Fake personas wrote foreign policy opinion pieces, mostly in conservative-leaning news outlets (https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-suspends-16-accounts-linked-to-middle-east-propaganda-campaign/)
QuoteTwitter said Monday it has suspended 16 accounts discovered to be part of a network of fake personas spreading propaganda about Middle East countries.
QuoteThe accounts are among a network of at least 19 accounts belonging to fictitious people that spent the past year planting more than 90 opinion pieces in 46 different publications
QuoteThe articles generally praised the United Arab Emirates while pressing for a tougher stance on Qatar, Turkey on Iran, according to The Daily Beast.
I'm pretty sure they meant Qatar, Turkey,
or Iran. That's what the Daily Beast's article says.
QuoteThe opinion pieces ran in conservative publications such as the Washington Examiner, RealClear Markets, American Thinker and The National Interest, the Daily Beast's probe found.
Getting fooled and unwittingly helping fool others is bad enough, but many of these sites still have these fake editorials up (https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign?ref=scroll), apparently on the grounds that even though whatever shadowy individual or organization submitted it lied about the authorship, the text itself sounds totes legit. (In which case, why not take down the fake editorial and replace it with one penned by a real person?)
QuoteWashington Examiner deleted its article written by “Badani,†replacing it with an editor’s note: “This op-ed has been removed after an investigation into its provenance and authorship.†Spiked, a British libertarian site, added a note atop both its articles by a fake persona, saying the outlet “takes seriously any claim of questionable authorship,†but left the text up in the interest of “transparency.â€
Human Events, meanwhile, also affixed an editor’s note atop their article written by a fake persona, but outright defended its publication, writing: “We have reviewed the substance of this piece, and have not found any factual errorsâ€"and we still agree with the thesis of the piece. As such, we are keeping the piece up, and adopting its arguments as a publication.â€
A word to the wise when reading any of these publications, beware the opinion sections.
Yes, those crazy camel drivers don't agree with each other. Rivalry plus Sunni vs Shia. They will stop at nothing to F each other over. Just ask The Prophet.
On J K Rowling, "The TERFs are starting to realize that the feminist claim that there's no difference between men and women is the most misogynistic claim ever made." ... women aren't men, trans men/women aren't biological women/men. Feminism is self canceling, like the actress playing Hermione Granger.
Covington kid wins 2nd lawsuit ...
"Washington Post settles Nicholas Sandmann defamation lawsuit in Covington Catholic High School controversy" ... CNN settled earlier this year
These people work with regular salaries. We have tons of them. They're called a lot of names here. Do you remember Twitter closing up accounts in Russia and Turkey...etc.? Just a little example. Not even the tip of the iceberg.
The problem is in certain countries people don't think or aware that they are in abundance. So this has also been going on domestic issues in every country. It changes according to the culture.
Somewhere as big as the States where there is countless news piles every day, where people make money from conspiracy theories, youtube channels of any kind... this is very hard to follow. (It's different around the world.)
If you do this about the Middle Eastern countries in the States people would easily get aware of it because it is 'against' the culture. They would suspect and research.
But if you do the same thing in a subtle, style with domestic issues in the States leaning on to the right policies bit by bit everyone would buy it...may be by just adding a personal grey tone. It becomes the reality.
Isn't this the sum of the last two decades?
The world has always been at war against itself. And truth is the first casualty of war.
Quote from: Baruch on July 25, 2020, 07:19:36 AM
The world has always been at war against itself. And truth is the first casualty of war.
How do you know since it's all a lie?
Quote from: Sal1981 on July 25, 2020, 08:14:18 AM
How do you know since it's all a lie?
Takes one to know one ;-)
Believe what you want. That is on you, not on me ;-))
Quote from: Baruch on July 25, 2020, 08:19:35 AM
Takes one to know one ;-)
Believe what you want. That is on you, not on me ;-))
Take a step back and see the inherent contradictions in your posts.
Quote from: Sal1981 on July 25, 2020, 08:26:14 AM
Take a step back and see the inherent contradictions in your posts.
Take a step back and see Trotsky using using you as a ventriloquist dummy?
Quote from: Baruch on July 25, 2020, 12:50:09 PM
Take a step back and see Trotsky using using you as a ventriloquist dummy?
He's been dead for 80 years, but his ideas live on in an amalgamate of other ideas that are in my head, but I guess deontological driven theists are exempt.
Quote from: Sal1981 on July 25, 2020, 02:42:06 PM
He's been dead for 80 years, but his ideas live on in an amalgamate of other ideas that are in my head, but I guess deontological driven theists are exempt.
Trots (as they are called in England) are "wet" Marxists. They are Beta males that end with a pick ax in their forehead, courtesy of real Marxists like Stalin.
Quote from: Baruch on July 25, 2020, 06:50:30 PM
Trots (as they are called in England) are "wet" Marxists. They are Beta males that end with a pick ax in their forehead, courtesy of real Marxists like Stalin.
The irony is that only a weak persona, i.e. tankies, would feel the need use a pickaxe for their perceived enemies.
Quote from: Sal1981 on July 26, 2020, 07:49:42 AM
The irony is that only a weak persona, i.e. tankies, would feel the need use a pickaxe for their perceived enemies.
Stalin personally signed every execution order. A hard working dictator is what we need.
"Secret Information Belonging To Clients Of Some Of World's Biggest Hedge Funds Exposed In Massive Ransomware Attack" ... again, don't bother with computer security. Just like Snowden, just like the hack to get 23 million Federal/contractor IDs.
