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Tag Archives: Afshin Rattansi
State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as ‘state-backed’
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared The Grayzone and independent reporter Jordan Chariton, falsely claiming both are “state-backed media accounts.” By Alex Rubinstein Source: Grayzone The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Empire, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Afshin Rattansi, Alliance for Securing Democracy, alternative media, ASD, bernie sanders, censorship, CIA, Clint Watts, Cold War, corporate media, Craig Newmark, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Election 2020, German Marshall Project, Hamilton 68, Iowa Caucus, Jordan Chariton, Klarman Family Foundation, Lee Camp, neo-McCarthyites, Neocons, Pete Buttigieg, Pierre Omidyar, propaganda, Russia, Sandler Foundation, Seth Klarman, The European Commission, Tyrel Ventura, USAID
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Buried In Broad Daylight – The ‘Free Press’ And The Leaked OPCW Report On Douma
By David Cromwell and David Edwards Source: Media Lens A defining feature of the propaganda system is that facts supporting the agenda of Western power are pushed to the forefront of the ‘mainstream’ media, while inconvenient facts are buried. A … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, corporate news, culture, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, imperialism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Afshin Rattansi, Bashar al-Assad, BBC News, censorship, Chemical Weapons, Chris Williamson, corporate media, Damascus, Douma, Dr Assim Rahaibani, empire, False Flag, geopolitics, imperialism, Kamal Ahmed, Khan Sheikhoun, Mainstream News, MSM, OPCW report, propaganda, Psy-ops, Syria, Syrian government, Theodore Postol, UN Security Council, war
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European Television’s Double Standards
Lately I’ve been enjoying the program “Double Standards” on the Press TV YouTube channel. It’s a London-based news and satire show hosted by Afshin Rattansi. While it may not be as consistently funny and polished as “The Daily Show” and … Continue reading