The Spin
Simon Erskine LockeA thematic take on politics, geopolitics, technology, the media and communications.
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Authoritarianism and Fascism Are Being Shrugged Off as Progressives' Insults - Totalitarianism Should Motivate the Left and Right
Authoritarianism and autocracy should terrify traditional conservatives as much as progressives. However, the fever dreams of a president with unlimited power have been embraced by MAGA supporters as an ends-justify-the-means path to achiev...
Time to Retire “The Media”
In a new article for CommPRO.biz I write “the idea of ‘the media’ is a hangover from an increasingly distant past. A time when professional values of journalism were shared across channels, broadcasters and broadsheets. It was relevant at a...
Shadow Content is an Emerging Threat
In articles in communications trade media O’Dwyer’s and CommPRO I have highlighted a new threat to corporate reputations and trust in content – shadow content.
The simplest definition of shadow content is that it is manipulated, deceptive...
Foxes, the BBC Henhouse, and the Soft Underbelly of Journalism
In one of my regular columns for communications trade CommPRO “The Fox in the BBC Henhouse”, I make the case that the attacks on the British media institution were part of the concerted ongoing assault from the right on journalism.
No sh*t...
The AI Surveillance State is Here
Hitler, Stalin, the Stasi and the Chinese Communist Party, relied on spies and overwhelming armies of snitches and monitors to collect information on their populations with the goal of rooting out and locking up undesirables.
Knowing that...
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