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky ,  Chair, Parkside Global Advisors & Former United States Trade Representative Brendan Bechtel ,  Chairman & CEO, Bechtel Group Marcie Frost ,  CEO, CalPERS Stephen J. Hadley ,  Principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates, and Manuel LLC & Former National Security Advisor of the United States Moderated by: Matthew Goodman ,  Senior Vice President fo
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The Future Is Like A Butler

Kristan J. Wheaton  I am the Professor of Strategic Futures at the US Army War College Imagine someone gave you a butler. Completely paid for. No termination date on the contract. What would you do? At first, you’d probably do nothing. You’ve never had a butler. Outside of movies, you’ve probably never seen a butler. You might even feel a little nervous having this person in the room with you, always there, always ready to help.  Once you got over your nervousness, you might ask the butler to do something simple, like iron your shirts or make you some coffee. “Hey,” you might think after a while, “This is pretty nice! I always have ironed shirts, and my coffee is always the way I like it!”  Next, you’d ask your butler to do other things, more complicated things. Pretty soon, you might not be able to imagine your life without a butler. The parable of the butler isn’t mine, of course. It is a rough paraphrasing of a story told by Michael Crichton in his 1983 book,  Electronic Life . Cric
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