One year after a photograph and video of a thin, dying polar bear National Geographic alleged was near death due to climate change, the publication has finally admitted it was all fake news. According to Fox News, the photographer of the polar bear, Cristina Mittermeier, admitted in an essay titled Starving-Polar-Bear Photographer Recalls What Went…
Starving Venezuela funds TeleSUR: a propaganda network for English-speakers started by Hugo Chavez to champion the Latin American Left.
During February, the Speakers Action Group presented British author Melanie Phillips at Bennett Jones Law Offices where she delivered a talk entitled The World Turned Upside Down: The Role of the Media. Melanie Phillips has made a career of not bowing to the will of the public on controversial issues. Her new book, Guardian Angel:…
In an article published in The Des Moines Register today, Scientists at Iowa State University (ISU) allege Russia is supporting fake news reports online to undermine US GMO production. According to Doctors Shawn Dorius and Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, both scientists state their research shows Russia is funding propaganda in the US in order to bolster their…
Was the effort to focus America’s attention on the idea of fake news —itself a propaganda effort? Five-time Emmy award winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson helps you connect the dots to learn who’s behind it and why. It’s not what you think.
Late last year Iowa US Senate Chuck Grassley ratcheted up an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley’s interest came in light of the indictments of former Trump campaign director Paul Manafort and questions raised about the effectiveness of Robert Mueller’s investigation. However, one news item…
In a welcome move, the Editorial Board of The Boston Globe has issued a public and much needed thrashing of environmentalists for their ardent opposition to pipelines entitled: Our Russian ‘pipeline,’ and its ugly toll. In its opening paragraph, the declaration of the publication states (emphasis included): To build the new $27 billion gas export…
