Tag: Media Disinformation

Categories USA

Why US Media Creates Fuss Over Alleged Russian, Chinese Cyberattacks Despite Lack of Evidence

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The timing of the media campaign over the alleged hacking is triggering justified concerns, as well as the lack of any evidence in the public domain to back the assumption, say international observers, adding that it’s unwise to pin the whole blame on Russia and China while the US has lots of enemies … Read More >Why US Media Creates Fuss Over Alleged Russian, Chinese Cyberattacks Despite Lack of Evidence

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NYTimes retracts ‘Caliphate’ podcast & reassigns reporter, admitting star ‘ISIS executioner’ likely never went to Syria

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The NY Times has finally retracted its award-winning podcast about a Canadian-born Islamic State executioner, months after Ottawa discovered he’d made it all up, admitting their fact-checking was “not sufficiently rigorous.” … Read More >NYTimes retracts ‘Caliphate’ podcast & reassigns reporter, admitting star ‘ISIS executioner’ likely never went to Syria

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Trump lashes out at media for blaming ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ for hacking, says it ‘may be China’

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President Donald Trump has broken with the media and his own Secretary of State, brushing aside allegations that Russia was behind a massive computer hack. Trump instead claimed that the real culprit could be Beijing. … Read More >Trump lashes out at media for blaming ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ for hacking, says it ‘may be China’

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NYTimes RETURNS Peabody award for retracted ‘Caliphate’ podcast after acknowledging that its star ‘ISIS executioner’ was a hoax

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The NY Times has returned the Peabody award given to the newspaper’s ‘Caliphate’ podcast in 2018, after the show fell from grace upon the discovery that one of its top sources –an alleged IS executioner– was making his stories up. … Read More >NYTimes RETURNS Peabody award for retracted ‘Caliphate’ podcast after acknowledging that its star ‘ISIS executioner’ was a hoax

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 Shows

Media literacy in the age of fake news & iPhone factory workers rise up

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In the information age, should media literacy be required learning for students? In India, iPhone factory workers rise up over unpaid wages. Fall enrollment plummets for US colleges and universities. The Cleveland Indians no more! The MLB finally agrees to change the name of one of sports most racist mascots. … Read More >Media literacy in the age of fake news & iPhone factory workers rise up

Categories Russia

Moscow denies Armenian PM’s claim that Russian peacekeepers were encircled by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh

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Russia’s Defense Ministry has rebuffed a claim made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that Azerbaijani forces have trapped Russian peacekeepers along with Armenian soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. … Read More >Moscow denies Armenian PM’s claim that Russian peacekeepers were encircled by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh

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Bellingcat reacts badly to scrutiny, but possible ties to Western intelligence should be discussed when considering its work

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Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins once attacked journalists for using anonymous sources, citing a lack of “purity.” Now his outfit, which continues to almost perfectly align with UK geopolitical priorities, is reliant on them. … Read More >Bellingcat reacts badly to scrutiny, but possible ties to Western intelligence should be discussed when considering its work