Over 60 international NGO’s have added their voices in protest against the plan to hold the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv this year. They are now part of what is quickly becoming an international campaign by civil society groups seeking to move the event, which is scheduled for May, from Israel.
By Philip Giraldi | American Herald Tribune | January 28, 2019 There’s a new thought policeman in town. He calls himself NewsGuard and he promises to restore “Trust and Accountability” to what one reads online. His website elaborates that “NewsGuard uses journalism to fight false news, misinformation, and disinformation. Our trained analysts, who are experienced journalists, […]
The original Fake News? The BBC and the Information Research Department
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
9 January 2019
Last month Ritula Shah presented a BBC World Service discussion programme titled Is ‘Fake News’ A Threat To Democracy? Predictably the debate focused on Russian attempts to influence Western populations and political systems.
By Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice | January 20, 2019 Introduction In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the notables were the Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, a Syrian-British heart surgeon and Julian Assange’s father. We spent time […]
By Ian Sinclair | Morning Star | January 9, 2019 Last month Ritula Shah presented a BBC World Service discussion programme entitled Is “Fake News” A Threat To Democracy? Predictably the debate focused on Russian attempts to influence Western populations and political systems. Asked whether the US has been involved in similar activities, Dr Kathleen […]
By Dr. Tim Ball | Watts Up With That? | January 8, 2019 Almost every day there are stories in the media about weather or climate events that create the impression that they are new and outside of the normal pattern. None of them are. The objective is to sensationalize the story, even if it […]
By Finian CUNNINGHAM | Strategic Culture Foundation | 27.12.2018 Irony is dead when British state media controllers accuse Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik of “imbalance” over their reporting on the Skripal alleged poisoning affair. In the past week, Ofcom, the British media watchdog, condemned seven programs aired during March and April this year following the apparent […]
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Vladimir Putin’s year end press event, and the UK media reaction to the event which once again showed that the UK media is completely hysterical when covering Russia, and completely ignorant when analyzing Russian foreign policy.
Much like the word “Trump”, when the UK media hears the word “Putin”, panic grips and the ridiculous ensues.
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All the proof you need of the media losing their minds over their own craven ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theory coverage.
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Medium | December 15, 2018 The BBC has published an article titled “How Putin’s Russia turned humour into a weapon” about the Kremlin’s latest addition to its horrifying deadly hybrid warfare arsenal: comedy. The article is authored by Olga Robinson, whom the BBC, unhindered by any trace of self-awareness, has titled “Senior Journalist (Disinformation)”. Robinson […]
