Western News Media

EU spin in the time of coronavirus
While the world is combatting COVID-19, a real pandemic, it seems the European Union is worried about a fake virus – the omnipotent, omnipresent, all-encompassing “Russian disinformation.” News of a brand-new EU report, still-secret yet seamlessly leaked to the likes of Reuters and the Daily Mail, made over a hundred headlines throughout Europe in the last few days. The report is said to b [...]
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Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia
One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia's reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will of locals. Look, you can make legitimate arguments about international law and the way the process was carried out. But attempts to give the impression Moscow somehow dragged residents kicking and screaming into t [...]
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Hearings on MH17 Postponed Until 23 March
Earlier in the day, prosecutor in the MH17 case Thijs Berger said that the investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine had almost been completed and the materials will be handed over to the court by June. The Dutch court announced on Tuesday that the hearings on the MH17 crash have been postponed until 23 March. [...]
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It’s older than you think: ‘Russian collusion’ has been a political weapon since the Cold War
The “Russian collusion” trope didn’t just spring to life with US President Donald Trump in 2016 – accusations of taking help from the evil Russkies have dogged candidates who buck the establishment since the 1960s. Trump may be the best-known candidate to attract allegations of being ‘Putin’s puppet,’ but he is by no means the first. [...]
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About The News Media
Practically every question about any media coverage can be answered this way... ...Profit! Media companies are, with few exceptions, for-profit corporations. They have investors, stockholders, and as with any for-profit, their first responsibility is to provide a return on investment to their investors. Media companies, with few exceptions, generate revenue by selling airtime for commercials. [...]
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MSM silence on OPCW Douma scandal ‘ridiculous’, says journalist gagged by Newsweek after scandalous leak 🎞️
The refusal of almost every Western media outlet to cover the leaks implicating the chemical weapons watchdog of doctoring its Syria report has become ridiculous, says a journalist who was barred from reporting it by Newsweek. [...]
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Ideology trumps facts? Journalists have lost their moral compass, study reveals
Professional journalists are losing touch with the moral code that once galvanized the profession, a new study shows. But what truth-slinger wouldn’t be having an existential crisis in an industry where facts no longer matter? Ideology, speed, and novelty have nudged veracity and honor out of the way at the ethical core of the journalist’s trade. ​ [...]
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A winter of Kremlin’s content: Construction boom shows doomsayer ‘experts’ wrong on Russia
The cottage industry of ‘experts’ predicting the inevitable demise of Russia for years is ignoring the hard evidence of progress such as the infrastructure projects that the West is unable or unwilling to undertake itself. [...]
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Westerners who propped up Islamist ‘moderate rebels’ suddenly realize they’re terrorists as they launch ‘genocide’ of Kurds
An absolutely fascinating phenomenon accompanying the Turkish invasion of Syria has been watching the reaction of western journalists who once shilled for ‘moderate rebels’ now falling into the trap of having to condemn them. [...]
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Hell freezes over? New York Times wants closer relationship with Russia, congratulates Trump
The New York Times’ editorial board, fresh from peddling anti-Russia conspiracies for two years, has made a remarkable about-turn. Now the paper wants closer relations with the Kremlin, all to thwart China’s ambitions. [...]
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US Media Reveals Who Stopped Trump From Striking Iran After Spy Drone Downing
Tensions between Iran and the United States nearly escalated into a dangerous direct confrontation on Thursday as President Donald Trump approved airstrikes against Tehran following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' downing of a US spy drone, but abruptly backtracked on his decision. [...]
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Sides Interested in Douma Attack REVEALED as ‘Unpublished OPCW Report’ Leaked
The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media has recently published what they say is a never-before-seen report by the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission on the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma on 7 April 2018, showing that the entire incident was a false flag. [...]
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‘Truth was the real take-away from Mueller’: RT America’s Sanchez tackles Russiagate (VIDEO)
RT America host Rick Sanchez has broken down the true lessons of the Robert Mueller probe and Russiagate, revealing why he believes Russia was pegged as the US's “exclusive boogieman.” [...]
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Did the West really ‘lose’ in Syria?
Eight years after the conflict in Syria began, gloomy ‘how did it all go wrong for the West’ articles are appearing. Actually, there was no defeat for ‘the West’. The alternative to the Assad government prevailing was far worse. [...]
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‘Behind me is toothpaste CNN said doesn’t exist in Venezuela’ – Max Blumenthal explores markets
Journalist Max Blumenthal visited state-subsidized food markets outside Caracas and, in a new video, showed that what the corporate media says doesn't exist in Venezuela can actually be easily found right at a local market. [...]
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Integrity Initiative faces setback in Norway: Public ‘skepticism’ of US hinders anti-Russia infowar
Integrity Initiative’s crusade to create a lockstep anti-Russia narrative in Europe and the US has hit a roadblock: According to the shadowy organization, Norwegians are too skeptical of US politics and not adequately anti-Russia. [...]
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Pro-war ‘Trump circus’: Veteran reporter quits NBC with biting critique of corporate newsroom
NBC News has given endless war and ‘destructive’ intelligence agencies a free pass, all while fixating on around-the-clock Trump hysteria, a veteran national security reporter wrote in a biting farewell message to his colleagues. [...]
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CNN Calls Crimean City Russian, Catches Flak From Ukraine’s US Embassy
Crimea dramatically broke off from Ukraine and rejoined Russia in March 2014 following a peninsula-wide referendum, a month after a Western-backed coup rocked Kiev and overthrew Ukraine's democratically elected government. [...]
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Outrage in WH as Fox News Host Attacks Trump Over ‘Refounding’ Daesh
On Friday morning, Fox & Friends host addressed President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria after declaring victory over Daesh. [...]
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New Cold War dangers: More potentially explosive Russia-US conflicts likely to come – Stephen Cohen
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous than its predecessor was. A major theme of Cohen's recently published book 'War With Russia? From Putin and Ukraine To Trump and Russiagate', is that the new Cold War is more dangerous in several ways than its 40-year predecessor, which the world survived. [...]
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Another alleged Syrian chemical attack but this time Western media is silent (VIDEO)
Alleged Syrian gas attacks are typically met with heartbreaking media reports and US-led missile strikes but a suspected chlorine attack in Aleppo has gone largely ignored in the West. How could this be? [...]
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A Russian not becoming head of Interpol is bigger news than the person who did
Interpol’s new boss is South Korean Kim Jong-yang, although reading the gleeful mainstream coverage of the news, it’s much easier to find out who didn’t get the job — or more specifically, that the losing candidate was Russian. [...]
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