Tag: Russian disinformation

U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War + Supporting Front Orgs

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U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War

As Congress debates major new funding to support the Ukrainian war effort, U.S. taxpayer dollars are already flowing to outlets such as the New Voice of Ukraine, VoxUkraine, Detector Media, the Institute of Mass Information, the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine and many others. Some of this money has come from the $44.1 billion in civilian-needs foreign aid committed to Ukraine. While the funding is officially billed as an ambitious program to develop high-quality independent news programs; counter malign Russian influence; and modernize Ukraine’s archaic media laws, the new sites in many cases have promoted aggressive messages that stray from traditional journalistic practices to promote the Ukrainian government’s official positions and delegitimize its critics.

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Radhika Desai: Western Press Uses ‘Ankle-Biting Yappy Dog’ Pseudo-Academics to Silence Critics

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A prominent Canadian academic has come under fire in the Canadian press for attending the Valdai Forum in Russia. She told Sputnik that the Western press uses government-funded “lapdog” academics to smear the reputations of those who criticize Western policies and highlight how they have discredited themselves.

Radhika Desai: Western Press Uses ‘Ankle-Biting Yappy Dog’ Pseudo-Academics to Silence Critics

How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation pressures Facebook to take down alleged Russian “disinformation” at the behest of Ukrainian intelligence, according to a senior Ukrainian official who corresponds regularly with the FBI. The same official said that Ukrainian authorities define “disinformation” broadly, flagging many social media accounts and posts that he suggested may simply contradict the Ukrainian government’s narrative.

How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media (archived)

Tucker Carlson Steps Up, Defends Black Nationalists After DOJ Indictment: “Saying things the government doesn’t like is not a crime”

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson shamed the liberal media and stood up for some Black Nationalists who have been charged by the Department of Justice for what Tucker says is exercising their right to free speech.

Tucker Carlson Steps Up, Defends Black Nationalists After DOJ Indictment: “Saying things the government doesn’t like is not a crime”

Pentagon Wants To Return Special Ops Propagandists To Ukraine

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An article by The Washington Post titled “Pentagon looks to restart top-secret programs in Ukraine” contains some interesting information about what US special ops forces were doing in Ukraine in the lead-up to the Russian invasion last year, and what they are slated to be doing there in the future.

Pentagon Wants To Return Special Ops Propagandists To Ukraine

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Report: Pentagon wants to revive top secret commando program in Ukraine