18 FEB 2026: The Propaganda Wars: From Late Night TV to Elections, How to Spot Fake News & Stop It // Global Updates: Ukraine Makes Battle Progress, the War in Gaza Rages, Hope in Venezuela, Good Medical News!
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan takes on the growing problem of propaganda in America, from Stephen Colbert's clash with the FCC over equal-time rules to media framing in high-profile immigration cases and a former Trump prosecutor now running for Congress as a Democrat.
Bryan explains how headlines shape public perception, why critical details often appear deep in articles most readers never reach, and how partisan incentives inside journalism fuel what he calls a century-old tradition of influence over information. He also offers three practical tools to spot bias and navigate the era of Fake News.
The episode then pivots global, with surprising battlefield gains for Ukraine tied to Elon Musk's Starlink restrictions, fresh evidence that Hamas is rebuilding military positions inside Gaza hospitals, encouraging signs of political revival in Venezuela, and breakthrough research on a new oxygen-delivering gel that could transform wound healing for soldiers, diabetics, and the elderly.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: February 18 2026 Wright Report, Stephen Colbert FCC equal time Brendan Carr, James Talarico interview CBS dispute, Seamus Culleton ICE media framing, JP Cooney Jack Smith prosecutor Congress run, propaganda Fake News history William Randolph Hearst, Ukraine Starlink Russia drone squeeze, Zaporizhzhia counterattack gains, Hamas Nasser Hospital command post, Gaza guerrilla strategy Israel, Venezuela protests Delcy Rodriguez, wound healing oxygen gel California battery hydrogel choline
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| 0:00.0 | It's February 18th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:16.3 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.1 | I've got two big briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:26.6 | First up, we've got news to cover this morning about propaganda, including a fresh case involving the late show on CBS. |
| 0:33.3 | Another is about immigration. And a third is regarding a Democrat prosecutor in Virginia who was |
| 0:38.3 | running for Congress after he targeted President Trump for years. But you wouldn't know that |
| 0:42.8 | if you just read the headline. We'll cover how this propaganda is degrading what is left of our |
| 0:48.0 | American Republic and what you can do to try to stop it. Second, we've got a range of global |
| 0:53.1 | news to cover this morning, including Ukraine's |
| 0:55.4 | surprising victories on the battlefield. |
| 0:57.5 | Also, the latest on Hamas and the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:00.4 | Then we'll cover signs of revival in Venezuela by the political opposition there, and that |
| 1:04.6 | is good news. |
| 1:05.8 | And then some great news about wound healing, which is especially important for our warriors |
| 1:10.6 | out there, but also |
| 1:11.6 | elderly folks and diabetics. That is all coming up. But first, let's get to that top story of |
| 1:17.1 | the morning propaganda. It's everywhere these days with profound implications for how we try to |
| 1:22.5 | govern this country and to help us decide as people and as families, what is true and what is |
| 1:27.3 | fiction. |
| 1:28.3 | So let's dive into some fresh examples this morning. |
| 1:31.3 | And what we can do to navigate this world of fake news, |
| 1:34.3 | starting with a story from The Late Show on CBS. |
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