Echoes of the Lugenpresse: Unmasking Axios and its Israeli Ties

There is a well-worn playbook for seizing power over information. First, declare the existing press corrupt, dishonest and  contemptible,  then position yourself as the only clean , honest, and  ‘worthy’ alternative. Finally,  use that claimed moral high ground to attack any criticism as coming from the very rot you claim to have cured. Adolf Hitler perfected it with his  Lugenpresse ‘ The ‘lying press’. Donald Trump revived it with ‘fake news’ and ‘ enemy of the people’. And now, a  ubiquitous ,sleek, bullet -pointed American news outlet quietly  adopted the same rhetorical strategy,  wrapped in a minimalist logo .  The promise to establish only what is ‘worthy’ of the reader’s time, hence the name Axios, a Greek word for ‘ […]