Tag: US Propaganda

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

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Former UK ambassador to Syria Peter Ford on how the US and its allies continue to wage war on Syria via sadistic sanctions, an illegal US military occupation, the OPCW cover-up, and media propaganda that masks the brutality. … Read More >Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

Categories Russia

West’s cultivation of Navalny as ‘Russian opposition leader’ plays into Kremlin hands by making him politically irrelevant at home

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The narrative around Alexey Navalny, eagerly pushed by the Western political-media establishment, has become somewhat totemic. However, critical debate is missing and much of what has become gospel is untrue or misrepresentation. … Read More >West’s cultivation of Navalny as ‘Russian opposition leader’ plays into Kremlin hands by making him politically irrelevant at home

Categories Asia & Pacific

Beijing lambasts US record on human rights and labels Washington’s inference in China as ‘hypocrisy’

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has blasted the US’s interference in Beijing’s domestic affairs on the grounds of human rights, after Washington’s embassy in China called on Chinese citizens to “boldly stand up” for their rights. … Read More >Beijing lambasts US record on human rights and labels Washington’s inference in China as ‘hypocrisy’

Categories Russia

‘Upper Volta with helium?’ Russia’s new status as squeaky-voiced ‘superpower’ makes it a threat, says New York Times

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Russia’s ballooning helium industry is the latest target of the NYT’s hysterical coverage of the country, with America’s ‘newspaper of record’ floating the idea that Moscow could cut off supplies and blow up the world economy. … Read More >‘Upper Volta with helium?’ Russia’s new status as squeaky-voiced ‘superpower’ makes it a threat, says New York Times

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US Congress and corporate media deploy massive lie, claiming Venezuela’s gov’t threatened to starve non-voters

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Spun out by the US Congress and Wall Street Journal, the cynical deception is part of an assault on Venezuela’s legislative election, in which even opposition politicians were sanctioned for participating. … Read More >US Congress and corporate media deploy massive lie, claiming Venezuela’s gov’t threatened to starve non-voters

Categories Russia

Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

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Journalist Timur Olevsky has been fired by Current Time, a Russian-language TV channel created by US government-run RFE/RL, after he discussed a conspiracy theory about opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s father-in-law. … Read More >Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

Categories USA

‘I want blood’: Rachel Maddow’s audience fired up over NYT story baselessly accusing ‘Russian hackers’ of attacking US hospital

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Accusing Russia of hacking anything from the 2016 election to US cancer hospitals may be fun and games for MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, but when her audience responds by demanding apocalypse, the shtick stops being funny. … Read More >‘I want blood’: Rachel Maddow’s audience fired up over NYT story baselessly accusing ‘Russian hackers’ of attacking US hospital

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US plan for containing China relies on taming international organizations and reeducating Americans, leaked doc reveals

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The US State Department has outlined a ‘Kennan-style’ China containment policy, which it hopes will help undercut its economic strength and maintain a Washington-led world order, a leaked paper has revealed. … Read More >US plan for containing China relies on taming international organizations and reeducating Americans, leaked doc reveals

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Biden transition team’s head of state-owned media sees ‘DESIGN FLAW’ in First Amendment, advocates law against ‘hate speech’

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Richard Stengel, the point man on state-owned media for Joe Biden’s transition team, has said protection of hateful speech that can provoke violence is a “design flaw” in the Constitution and should be fixed with “new guardrails.” … Read More >Biden transition team’s head of state-owned media sees ‘DESIGN FLAW’ in First Amendment, advocates law against ‘hate speech’

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Biden state media appointee advocated using propaganda against Americans and ‘rethinking’ First Amendment

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The head of the Joe Biden transition team for the US Agency for Global Media, Richard Stengel, has branded himself the “chief propagandist,” urged the government to use propaganda against its “own population,” and called to “rethink” the First Amendment. … Read More >Biden state media appointee advocated using propaganda against Americans and ‘rethinking’ First Amendment