Tag: Media Disinformation

Categories Russia

Putin, riddled with cancer & suffering from Parkinson’s, preparing to step down – claims conspiracy-loving Western media

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The Russian president is the world’s sickest leader, if you believe reports in Western media, that is. Popular US and UK outlets are now claiming Vladimir Putin has Parkinson’s, underwent secret surgery and is battling cancer. … Read More >Putin, riddled with cancer & suffering from Parkinson’s, preparing to step down – claims conspiracy-loving Western media

Categories Russia

‘Russian disinformation’ is Western focus, but Carole Cadwalladr libel case exposes how real problem is ‘British disinformation’

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Russian Disinformation. Russian Disinformation. Russian Disinformation. How many times have you heard that over the past four years? But what about British disinformation? This phenomenon seems to completely escape scrutiny. … Read More >‘Russian disinformation’ is Western focus, but Carole Cadwalladr libel case exposes how real problem is ‘British disinformation’

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

Categories World

WATCH: Australian teen choked UNCONSCIOUS by pub guard, head hits floor with a THUD, video used as ANTI-MASK political fodder

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The sound of an Australian teenager’s head hitting the floor in a video circulating on social media might be called the thud heard ‘round the world, but the footage was spun falsely as the latest example of Covid-19 mask tyranny. … Read More >WATCH: Australian teen choked UNCONSCIOUS by pub guard, head hits floor with a THUD, video used as ANTI-MASK political fodder

Categories Russia

Is Russia less religiously tolerant than Saudi Arabia? ‘Freedom’ lists beloved of US state media reach new level of absurdity

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Social media users will be familiar with measures of ‘freedom’ pushed by US state media, based on data from Western researchers, which invariably reflect badly on Russia. It’s time to look at their inherent, often absurd, biases. … Read More >Is Russia less religiously tolerant than Saudi Arabia? ‘Freedom’ lists beloved of US state media reach new level of absurdity

Categories Russia

‘You Can Lie Remotely’: Russian MFA Spokeswoman Zakharova Piques NYT Headhunt in Moscow

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Around a week ago, The New York Times posted a “legendary” job offer, seeking a daredevil who would cover Russia – a country that, according to the outlet, “has its cyber agents sow chaos and disharmony in the West to tarnish its democratic systems, while promoting its faux version of democracy”. … Read More >‘You Can Lie Remotely’: Russian MFA Spokeswoman Zakharova Piques NYT Headhunt in Moscow

Categories Op-ed

Legacy media’s war on Substack is just like Russiagate: Nothing to do with facts and everything to do with control

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As a number of prominent journalists migrate to the publishing platform Substack, a wave of mainstream media hate for its lack of ‘gatekeeping’ is swelling – all in the name of ‘equity’ and fighting ‘disinformation,’ of course. … Read More >Legacy media’s war on Substack is just like Russiagate: Nothing to do with facts and everything to do with control

Categories EU

‘Founding principles HAVE BEEN LOST’: Macron blasts US media for legitimizing Islamist violence after wave of terrorist attacks

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French President Emmanuel Macron has accused the US media of “legitimizing” Islamist violence and smearing his country as racist after a series of terrorist attacks that began with the beheading of a schoolteacher in October. … Read More >‘Founding principles HAVE BEEN LOST’: Macron blasts US media for legitimizing Islamist violence after wave of terrorist attacks

Categories World

How the British government secretly funded Syrian cartoons and comic books as anti-Assad propaganda aimed at children

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Leaked documents show how the Foreign & Commonwealth Office spent millions setting up a clandestine network to churn out pro-rebel material, much of it aimed at winning the hearts and minds of kids. … Read More >How the British government secretly funded Syrian cartoons and comic books as anti-Assad propaganda aimed at children