Atlantico Marks Jaws’ 50th Anniversary As Ideological War Machine

A June 20, 2025 article in Atlantico marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws and argues the film was “at once a cinematic masterpiece and a formidable ideological war machine.”

Atlantico says that “Fifty years after its release, Jaws remains much more than a cult film,” framing it as an allegory about fear, power, and “the human obsession with dominating nature.”

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In the same Atlantico piece, the author Colin Alexander is described as a senior lecturer in political communication at Nottingham Trent University.

Atlantico’s framing places Jaws within themes that include “propaganda” and “Politics, communism, capitalism,” while presenting the film as a cultural artifact with ideological force.

Blick reports that the European Union has placed former Swiss Army colonel Jacques Baud on its sanctions list after accusing him of disseminating propaganda and conspiracy theories on behalf of the Kremlin since the invasion of Ukraine.

Blick says the EU Council, gathering the 27 member states, followed a recommendation of the European External Action Service and sanctioned Jacques Baud on Monday.

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The EU action described by Blick includes an asset freeze, with EU citizens and companies prohibited from providing him with funds, financial assets, or other economic resources.

Blick also states that the sanctions include a travel ban, prohibiting entry into or transit through the EU, and that the regulation lists 59 individuals and 17 organizations for “destabilizing activities in favor of Russia.”

The Grayzone describes a “scandal” over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry, saying leaked documents reviewed by the outlet show NATO sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades.

“A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry”

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The Grayzone says that on May 3, The Guardian revealed NATO held “a series of secret meetings with film directors, screenwriters and TV producers” in cities from Paris to Los Angeles.

It adds that at a forthcoming London summit, NATO operatives are set to meet with screenwriters tied to the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), and that organizers told members the event will focus on the “evolving security situation in Europe and beyond.”

The Grayzone also quotes a leaked document in which Chris Donnelly proposed “advertising campaigns on TV promoting change, a TV soap opera looking at the problem of corruption” as cultural products aimed at “essential behavioural change” in audiences.