politics

Spain’s Aspiring Prime Minister Spreads Bunkum on Primetime TelevisionSpain’s Aspiring Prime Minister Spreads Bunkum on Primetime Television

Spain’s Aspiring Prime Minister Spreads Bunkum on Primetime Television

The leading candidate for the Spanish prime minister position is using a deceptive technique called Gish gallop during a televised…

2 years ago
Idiot of the Week: Jair BolsonaroIdiot of the Week: Jair Bolsonaro

Idiot of the Week: Jair Bolsonaro

The Idiot of the Week title goes to a politician who could easily win it every week. The pugnacious Brazilian…

4 years ago
Marius OstaficiucMarius Ostaficiuc

Marius Ostaficiuc

A Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician from the city of Iasi in eastern Romania, Marius Ostaficiuc took the biscuit when…

4 years ago
Marjorie Taylor GreeneMarjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won with brio the Idiot of the Week title after the media unearthed a slew…

4 years ago
Russia Will Redouble Efforts To Strengthen Its NarrativesRussia Will Redouble Efforts To Strengthen Its Narratives

Russia Will Redouble Efforts To Strengthen Its Narratives

“The sentencing of Alexey Navalny to two years and eight months in a penal colony yesterday, as well as the…

4 years ago
Funding Journalism in Ukraine: Ask the OligarchsFunding Journalism in Ukraine: Ask the Oligarchs

Funding Journalism in Ukraine: Ask the Oligarchs

Four large players dominate the media market in Ukraine, a country where television is the main source of news. Independent…

4 years ago
Idiot of the Week: Douglas RossIdiot of the Week: Douglas Ross

Idiot of the Week: Douglas Ross

MP Douglas Ross beat off competition to win the Idiot of the Week title. Within hours only of becoming the…

5 years ago
Idiot of the Week: David PerdueIdiot of the Week: David Perdue

Idiot of the Week: David Perdue

The Idiot of the Week award goes to US Senator David Perdue of Georgia, a Republican, for posting an image…

5 years ago
Idiot of the Week: Pauline Lee HansonIdiot of the Week: Pauline Lee Hanson

Idiot of the Week: Pauline Lee Hanson

Her deep thoughts about public health and the idea to share them publicly won Pauline Lee Hanson our Idiot of…

5 years ago
Idiot of the Week: Nigel FarageIdiot of the Week: Nigel Farage

Idiot of the Week: Nigel Farage

Treading in the footsteps of Dominic Cummings, the UK prime minister’s most senior adviser who drove hundreds of miles in…

5 years ago