{"id":61910,"date":"2022-02-16T08:16:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61910"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:16:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:16:29","slug":"russian-propaganda-means-disputing-us-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61910","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRussian Propaganda\u201d Means Disputing US Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/02\/16\/russian-propaganda-means-disputing-us-propaganda\/\">\u201cRussian Propaganda\u201d Means Disputing US Propaganda<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-11091\" class=\"post-11091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-associated-press tag-journalism tag-media tag-propaganda tag-russia tag-zero-hedge\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-2.png?485df6&amp;485df6\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-2.png 1080w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-2-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/medium-2-1024x536.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"565\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/russian-propaganda-means-disputing-us-propaganda\"><em>Listen to a reading of this article:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1216633948&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=1060\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press has published yet another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-health-moscow-media-ff4a56b7b08bcdc6adaf02313a85edd9\">article<\/a>\u00a0based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies,\u201d AP reports. \u201cThe officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence. The officials did not say whether they thought Zero Hedge knew of any links to spy agencies and did not allege direct links between the website and Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officials briefed The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence sources,\u201d AP adds, repeating the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/anonymous-officials-claim-theres\">refrain<\/a>\u00a0we\u2019re all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/us-again-tries-to-pass-off-government?r=8ss18\">familiar with<\/a>\u00a0now which is always used to justify a complete absence of evidence or accountability for incendiary claims about governments the United States doesn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19za2VsZXRvbl9sb2FkaW5nXzEzMzk4Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6ImN0YSIsInZlcnNpb24iOjJ9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1493662478034784256&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2022%2F02%2F16%2Frussian-propaganda-means-disputing-us-propaganda%2F&amp;sessionId=3a0576ea5c1bbaad5ec9017b928d524cde202b73&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1493662478034784256\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have to scroll down to the eleventh paragraph for some examples of the \u201cKremlin propaganda\u201d that Zero Hedge is accused of \u201camplifying\u201d. These turn out to be entirely innocuous objections to western imperial narratives that were \u201cwritten by people affiliated with the Strategic Culture Foundation,\u201d an outlet the Biden administration sanctioned last year \u201cfor allegedly taking part in Russia\u2019s interference in the 2020 U.S. election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent articles listed as authored by the foundation and published by Zero Hedge include those with the headlines: \u2018NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia In Ukraine,\u2019 \u2018Americans Need A Conspiracy Theory They Can All Agree On\u2019 and \u2018Theater Of Absurd\u2026 Pentagon Demands Russia Explain Troops On Russian Soil,\u2019\u201d writes AP\u2019s Nomaan Merchant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRussian Propaganda\u201d Means Disputing US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 The Associated Press has published yet another\u00a0article\u00a0based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony. \u201cU.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[17039,120,14545,655,694,14568,827,834,4318],"class_list":["post-61910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-censorship","tag-narrative-control","tag-propaganda","tag-russia","tag-russian-propaganda","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61911,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61910\/revisions\/61911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}