REVIEW #13: Russian Bid for Czech Hearts and Minds
Disinformation has also become a tool for so-called “patriotic politicians” building their campaigns and proclamations on fear and hate, as well as using foreign hostile propaganda.
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REVIEW #13: Growth of Disinformation Media: Are Traditional Media Getting Out of Touch with Czech Population on Important Issues?
The rise of disinformation media has been noted world-wide, with traditional media losing readers/viewers and thus getting into financial problems. In the Czech context, this has been compounded by the transfers of media from foreign into Czech billionaires hands.
REVIEW #13: Authoritarian Change, Public Broadcasters, and “Fake News” in Poland
The political agenda of the government would thence dictate their political news broadcasting: some facts would be omitted, others manipulated or distorted, blown out of proportion, or even simply created out of nothing.
REVIEW #13: P is for Propaganda: Disinformation and Manipulation of the State Broadcaster in Poland
Already in 2015 it was obvious for PiS that everything must be done to win the 2018, 2019, and 2020 elections. The first, namely the regional and the European elections, were only a prelude before the grand finale between a new parliament and a president would be chosen.
REVIEW #13: Image of “Liberal” and “Liberalism” on Selected Websites Supporting the Ruling Coalition in Poland
Liberalism and the liberals are shown in in a clever way as an opponent both strong and dangerous but also weak and ridiculous. This is a strategy of disinformation that is far from being easily repulsed.
REVIEW #13: Populist Conspiracy Narratives and Other Forms of Disinformation in Croatia
Disinformation affects many Western liberal democracies. It undermines public trust in important values of free societies, the institutional frameworks of the European Union (EU) and NATO, civil liberties, different minorities, and the market economy.
REVIEW #13: Understanding the Weaponization of (Dis-)Information in Present-Day CEE [Afterword]
“Fake news!” The phrase has been thrown about so much lately that it lost most of its meaning and gravitas. But what does it actually mean? One definition explains it as “deliberately presenting false information as news” and differentiates it as a subset of disinformation.
Taxing Taxes: Labor and Capital in CEE: 4liberty.eu Review No. 12 Now Available Online
We are pleased to present the twelfth issue of 4liberty.eu Review, titled “Taxing Taxation: Labor and Capital in CEE”. This time our primary focus is the taxation of labor and capital – from the cases of Poland and the Czech Republic, to Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
REVIEW #12: Taxing Taxes: How to Tax Capital and Labor in CEE? [EDITORIAL]
Paying taxes does not need to (and should not!) be taxing. Quite the contrary – it must be clear, straightforward, effortless, and taxpayer-friendly. What every taxation system needs is thus sensible policymakers who would look at the state expenditures and think of the ways of improving the exiting system and tax collection mechanisms.
REVIEW #12: Meaning of Taxation: Effects of Various Taxes (Labor, Capital, Consumption) on the Economy
Taxation is an involuntary payment levied on various entities in order to finance the state budget1. Clearly, the tax burden is heavily influenced by the philosophy of the role of the state in the public life, as well as quantity and quality of public services rendered.
