Sputnik | October 20, 2017 A Norwegian defense portal has caused a hullaballoo with its claims that Russia staged a mock invasion of the key Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, despite the Nordic country’s own defense and intelligence bosses vehemently denying such assertions. Amid the recent cooling between Russia and the West, the Norwegian defense portal Aldri […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | October 19, 2017 I often criticize The New York Times, Washington Post and other major mainstream media outlets for a very simple reason: they deserve it – especially for their propagandistic, unprofessional and reckless coverage of foreign crises. But there are occasional moments when some reporter at an […]
By Danielle Ryan | RT | October 11, 2017 American journalists are having a field day with the latest accusations of “Russian influence” in social media during last year’s presidential election. It would be great if they cared as much about how their own government tries to manipulate them online. First, some recent history. On […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | October 10, 2017 A key distinction between propaganda and journalism is that manipulative propaganda relies on exaggeration and deceit while honest journalism provides context and perspective. But what happens when the major news outlets of the world’s superpower become simply conveyor belts for warmongering propaganda? That is a […]
RT | October 9, 2017 In the latest of its near-weekly scoops, the Washington Post has claimed that “Russian operatives exploited Google’s platforms to interfere in the 2016 election.” However, as previously, its own evidence can’t bear the weight of its allegations. While the report did genuinely break the news of an internal investigation at […]
Sputnik – 06.10.2017 Despite its recently released report claiming that Russia-linked entities allegedly bought $100,000 worth of political ads before and after the US presidential election, Facebook has decided to omit Russia references from its April 2017 white paper covering the influence on the public opinion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Facebook staff were debating […]
RT | October 6, 2017 The investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election will ultimately show that “quite a few” news outlets ran stories that were not factual, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee told Politico. Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said that although his committee will not be investigating […]
Sputnik – October 5, 2017 Canada’s House of Commons passed a Magnitsky-style law that aims to impose restrictive economic measures on foreign nationals responsible for alleged human rights violations. The House of Commons passed the measure by a vote of 277 to 0 on Wednesday. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry expressed deep disappointment in Canada’s plans to adopt the law. “In many ways, it was simply copied […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | October 4, 2017 What is perhaps most unprofessional, unethical and even immoral about the U.S. mainstream media’s coverage of Russia-gate is how all the stories start with the conclusion – “Russia bad” – and then make whatever shards of information exist fit the preordained narrative. For instance, we’re […]
By Paul Craig Roberts | Institute For Political Economy | October 3, 2017 The answer to the question in the title of this article is that Russiagate was created by CIA director John Brennan.The CIA started what is called Russiagate in order to prevent Trump from being able to normalize relations with Russia. The CIA […]
