{"id":7374,"date":"2015-04-17T06:36:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2015-04-17T06:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T11:36:37","slug":"bloggers-compared-to-isis-during-congressional-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7374","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bloggers\u2019 Compared to ISIS During Congressional Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"subheadlinemain\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/bloggers-compared-to-isis-during-congressional-hearing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018Bloggers\u2019 Compared to ISIS During Congressional Hearing<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>People who challenge establishment narratives online likened with terrorist organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bloggers, conspiracy theorists and people who challenge establishment narratives on the Internet were all likened to ISIS terrorists during a chilling Congressional hearing which took place yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">The hearing, hosted by the House Foreign Relations Committee, was titled \u201cConfronting Russia\u2019s Weaponization of Information,\u201d and accused Russian state broadcaster RT of weaponizing \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d to spread propaganda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">One of the speakers giving testimony was former RT host Liz Wahl, who made a public spectacle of quitting Russian state media last year in an incident\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/how_cold_war-hungry_neocons_stage_managed_liz_wahls_resignation_20140319\">stage-managed by neo-con James Kirchick<\/a>, himself a former employee of Radio Free Europe \u2013 a state media outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Remarking that the Internet provided a platform for \u201cfringe voices and extremists,\u201d Wahl characterized people who challenge establishment narratives as a \u201ccult\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">\u201cThey mobilize and they feel they\u2019re part of some enlightened fight against the establishment\u2026.they find a platform to voice their deranged views,\u201d said Wahl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Referring to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/225543-rt-isis-us-broadcaster\/\">comments made in January<\/a>\u00a0by US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chief Andrew Lack, who characterized RT as a threat on the same level as ISIS and Boko Haram, Wahl said the comparison was justified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">\u201cBy using the Internet to mobilize people that feel displaced, that feel like they\u2019ve been on the outskirts of society, and give them a place where they can find a sense of belonging, and maybe make a difference in their own way, and it\u2019s a problem,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Bloggers\u2019 Compared to ISIS During Congressional Hearing People who challenge establishment narratives online likened with terrorist organization Bloggers, conspiracy theorists and people who challenge establishment narratives on the Internet were all likened to ISIS terrorists during a chilling Congressional hearing which took place yesterday. 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