$10,000 Reward for "PropOrNot" names
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Washington Post Appends "Russian Propaganda Fake News" Story, Admits It May Be Fake

By Tyler Durden

December 08, 2016 "Information Clearing House" - "Zero Hedge" - In the latest example why the "mainstream media" is facing a historic crisis of confidence among its readership, facing unprecedented blowback following Craig Timberg November 24 Washington Post story "Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say", on Wednesday a lengthy editor's note appeared on top of the original article in which the editor not only distances the WaPo from the "experts" quoted in the original article whose "work" served as the basis for the entire article (and which became the most read WaPo story the day it was published) but also admits the Post could not "vouch for the validity of PropOrNot's finding regarding any individual media outlet", in effect admitting the entire story may have been, drumroll "fake news" and conceding the Bezos-owned publication may have engaged in defamation by smearing numerous websites - Zero Hedge included - with patently false and unsubstantiated allegations.

It was the closest the Washington Post would come to formally retracting the story, which has now been thoroughly discredited not only by outside commentators, but by its own editor.

The apended note in question:

Editor’s Note: The Washington Post on Nov. 24 published a story on the work of four sets of researchers who have examined what they say are Russian propaganda efforts to undermine American democracy and interests. One of them was PropOrNot, a group that insists on public anonymity, which issued a report identifying more than 200 websites that, in its view, wittingly or unwittingly published or echoed Russian propaganda. A number of those sites have objected to being included on PropOrNot’s list, and some of the sites, as well as others not on the list, have publicly challenged the group’s methodology and conclusions. The Post, which did not name any of the sites, does not itself vouch for the validity of PropOrNot’s findings regarding any individual media outlet, nor did the article purport to do so. Since publication of The Post’s story, PropOrNot has removed some sites from its list.

As The Washingtonian notes, the implicit concession follows intense and rising criticism of the article over the past two weeks. It was “rife with obviously reckless and unproven allegations,” Intercept reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ben Norton wrote, noting that PropOrNot, one of the groups whose research was cited in Timberg’s piece, “anonymous cowards.” One of the sites PropOrNot cited as Russian-influenced was the Drudge Report.

The piece’s description of some sharers of bogus news as “useful idiots” could “theoretically include anyone on any social-media platform who shares news based on a click-bait headline,” Mathew Ingram wrote for Fortune.

But the biggest issue was PropOrNot itself. As Adrian Chen wrote for the New Yorker, its methods were themselves suspect, hinting at counter-Russian propaganda - ostensibly with Ukrainian origins - and verification of its work was nearly impossible. Chen wrote “the prospect of legitimate dissenting voices being labelled fake news or Russian propaganda by mysterious groups of ex-government employees, with the help of a national newspaper, is even scarier.”

Criticism culminated this week when the "Naked capitalism" blog threatened to sue the Washington Post, demanding a retraction.

Now, at least, the "national newspaper" has taken some responsibility, however the key question remains: by admitting it never vetted its primary source, whose biased and conflicted "work" smeared hundreds of websites, this one included, just how is the Washington Post any different from the "fake news" it has been deriding on a daily basis ever since its endorsed presidential candidate lost the elections?

The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Information Clearing House editorial policy.

If government officials are so concerned about "fake news" then why did they repeal the Smith-Mundt act making government fake news legal? HR 5736 basically negated the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 (U.S. Intelligence and Educational Exchange Act). The bill was passed as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, several months after Sandy Hook.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/

Kellyanne Conway, a top aide to President-elect Donald Trump, says the best example of fake news is the idea he could not defeat Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in their race the White House.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/309592-aide-the-most-fake-news-is-trump-couldnt-beat-clinton

https://www.newsbud.com/2016/12/09/propornot-evidence-of-a-cia-psychological-operation/

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#FakeNews is the new "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
Published on Dec 17, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5u0hrCdm0

Published on Dec 17, 2016

The corporate owned media and their partners in government are working overtime to spread the fake news meme. This meme is designed to limit, and ultimately destroy, the independent and alternative media by censoring anti-establishment viewpoints.

Find more videos like this at: www.theconsciousresistance.com

Fake News: The Intensification of Information Warfare
Boiling Frogs Post Published on Dec 19, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YWPqUWzZw

In this week’s Newsbud Roundtable Spiro Skouras is joined by Newsbud Founder Sibel Edmonds, James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Senior Producer at Newsbud Kurt Nimmo to discuss Nimmo’s recent exclusive article for Newsbud titled: ‘PropOrNot: Evidence of a CIA Psychological Operation’. We take a look at the war on free speech, the information war that is in full swing and much more.

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“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

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" Mainstream Media Liars Declare Real News Fake News "
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Link to article about Melissa Zimdars, associate professor of communications at Merrimack College.
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/11/17/fake-news-sites-list-melissa-zinders/

Melissa Zimdars' newly revised criteria on FAKE NEWS
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3VAL6pLkT53V_81ZyitM/preview

Corbett Report goes over some alternatives for YouTube, social media, government control of the internet, etc. (One can search on Corbett Report for previous episodes describing many alternative solutions to guard against the control of the internet and media platforms)

LINKS listed - https://www.corbettreport.com/the-social-media-exodus-has-begun-heres-where-everybodys-going/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhactAB37YI (7 minutes)

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.bit not ".com"
Michael Dean of MichaelWDean.com joins us today to discuss the .bit top level domain and how it provides a censorship-resistant alternative to the easily censorable .com, net. and other government-administered top level domains. We talk about what .bit is, how it’s managed through the decentralized Namecoin blockchain, and how the average person can use tools like Meowbit to start surfing the .bit universe.
- Show notes with links - https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-846-the-censorship-solution-with-michael-dean/

YouTube Corbett EXTRAS Channel
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