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Counter-Propaganda Bill Quietly Creates US Propaganda Factory
John Laurits reports on the danger unleashed by the US Senate recently passing a 'counter propaganda' bill hidden in the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Hints of Ukrainian Fascism and CIA Spying Rise From Blacklist Case
A writer with considerable expertise about Russian and Ukrainian politics connects the dots after scrutinizing the shadowy PropOrNot and a controversial Washington Post article. By Mark Ames.
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B.S. Detector And The Rise Of ‘Fake News’ Detection Software
CBS News reported developers increased pressure on Facebook to address its “fake news problem” with a browser extension called the “B.S. Detector.” It claimed the extension relies upon “a constantly-updated list of known fake news sites, propaganda mills and ‘promoters of kooky conspiracy theories’” as a reference point. However, CBS News was wrong. By Kevin Gosztola,
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Manufacturing Normality
“Mostly it has to do with words, especially binary oppositions like ‘real’ and ‘fake,’ and ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal,’ which are, of course, essentially meaningless … their value being purely tactical. Which is to say they denote nothing.” By CJ Hopkins.
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Canadian Journalist on lies about Syria
Eva Bartlett (Dec. 9, 2016)
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There is more than one truth to tell in the terrible story of Aleppo
Our political masters are in league with the Syrian rebels, and for the same reason as the rebels kidnap their victims – money. By Robert Fisk.
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Slaughter or Liberation?: A Debate on Russia's Role in the Syrian War & the Fall of Aleppo
Democracy Now! hosts a debate between Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, and Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University.
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Horrible Facebook Algorithm Accident Results In Exposure To New Ideas
Assuring users that the company’s entire team of engineers was working hard to make sure a glitch like this never happens again, Facebook executives confirmed during a press conference Tuesday that a horrible accident last night involving the website’s algorithm had resulted in thousands of users being exposed to new concepts. [Satire]
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WashingtonsBlog: What The Russian Hacking Report Doesn’t Say
Today, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI released a report alleging Russian hacking. The report itself is only five and a half pages long in large print...
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Something About This Russia Story Stinks
Nearly a decade and a half after the Iraq-WMD faceplant, the American press is again asked to co-sign a dubious intelligence assessment. By Matt Taibbi.
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Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again
False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid. By Glenn Greenwald.
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U.S. Intelligence Got the Wrong Cyber Bear
The U.S. government's technical report on Russian hacking identifies a tool that is readily available. By Leonid Bershidsky.
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DefenseOne: Weaponized Narrative Is the New Battlespace
And the U.S. is in the unaccustomed position of being seriously behind its adversaries. By Brad Allenby and Joel Garreau, co-directors of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative.
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WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News
In which the snake begins eating itself. By Adam Johnson.
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Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never work with douchebags’
White House claims Alisa Shevchenko was involved in hacking the US election but in an interview she says authorities misinterpreted facts or were fooled. By Shaun Walker and Sam Thielman.
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WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived
In the current D.C. climate on Russia, all relevant journalistic incentives encourage and reward false news. By Glenn Greenwald.
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On Whitewashing Russia: Power-worshippers Only See Black-and-White
“The media never intended to learn anything from Iraq except how to better peddle fables, and it hasn’t even learned that.” By Jason Hirthler.
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American Unintelligence on Russia
America’s case against the Kremlin suffers from major flaws that should be acknowledged, even by those who argue that Russia hacked U.S. democratic institutions, says Kevin Rothrock.
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Russia, Trump & Flawed Intelligence
A close reading of the intelligence report on Russian interference in the US election shows that it does nothing to clarify the abnormalities of Trump’s campaign and election. Instead, it suggests that the US intelligence agencies’ Russia expertise is weak. By Masha Gessen.
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The Deep State Goes to War With President-Elect, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer
Trump’s critics can do him no bigger favor than using dubious, discredited tactics to attack him. By Glenn Greenwald.
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