Tag Archives: disinformation

What we knew already. The perps accuse others of doing what they themselves are doing or have done. The power game. When I was a young man, one of my mentors told me, "You need to study power." He went on to say that power is endemic, and the only ones that actually understand it are those that use it. It's sort of like playing poker. If you don't know who the mark is, you are. IrrussianalityExposing the disinformation industry Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public...

Why I don't link to the NYT, The Vineyard of the SakerThe Terrorists Among US10| The IO Echo Chamber Scott Shane Joel Harding George EliasonSee alsoNot just the Times.Ray McGovernQuick! Someone Tell Amy Goodman What Actually Happened – and Didn’t Happen – in Ukraine 5 Years Ago

Press freedom and narrative control.IrrussianalityFunny old worldPaul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa

At his first White House performance with other senior officials of the incoming Reagan administration, freshly appointed (but veteran covert action operative) intelligence chief William Casey told President Reagan and the others assembled:“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” Hard to believe? Read below what an eye-witness has attested to: “I am the source for this quote, which was indeed said by CIA Director William...

Did you know that your favorite troll may be an intel agent? Craig Murray BlogHow To Spot A Twitter Troll Craig Murray, formerly British ambassador to Uzbekistan and Rector of the University of Dundee See alsoThe American CeonservativeThe Tulsi Effect: Forcing War Onto the Democratic Agenda Major Danny Sjursen, US Army (retired) For decades, freedom and democracy have been part of the U.S. brand. That doesn’t appear to hold true any longer, at least not in established democracies.A...

Press (media) freedom is not enough. A free press must also serve the function for which is the right to free expression, especially in a liberal democracy where freedom depends on an informed electorate rather than a manipulated one. Using media for narrative control is antithetical to liberal democracy.This includes investigating sources rather than acting as a stenographer for propaganda fronts and intel disinformation plants.Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue JournalistNarrative Management =...

This is part one in an investigation into government-funded, opposition-linked NGOs that pose as impartial monitors and investigators of the Syrian conflict. More on propaganda, disinformation, and the information wars as tools in hybrid warfare.The Gray ZoneBehind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an opposition front group became Western media’s go-to monitor Max Blumenthal

Big. The "official" narrative is unraveling. Caitlin Johnstone.comCONFIRMED: Chemical Weapons Assessment Contradicting Official Syria Narrative Is AuthenticCaitlin Johnstone

US media not even pretending anymore. Prepping the American public for military intervention? RT Fake news alert: CNN says Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido 'won election in January'

...the mass media is not in the business of reporting facts, it’s in the business of selling narratives. Even if those narratives are so shrill and stress-inducing that they imperil the health of their audience.... Fear-mongering is taking its toll. Caitlin Johnstone observes that the problem is not as much Trump as the media and its manufactured narratives. Good read.Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue JournalistMainstream Media Is Now Killing People DirectlyCaitlin Johnstone