Ben Norton – Page 7 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

UK judge justifies CIA spying on Assange citing debunked CNN report based on… CIA spying

Posted on January 7, 2021By Editor

UK judge Vanessa Baraitser justified CIA spying on Julian Assange by citing a falsehood-filled CNN report. Her judgment highlighted corporate media’s enthusiastic role in a state-sponsored assault on press freedom. … Read More >UK judge justifies CIA spying on Assange citing debunked CNN report based on… CIA spying

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Bomb Libya and take its oil: Biden budget chief pick Neera Tanden agreed with Trump

Posted on December 1, 2020December 1, 2020By Editor

“Unless we take the oil from Libya, I have no interest in Libya,” Donald Trump declared in an April 2011 interview on CNN’s “Newsroom.” … Read More >Bomb Libya and take its oil: Biden budget chief pick Neera Tanden agreed with Trump

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

Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020By Editor

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

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Inside Bolivia’s right-wing base on eve of election

Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020By Editor

We entered the power base of Bolivia’s far-right, Santa Cruz, where the 2019 coup was hatched, and where the country’s elite seeks to consolidate its hold on power in the election this October 18. … Read More >Inside Bolivia’s right-wing base on eve of election

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Bolivian coup officials and supporters stalk international election observers, launch violent incitement campaign

Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020By Editor

By the time a team of electoral observers arrived in Bolivia – including members of The Grayzone – right-wingers had already published a flood of online threats, smearing them as “terrorists” and circulating photos captured while stalking them in the airport. … Read More >Bolivian coup officials and supporters stalk international election observers, launch violent incitement campaign

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Serious questions remain about shady ‘PeaceData’ website blamed on Russian trolls

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020By Editor

US government intelligence agencies have initiated a series of smear campaigns relying on false innuendo to suggest that independent left-wing American media outlets are connected to Russia. … Read More >Serious questions remain about shady ‘PeaceData’ website blamed on Russian trolls

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Fake news hoax exposed: NY Times podcast star lied about joining ISIS

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020By Editor

The main source for the hit New York Times podcast Caliphate lied about serving as an ISIS executioner. … Read More >Fake news hoax exposed: NY Times podcast star lied about joining ISIS

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Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020By Editor

Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets from BBC to Al Jazeera, and ran a cadre of journalists. … Read More >Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media

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Grandson of overthrown Chilean President Salvador Allende defends Venezuela against US coup attempt

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

The grandson of Chile’s former elected socialist President Salvador Allende, who was toppled in a 1973 CIA-orchestrated military coup, has lived in Venezuela for 10 years. … Read More >Grandson of overthrown Chilean President Salvador Allende defends Venezuela against US coup attempt

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US govt & Democrat-tied troll farm boosts Bolivian coup regime, meddles in Mexico, Venezuela

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020By Editor

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with The Grayzone’s Ben Norton about US troll farm CLS Strategies that boosted Bolivia’s coup regime and sought to destabilize leftist Venezuelan and Mexican governments. … Read More >US govt & Democrat-tied troll farm boosts Bolivian coup regime, meddles in Mexico, Venezuela