For decades, the some of the biggest newspapers have acted as if they are above the law

Politicians & govts, knowing their power & reach, have run scared of them

#MeghanMarkle’s legal victory over the Daily Mail Group shows it doesn’t have to be this way
In 1920’s Germany, John Heartfield invented photomontage

He used it to fight the Nazis on magazine covers across Germany

When Hitler came to power in 1933, Heartfield was 5th on the Gestapo’s ‘most wanted’ list

In the UK today, @Coldwar_Steve is also “making the lies visible”.
You may not have heard of John Heartfield (I hadn’t!) his work will be familiar

Perhaps the most important artist of the 20th century, his work exposing Nazi propaganda is sadly more relevant today than ever

After all, “those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat them”. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1347868564594843657
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