Ara in English - Teresa Marques

What's the deal with Elon Musk?

Teresa Marques — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:15:23 +0000

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. He has made an offer and says that he wants to get rid of Twitter bots and anonymous accounts. He also wants to protect free speech and opposes permanent bans, including that of Donald Trump.

Bald-faced lies as an instrument of propaganda about Ukraine

Teresa Marques — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:55:24 +0000

‘Everything [President Saddam Hussein] did in the past was good and everything he will do in the future is good’. Journalist Åsne Seierstad was based in Iraq during the last days of the regime of Saddam Hussein. Takhlef, an Iraqi minder from the Ministry of Information accompanying her, made this claim (Seierstad, One Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal, 2005) ‘How can you be so sure about that?’ Seierstad asks him. Takhlef answers, ‘I know it as a result of my belief in the party and his leadership.’ Åsne Seierstad does not press Takhlef, but thinks:

Propaganda, disinformation and censorship during covid times

Teresa Marques — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:59:25 +0000

There is no democracy without truth

Teresa Marques — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:36:04 +0000

The start of this year saw an insurrection that tried to overturn the result of the US presidential elections, and take hold of the Capitol in Washington, DC. The insurrectionists believe that Donald J. Trump won the election, that there was massive electoral fraud, and some seemed persuaded that they were taking part in a revolution.