One man’s hard lesson after the Eiffel Tower’s darkness was mistaken for a moving...
On the night of the Paris attacks, Rurik Bradbury noticed an inevitable and tiresome trend popping up on Twitter. “I think I saw a...
Kremlin’s habit of hiding the truth: A321 case
By now, it is pretty clear to the world that the tragic crash of Russia’s Airbus A321 in Egypt over two weeks ago resulted...
Beating the Islamist propagandists
Barely 12 hours had passed since the siege on Paris’ Bataclan theater ended and already the propagandists of the Islamic State had put together...
Fake: Graves of ATO Soldiers Bulldozed
Ukrainian and Russian media recently posted a false report that a bulldozer had destroyed the graves of thirty-three Ukrainian soldiers who had died during...
Ukrainian Men’s Travel Ban News Debunked as Fake by Military
On November 19, Ukrainian men woke up to discover that if they were under 45, they would now apparently have to cancel their travel...
Fake: Yatsenyuk Turns down Debt Restructuring Proposal
Ukrainian, Russian, and European media misleadingly reported that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had turned down a recent Russian proposal to restructure $3 billion...
Fake: Ukrainian Men Forbidden to Leave the Country
On November 19, Ukrainian and Russian media falsely reported that Ukraine men under the age of forty-five would be forbidden from leaving Ukraine as...
Russian Media Distort Hollande Comment
Russian media incorrectly translated a statement by French President Francois Hollande about Syria.
His actual comment, translated, was: “In Syria, we're diligently looking for the...
Too little too late: The horror of Paris proves the media need to debunk...
‘Have you seen the news from Paris? Just awful isn’t it’. This WhatsApp message was the start of a long evening cross-referencing updates on...
Russian Lawmaker Suggests Banning Telegram Messenger ‘Because It’s Used by ISIS’
Russian users’ access to the Telegram messenger app should be restricted, according to Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Ageyev, who appealed to the Russian state security...