Keeping things in check #3
Prime Minister Robert Abela and his “best in the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
6 days ago
Manifesto magic
Every time Minister Carmelo Abela needs people to focus
Elizabeth De Gaetano
2 weeks ago
Keeping things in check #1
Nuggets of disinformation by politicians and public figures are
Elizabeth De Gaetano
3 weeks ago
Disinformation Watch: amplifying the absurd
It has been all of two weeks since the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 month ago
Disinformation Watch: power loves a bad idea
In their 2021 ‘Nations in Transit’ report, Freedom House
Elizabeth De Gaetano
7 May 2021
Disinformation Watch: Destroying standards
In a move that indicates just how unwilling Anġlu
Elizabeth De Gaetano
30 April 2021
Sorry, not sorry: The political pseudo apology
On 5 April, Labour’s deputy leader, Daniel Micallef, said
Elizabeth De Gaetano
9 April 2021
Keith Schembri’s disinformation
There was already a lot to unpack in Keith
Elizabeth De Gaetano
22 March 2021
Disinformation Watch: A man of many opinions
As soon as he was appointed Minister for Justice,
Elizabeth De Gaetano
5 March 2021
Disinformation Watch: unity without accountability
On 6 February, President George Vella announced a one-day
Elizabeth De Gaetano
11 February 2021
Disinformation watch: back to basics
Having failed to silence their most vocal critic, Russian
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 February 2021
Disinformation hit list 2020
The disinformation that accompanied the pandemic was used in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
30 December 2020
Disinformation Watch: A smile a day keeps the virus away
The year 2020 is, in some form or another,
Elizabeth De Gaetano
9 November 2020
Still keeping the public out
With the signing of the agreement between the Lands
Elizabeth De Gaetano
19 October 2020
Best and worst practices
Hours following the publication of the European Commission’s first
Elizabeth De Gaetano
2 October 2020
Damaging trust, causing harm
On 1 September the Commissioner for Standards in Public
Elizabeth De Gaetano
21 September 2020
To be or not to be… under suspicion
Former prime minister Joseph Muscat is going to great
The Shift Team
6 September 2020
Data for dirty tricks
We were doing so well. When Malta first introduced
Elizabeth De Gaetano
25 August 2020
Stock replies bingo 
When former prime minister Joseph Muscat was asked to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
19 July 2020
Government boasts of ‘biggest fuel price fall ever recorded’ despite EU disparity
The government was quick to promote its new measure
Joanna Demarco
11 June 2020
Whitewashing reputations
Let nobody say that former prime minister Joseph Muscat
Elizabeth De Gaetano
7 June 2020
Joseph Muscat’s resignation letter: deny, divert and discredit
What links a disgraced former Prime Minister’s resignation letter
The Shift Team
18 May 2020
Wash, rinse, repeat
When The Shift started monitoring government disinformation tactics in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
17 May 2020
The migration issue: the complexities left out of Bartolo’s pie charts
Days after the closure of Malta’s ports resulted in
Joanna Demarco
12 May 2020
Coronavirus: understanding fact from fiction
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) together with a number
Elizabeth De Gaetano
15 April 2020
Disinformation: consolation and catastrophe during coronavirus
As COVID-19 headlines continue to dominate news cycles, pro-Kremlin
Elizabeth De Gaetano
30 March 2020
The ugly behind the pretty: How disinformation is thriving on Instagram
The creation and spread of false or deliberately misleading
Elizabeth De Gaetano
23 March 2020
Disinformation Watch #32: Trump and Muscat’s playbook – ‘get out of jail free’
Populist strongmen use the same disinformation tactics wherever they
The Shift Team
31 March 2019
Disinformation Watch #31: On calls for votes for those who ‘love the country’
For anyone “to come here and give the impression
The Shift Team
17 February 2019
Disinformation Watch #30: Corruption is no ‘perception’
Malta has seen the sharpest decline in its Corruption
The Shift Team
3 February 2019