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Journalism & Mass media

U.S. sanctions Russian research institute that developed Covid-19 vaccine

Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020By Editor

The US Commerce Department blacklisted a Russian research institute that helped create the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. … Read More >U.S. sanctions Russian research institute that developed Covid-19 vaccine

Journalism & Mass media

US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

With backing from the US government’s regime-change arm, an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American journalists who have punctured Washington’s sensationalist narratives against China. … Read More >US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda

Venezuelan Guaidó coup regime is restoring relations with Israel, decade after Hugo Chávez broke ties

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020By Editor

The US-backed Venezuelan coup regime of Juan Guaidó is reestablishing ties with Israel and has opened a “virtual embassy” in Jerusalem … Read More >Venezuelan Guaidó coup regime is restoring relations with Israel, decade after Hugo Chávez broke ties

Journalism & Mass media

How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions

Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020By Editor

While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. … Read More >How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions

Journalism & Mass media

Twitter spreads paid US gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads

Posted on August 11, 2020August 11, 2020By Editor

Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries. … Read More >Twitter spreads paid US gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads

Document exposes new US plot to overthrow Nicaragua’s elected socialist gov’t

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020By Editor

A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to bring about a “market economy” and a purge of Sandinistas. … Read More >Document exposes new US plot to overthrow Nicaragua’s elected socialist gov’t

World

Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020By Editor

On Wikipedia, a small group of regime-change advocates and right-wing Venezuelan opposition supporters have blacklisted independent media outlets like The Grayzone on explicitly political grounds, violating the encyclopedia’s guidelines. … Read More >Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing

World

Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020By Editor

Wikipedia has become a bulletin board for corporate and imperial interests under the watch of its Randian founder, Jimmy Wales, and the veteran US regime-change operative who heads the Wikimedia Foundation, Katherine Maher. … Read More >Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO

Journalism & Mass media

Russian journalists accuse NY Times of stealing stories that earned it Pulitzer Prize – for second time

Posted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020By Editor

The New York Times has apparently stolen its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from Russian journalists – the same liberal anti-Putin reporters its correspondents have lionized. … Read More >Russian journalists accuse NY Times of stealing stories that earned it Pulitzer Prize – for second time

USA

Anatomy of a fake news campaign: Media spreads lie from US govt-funded Korean outlet that Kim Jong-un died

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020By Editor

There may be no other country on Earth lied about more than North Korea. Western corporate media outlets have absolutely zero editorial standards when reporting on the country. … Read More >Anatomy of a fake news campaign: Media spreads lie from US govt-funded Korean outlet that Kim Jong-un died