Journalist sounds alarm on dangers of propaganda, calling it ‘one of the worst crises for American democracy this century’ | CNN Business

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Anne Applebaum is sounding the alarm.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and historian published an 8,000-word piece in The Atlantic this week, warning about “the new propaganda war” and the dangers disinformation poses to the free world. The cover piece — excerpted from her forthcoming book, “Autocracy Inc.” — spotlighted how autocratic forces across the globe, including Donald Trump in the U.S., are waging sophisticated information wars “to discredit liberalism and freedom.”

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