Journalism, ‘fake news’ and disinformation: A handbook for journalism education and training
This new publication by UNESCO is a timely resource and highly topical subject for all those who practice or teach journalism in this Digital Age.
Moscow’s Mouthpieces
By Holger Roonemaa (POSTIMEES), Inga Springe (RE:BALTICA) Skype logs and other documents obtained by Re:Baltica, Postimees and Buzzfeed offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine.
Lithuania Asks Walmart To Stop Selling Clothing With Soviet Symbols
Lithuania is urging U.S. retail giant Walmart to stop selling clothing with Soviet hammer-and-sickle symbols, which it says insults victims of Soviet-era persecution.
Fake: British Authorities Preparing Anti-Terrorist Operation for Brexit
Opponents of Brexit will be forcefully dispersed by Britain’s military and police announced Russia’s Strategic Culture Foundation, a pro-Kremlin research and analysis web site.
Promising to Make a ‘Good Juicy Chop’ of Opposition Leader is Not ‘Physical Threat’...
“We do not regard his words as a physical threat. Source: RIA-Novosti, September 11, 2018 FALSE Viktor Zolotov said Alexey Navalny should take his words with all due seriousness On Tuesday, September 11…
RAND report exposes Russian propaganda claims in Turkey
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews) In Turkey, where an estimated 245 journalists are behind bars and news is dominated by a mix of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s propaganda and conspiracy theories, it would seem pointless for Russia to spread its own false narratives.
Fake: Kyiv ‘Not Ready’ for Prisoner Exchange with Russia
Kyiv has no intention of exchanging prisoners with the Kremlin – is one of Russia’s classic disinformation narratives about Ukraine which Moscow has been propagating tirelessly since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014.
Delusions of freedom: the US far right and the Kremlin
One of the pillars of Putin’s political system is confrontation with the outside world and the search for enemies. His regime conducts "information operations" against the West to try and undermine democracy.
Russia’s Use of Media and Information Operations in Turkey
Pages: 19 DOI: 10.7249/PE278 Document Number: PE-278-A Year: 2018 Series: Perspectives Russian media have sought to undermine Turkey's political and security cooperation with the United States and Europe by exacerbating mutual skepticism and highlighting policy differences.
Fake: Hasidim Rape Underage Girl in Uman
Several web sites circulated a fake story during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year in the central Ukrainian city of Uman, claiming that several Hasidic men had raped a local underage girl.