Tag: Media Disinformation

Categories USA

Americans’ trust in mainstream media has never been lower – but journalists insist it’s the audience’s fault, not theirs

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Fewer than half of Americans trust mainstream media, according to PR firm Edelman’s annual “trust barometer.” But rather than attempt to repair the relationship, media outlets blame their audience’s poor ‘information hygiene.’ … Read More >Americans’ trust in mainstream media has never been lower – but journalists insist it’s the audience’s fault, not theirs

Categories Russia

US media continues to try to link Trump to Kremlin, but in reality American Republicans have more in common with Putin’s opponents

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American elites don’t understand that Russian ‘liberals’ are more similar to Republicans than Democrats. What’s more, Joe Biden, and other US centre-leftists, are politically closer to Vladimir Putin than the Moscow opposition. … Read More >US media continues to try to link Trump to Kremlin, but in reality American Republicans have more in common with Putin’s opponents

Categories Russia

Twitter’s hypocritical censorship: Misinformation on Western Covid vaccines banned, falsehoods about Russia’s Sputnik V permitted

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Twitter has censored numerous users, including Iran’s Supreme Leader, for criticism of Western Covid-19 vaccines, but “respectable” Western journalists can spread misinformation and distrust in Russia’s Sputnik V with impunity. … Read More >Twitter’s hypocritical censorship: Misinformation on Western Covid vaccines banned, falsehoods about Russia’s Sputnik V permitted

Categories Shows

Former editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger on the Julian Assange case, Capitol riots

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former editor-in-chief at The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger. He discusses his new book, ‘What to Believe in a Fake News World and How to Use It’, the age of ‘information chaos’ and the increased skepticism of mainstream media, Donald Trump’s use of distrust for the media to further his political ambitions, the Capitol riots … Read More >Former editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger on the Julian Assange case, Capitol riots

Categories Russia

Is Russia really in decline? Western pundits still insist country on brink despite repeated predictions of apocalypse falling flat

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The chorus of doom mongering Western experts and media commentators has failed to send Russians scrambling to buy tinned goods or trading cash for precious metals, as their gloomy predictions again failed to come to pass in 2020. … Read More >Is Russia really in decline? Western pundits still insist country on brink despite repeated predictions of apocalypse falling flat

Categories Russia

Renowned ABBA fan Putin tipped by Western media to invade Sweden. Will he start WWIII just to force legendary group to reunite?

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Mamma Mia! Swedes must have been shocked to read of secret Russian plans to invade their country, reported this week by a leading American newspaper as an explanation of why Stockholm is seeking closer military ties with the US. … Read More >Renowned ABBA fan Putin tipped by Western media to invade Sweden. Will he start WWIII just to force legendary group to reunite?

Categories Russia

Hungary, newest battlefield in Western media’s Covid-19 information war, still open to Russia Sputnik V jab – if enough

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has played down suggestions that his government will rule out the use of a Russian coronavirus vaccine, despite reports to the contrary in Western state-funded media outlets. … Read More >Hungary, newest battlefield in Western media’s Covid-19 information war, still open to Russia Sputnik V jab – if enough

Categories World

Five MSM corona-flops of 2020: With Covid still on scene, don’t fall for ALL of the media’s fearmongering this year

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With a new year comes a new strain of coronavirus and a new wave of fear-porn news stories. But as 2020 proved, you can’t trust everything the media tells you about Covid-19. … Read More >Five MSM corona-flops of 2020: With Covid still on scene, don’t fall for ALL of the media’s fearmongering this year