{"id":34404,"date":"2018-05-21T08:43:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34404"},"modified":"2018-05-21T09:26:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:26:38","slug":"wikipedia-is-an-establishment-psyop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34404","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Is An Establishment Psyop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"3a07\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/05\/20\/wikipedia-is-an-establishment-psyop\/\">Wikipedia Is An Establishment Psyop<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"8649\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--h3\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*YOlZVsz7HXzJdt22.\" data-width=\"1012\" data-height=\"478\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*YOlZVsz7HXzJdt22.\" data-scroll=\"native\"><canvas class=\"progressiveMedia-canvas js-progressiveMedia-canvas\" width=\"75\" height=\"35\"><\/canvas><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*YOlZVsz7HXzJdt22.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*YOlZVsz7HXzJdt22.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"45e3\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">If you haven\u2019t been living in a hole in a cave with both fingers plugged into your ears, you may have noticed that an awful lot of fuss gets made about Russian propaganda and disinformation these days. Mainstream media outlets are <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/atlantic-council-explains-why-we-need-to-be-propagandized-for-our-own-good-fd3470254ea5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/atlantic-council-explains-why-we-need-to-be-propagandized-for-our-own-good-fd3470254ea5\">now speaking openly<\/a> about <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/any-discussion-of-russian-disinfo-is-invalid-unless-it-addresses-iraq-lies-4992d94c9193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/any-discussion-of-russian-disinfo-is-invalid-unless-it-addresses-iraq-lies-4992d94c9193\">the need for governments<\/a> to fight an <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/bbc-reporter-discourages-syria-questions-due-to-information-war-with-russia-e13a3d18e4e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/bbc-reporter-discourages-syria-questions-due-to-information-war-with-russia-e13a3d18e4e9\">\u201cinformation war\u201d<\/a> against Russia, with headlines containing that peculiar phrase now turning up on an almost daily basis.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7961\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Here\u2019s one published today titled \u201c<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unian.info\/world\/10122776-radio-poland-border-guards-detain-russian-over-information-war-on-poland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.unian.info\/world\/10122776-radio-poland-border-guards-detain-russian-over-information-war-on-poland.html\">Border guards detain Russian over \u2018information war\u2019 on Poland<\/a>\u201c, about a woman who is to be expelled from that country on the grounds that she \u201cworked to consolidate pro-Russian groups in Poland in order to challenge Polish government policy on historical issues and replace it with a Russian narrative\u201d in order to \u201cdestabilize Polish society and politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"2806\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Here\u2019s one published yesterday titled \u201c<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/c2-comms\/2018\/05\/18\/marines-get-new-information-war-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/c2-comms\/2018\/05\/18\/marines-get-new-information-war-leader\/\">Marines get new information warfare leader<\/a>\u201c, about a US Major General\u2019s appointment to a new leadership position created \u201cto better compete in a 21st century world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"435c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Here\u2019s one from the day before titled \u201c<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/nordic.businessinsider.com\/how-sweden-is-protecting-itself-from-foreign-propaganda-ahead-of-its-september-election--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/nordic.businessinsider.com\/how-sweden-is-protecting-itself-from-foreign-propaganda-ahead-of-its-september-election--\">Here\u2019s how Sweden is preparing for an information war ahead of its general election<\/a>\u201c, about how the Swedish Security Service and Civil Contingencies Agency are \u201cgearing up their efforts to prevent disinformation during the election campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"5013\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf--iframe graf-after--p\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-scroll=\"native\">\n<div class=\"iframeContainer\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"progressiveMedia-iframe js-progressiveMedia-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/media\/6c3971d5f5a8833368e6d5e53ffabb87?postId=c352c0d2faf\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-width=\"854\" data-height=\"480\" data-src=\"\/media\/6c3971d5f5a8833368e6d5e53ffabb87?postId=c352c0d2faf\" data-media-id=\"6c3971d5f5a8833368e6d5e53ffabb87\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2pwXfHyTlCo%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"be7b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">This notion that the US and its allies are fighting against Russian \u201chybrid warfare\u201d (by which they typically mean hackers and disinformation campaigns) has taken such deep root among think tanks, DC elites and intelligence\/defense circles that it often gets unquestioningly passed on as fact by mass media establishment stenographers who are immersed in and chummy with those groups. The notion that these things present a real threat to the public is taken for granted to such an extent that they seldom bother to even attempt to explain to their audiences why we\u2019re meant to be so worried about this new threat and what makes it a threat in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia Is An Establishment Psyop If you haven\u2019t been living in a hole in a cave with both fingers plugged into your ears, you may have noticed that an awful lot of fuss gets made about Russian propaganda and disinformation these days. 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