In a Western media world where the words “Russia” and “fake news” are rapidly becoming conflated, it is interesting to note that two stories about Russia which gained unusual prominence in the Western media over the last few days were both false, and that Russia far from being responsible for either was the target of both.
The first of these stories concerned the Anglo-American school in Moscow.
By Stephen Lendman | January 1, 2017 Sound absurd? It is, part of intense Russia bashing, a political and economic assault, risking something more serious. On New Year’s eve, the neocon/CIA-connected Washington Post published an updated version of its previous fake news story. The earlier version claimed Russian hackers penetrated the US electric grid – […]
By James Varney | RealClearInvestigations | December 31, 2016 In the world of climate science, the skeptics are coming in from the cold. Researchers who see global warming as something less than a planet-ending calamity believe the incoming Trump administration may allow their views to be developed and heard. This didn’t happen under the Obama […]
By Daniel Borgstrom | CounterPunch | December 30, 2016 Pacifica’s radio station in Berkeley, KPFA 94.1 fm, has been airing a pitch to listeners which contains the line: “There’s a lot of fake news, propaganda and misinformation emanating from phony media outlets.” The reader of this pitch is the station’s General Manager, Quincy McCoy, who […]
By Finian CUNNINGHAM | Strategic Culture Foundation | 30.12.2016 Future historians may well record 2016 a vintage year for Russian President Vladimir Putin. At any rate, at this point we can say it has been a good year for the Russian leader and his country’s international standing. Even Western media, which did its best to […]
By Tony Heller | The Deplorable Climate Science Blog | December 28, 2016 Climate Central just ran this piece, which the Washington Post picked up on. They claimed the US was “overwhelmingly hot” in 2016, and temperatures have risen 1,5°F since the 19th century. The U.S. Has Been Overwhelmingly Hot This Year | Climate Central […]
By Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook – 29.12.2016 The Washington Post – among others – hit the ground running in the wake of an apparent terrorist attack in Germany’s capital of Berlin before evidence was forthcoming and even before German police arrested a suspect. A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market, killing 12 […]
RT | December 24, 2016 Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has accused US President-elect Donald Trump of teaming up with the Kremlin in an effort to “trash” Americans. McFaul has called on Republicans to “speak up.” “Why is Trump so militantly against an investigation into Putin’s meddling in our elections?” McFaul wrote on […]
By Ulson Gunnar | New Eastern Outlook | December 23, 2016 In the week leading up to the brazen, cold-blooded murder of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, Turkey, the United States repeatedly and publicly threatened “retaliation” against Russia for allegedly “hacking” the 2016 US presidential elections. During the same week, Syrian forces backed by Russian air […]
By F. William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook – 22.12.2016 The latest mantra of CIA-linked media since the “Pizzagate” leaks of data alleging that Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager John Podesta and other highly influential political persons in Washington were connected to an unusual pizza place near the White House run by a 41-year old James […]