"A Look Inside The $52 Trillion Bubble That Has "Hijacked China's Economy"" ... the Chinese are even more corrupt than Wallstreet. They have worked very hard to catch up to the corrupt US.
"In Unprecedented Move, Congress Proposes Taxpayer-Funded Bailout Of $550 Billion CMBS Industry" ... Dems back this too. They are the party of The People .. bwahaha.
"Meanwhile in Europe, everything is fixed now that they’ve given the European Commission tax and spend powers they don’t legally have." ... except the German supreme court doesn't back their plans and the European parliament is in revolt against it. Will Grexit happen before Italexit?
"Italy on the brink of economic collapse & with it goes the EU" .. the recovery slush fund isn't for greasy people, but for worthy Germans and Belgians. Volkswagen Group is the most indebted corporate entity on Earth.
"Merkel WARNS Europe Of Final Days Of EU" ... she was probably responsible for the fall of E Germany too.
"Twitter Says "Human Error" And "Spear-Phishing Attack" Responsible For Massive Bitcoin Hack" ... the human error is that Twitter IT admin is crap. Spear-phishing happens because the identities of IT admins becomes known, and thus vulnerable.
"17 Year Old Tampa Teen Among 3 People Charged With 30 Counts For Recent Twitter Hack" ... not the Russians or Trump, again!
"Kodak Granted Chairman 1.75 Million Options The Day Before Trump's $765 Million Loan To Company" .. this is how the rich get richer (take legal bribes for doing evil).
"McDonald's Accuses Former CEO Of Lying And Fraud In Lawsuit Seeking To Clawback Comp" ... pirates of the Fortune 500
"In Historic Ultimatum, Uber Threatens To Shut Down California Business If Appeal Isn't Approved" .. claim it will cause 111% increase in rates ... meaning they are paying their tip-slaves 50% of what they are worth
"BLUE LIVES MATTER SUES DE BLASIO FOR BLOCKING MURAL" ... hope they call in sick, no need to be on his security detail
"COMCAST AND XFINITY ATTEMPT TO SILENCE LAURA LOOMER, IN BLATANT ELECTION INTERFERENCE" ... part of CIA, like all Media
"In Transformational Shift, The BOJ Gives Up On Negative Rates As It Now Pays Banks To Lend" .. negative interest rates are something only an idiot MBA would think up. It has failed every place it has been tried.
"China To Expand Its Influence In The Middle East With Major Oil Deal" ... US spent trillions to give Afghan minerals and Iraqi oil to China
"Despite The Diplomatic Bluster, China's State-Run Banks Are Quietly Complying With Trump's Hong Kong Sanctions" ... they can't fully de-couple until they get out of SWIFT, which is how the US controls sanctions and the international dollar trade. China/Russia/Iran has a hard time doing that, because the Yuan isn't freely tradable on the international market, it is a fiat script, only honored by China's closes trading partners (they also do barter over natural resources). With SWIFT, any country is in our grip, giving 5% of every trade implicitly to the US Treasury. This is what pissed De Gaulle off most.
"Americans must learn Chinese according to Communist Party propaganda unit" ... I have studied this since 1985 ... love it!
"GOP senator calls on China to repay $1.6T of century-old debt" ... government gold bonds with interest, dating back to 1912-1949 ... never paid on. If Taiwan is the government of China, they owe it to the US, if CCP is the government of China, then they owe it ;-)
Watching the banned Shadowgate video aka what Snowden was talking about, a bunch of whistleblowers talk. Diversion of government intel info to private security organizations run by Brennan (who hacked the 2008 election to get Obama elected). This diversion allows Deep State to do things that are illegal on government servers. Seems accurate to me, based on my prior access to a different part of the Deep State and prior leaks to the public. Giant blackmail network, not just Epstein.
The 2014 OPM hack (against anyone who has ever applied for classified access) was authorized by Brennan as a private contractor. Brennan connected operations maintain complete surveillance of all Congress critters and their staff. This "private" data is stored on servers physically located off-shore (like Germany) so they are not subject to US law. Guess arresting the investigative reporter was a failure, since another reporter released the documentary anyway ;-)
Basically psych warfare operations, that have always been used against American citizens (what newspapers were good for), but was legalized for modern use against Americans by Presidents Bush and Obama. Russia may have un-officially used $50,000 ads on Facebook to mess with the 2016 election. The US uses billions of dollars per year to mess with every other nation on Earth, as well as the US itself. The Ferguson riots were directed from DC. You should see the famous names in the interlocked directorships.
Both the DNC and RNC were hacked by the Brennan operation. Some of the info got out to Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas, and both were liquidated for knowing too much and for objecting to the screwing of the electoral process? Not just copying, but deleting and modifying. A corrupt version of Minority Report is operational now. Shadownet and Clearforce are being used to select jurors on grand juries etc. as well as to screen potential employees. Robotic and AI policing by Interpol and Atlantic Council.
"Millicent “Millie†Weaver, 29, was arrested after a Portage County grand jury handed up an indictment with her charges." ... "Records cited by the outlet say Weaver and her 45-year-old boyfriend, Gavin Wince, are both being held at the Portage County Jail on charges of robbery, tampering with evidence, obstructing justice, and domestic violence." ... funny how that works, when Trump, Clinton and Biden aren't indicted for greater crimes?
"Viral Shadowgate Documentary Deleted By Facebook And YouTube After Film-Maker's Arrest" ... too late, sheeple. I was like #750 who watched it. Merely clarified what was already suspected, added links between names of malefactors.
The documentary is now on the Dark Web, and has over 1 million views.