Brian Hansbury
@brianhansbury.bsky.social
Information nutritionist.
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Co-founder: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
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Creator: publicenlightenment.com
Co-founder: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
tiktok.com/@public_enlightenment
instagram.com/enlightened_public
youtube.com/@public_enlightenment
twitch.tv/publicenlightenment
Read about what’s really going on. Then tell everyone. open.substack.com/pub/publicen...
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Read about what’s really going on. Then tell everyone. open.substack.com/pub/publicen...
Washington Post officially actual propaganda outlet for Trump with this headline. Adopts Trump talking points and puts them forward as reality, Pyongyang style.
March 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Washington Post officially actual propaganda outlet for Trump with this headline. Adopts Trump talking points and puts them forward as reality, Pyongyang style.
March 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
FFS it’s MARCH & the NYT & other MSM still report that Musk’s DODGY scam—so far marked by lies, reversals, court losses, and zero criminal proceedings—is legitimate.
Corporate media’s a disaster for public understanding. Spend on news that informs. Mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory
Corporate media’s a disaster for public understanding. Spend on news that informs. Mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory
March 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
FFS it’s MARCH & the NYT & other MSM still report that Musk’s DODGY scam—so far marked by lies, reversals, court losses, and zero criminal proceedings—is legitimate.
Corporate media’s a disaster for public understanding. Spend on news that informs. Mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory
Corporate media’s a disaster for public understanding. Spend on news that informs. Mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory
Jim VandeHei is unwell.
February 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Jim VandeHei is unwell.
Did you know we’ve been in a hot Information War for at least a decade?
Breaking News: We’re losing.
Breaking News: We’re losing.
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Did you know we’ve been in a hot Information War for at least a decade?
Breaking News: We’re losing.
Breaking News: We’re losing.
Practicing my meme game.
February 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Practicing my meme game.
Good grief. Pompeo is a New Apostolic Reformation dude whose diplomacy aims to hasten the coming of an actual Rapture. Heinous move by Columbia.
February 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Good grief. Pompeo is a New Apostolic Reformation dude whose diplomacy aims to hasten the coming of an actual Rapture. Heinous move by Columbia.
Are you talking about Ashley Parker and Amy Gardner, tho?
February 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Are you talking about Ashley Parker and Amy Gardner, tho?
I wrote about Jesse Watters' admission that he is part of a propaganda pipeline:
www.publicenlightenment.com/p/send-these...
www.publicenlightenment.com/p/send-these...
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I wrote about Jesse Watters' admission that he is part of a propaganda pipeline:
www.publicenlightenment.com/p/send-these...
www.publicenlightenment.com/p/send-these...
One of the hallmarks of our era is the absolute dogshit sensationalism of for-profit news that removes context in favor of drama.
It’s a nightmare for public understanding. It’s violence against democracy.
It’s a nightmare for public understanding. It’s violence against democracy.
February 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
One of the hallmarks of our era is the absolute dogshit sensationalism of for-profit news that removes context in favor of drama.
It’s a nightmare for public understanding. It’s violence against democracy.
It’s a nightmare for public understanding. It’s violence against democracy.
The fight for healthier information is a fight for your future. Don’t give up. Don’t give in to the power of the propagandists who would rob us of our collective will and humanity, who would destroy our connections to one another with lies for profit.
February 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The fight for healthier information is a fight for your future. Don’t give up. Don’t give in to the power of the propagandists who would rob us of our collective will and humanity, who would destroy our connections to one another with lies for profit.
Union Square today.
February 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Union Square today.
This is just an ad. How much do we realize that the corporate media we consume, whether packaged as Opinion or News Analysis or just Journalism is really an advertisement resulting from communication between news outlets and PR firms. “Microsoft Board Member Tells Us His Product Is Great.”
January 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is just an ad. How much do we realize that the corporate media we consume, whether packaged as Opinion or News Analysis or just Journalism is really an advertisement resulting from communication between news outlets and PR firms. “Microsoft Board Member Tells Us His Product Is Great.”
Future generations will study Chris as the historical culmination of aggrieved billionaire rot encapsulated in one man. He could no longer hide his scapegoating grift once moved from brown and queer people to ginning up hatred for the deaf. White identity politics. Venmo in bio.
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Future generations will study Chris as the historical culmination of aggrieved billionaire rot encapsulated in one man. He could no longer hide his scapegoating grift once moved from brown and queer people to ginning up hatred for the deaf. White identity politics. Venmo in bio.
Chris Rufo is just a hateful person, continuously aggrieved that there are people different than him. And he channels that hate into harmful, racist PR campaigns against CRT and DEI that divide Americans.
Mainstream media love to spread his hate campaigns.
Dude hates sign language?
Mainstream media love to spread his hate campaigns.
Dude hates sign language?
January 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Chris Rufo is just a hateful person, continuously aggrieved that there are people different than him. And he channels that hate into harmful, racist PR campaigns against CRT and DEI that divide Americans.
Mainstream media love to spread his hate campaigns.
Dude hates sign language?
Mainstream media love to spread his hate campaigns.
Dude hates sign language?
Maniacal take from Politico, an outlet whose CEO once asked executives to pray for Trump.
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Maniacal take from Politico, an outlet whose CEO once asked executives to pray for Trump.
Journalists expose corruption and hold the powerful to account. That's why politicians from Nixon to Trump have attacked the free press. They want people to doubt the news when it reports on their misdeeds.
Journalism is THE essential pillar of democracy. Democracy REQUIRES a well-informed public.
Journalism is THE essential pillar of democracy. Democracy REQUIRES a well-informed public.
January 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Journalists expose corruption and hold the powerful to account. That's why politicians from Nixon to Trump have attacked the free press. They want people to doubt the news when it reports on their misdeeds.
Journalism is THE essential pillar of democracy. Democracy REQUIRES a well-informed public.
Journalism is THE essential pillar of democracy. Democracy REQUIRES a well-informed public.
On J6, corporate newsrooms directed their reporters to use soft language to describe a violent coup attempt, paving the way for the MAGA effort to erase the treason. They created a permission structure for Americans to believe the MAGA lie that there were two sides to a coup.
January 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
On J6, corporate newsrooms directed their reporters to use soft language to describe a violent coup attempt, paving the way for the MAGA effort to erase the treason. They created a permission structure for Americans to believe the MAGA lie that there were two sides to a coup.
On 1/6/21, then Daily Beast media reporter @maxtani.bsky.social shared how corporate newsrooms were shaping the public's perception of the violent insurrectionists seeking to overthrow a US election result.
MSM normalization began that day. Four years later and the coup leader has regained power.
MSM normalization began that day. Four years later and the coup leader has regained power.
January 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On 1/6/21, then Daily Beast media reporter @maxtani.bsky.social shared how corporate newsrooms were shaping the public's perception of the violent insurrectionists seeking to overthrow a US election result.
MSM normalization began that day. Four years later and the coup leader has regained power.
MSM normalization began that day. Four years later and the coup leader has regained power.
Corporate profit imperatives undermine journalism’s public interest function.
The ultimate decider of what’s reported, and how, is cash flow.
It’s no different than other ways profit imperatives undermine public good. See below.
The ultimate decider of what’s reported, and how, is cash flow.
It’s no different than other ways profit imperatives undermine public good. See below.
January 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Corporate profit imperatives undermine journalism’s public interest function.
The ultimate decider of what’s reported, and how, is cash flow.
It’s no different than other ways profit imperatives undermine public good. See below.
The ultimate decider of what’s reported, and how, is cash flow.
It’s no different than other ways profit imperatives undermine public good. See below.
Oh, wait, jokes on me. Below Brian claims Trump is just a guy who acts in good faith but is let down by bad sources of information. Trump’s problem is he is bad at media literacy, not that he’s a lifelong racist conman and adjudicated rapist. 🤷♂️
January 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Oh, wait, jokes on me. Below Brian claims Trump is just a guy who acts in good faith but is let down by bad sources of information. Trump’s problem is he is bad at media literacy, not that he’s a lifelong racist conman and adjudicated rapist. 🤷♂️
Wait, Brian, now come to find that your “huh?” wasn’t even in good faith? You are further pretending that Trump is a good faith actor who is simply being misled by his sources of information? bsky.app/profile/bria...
January 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Wait, Brian, now come to find that your “huh?” wasn’t even in good faith? You are further pretending that Trump is a good faith actor who is simply being misled by his sources of information? bsky.app/profile/bria...