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Why It’s Time For The Wash. Post To Give Up Anti-Russia Propaganda

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Channel: News 4 A Change · 2016 · News & Politics

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In this video, Rachel Blevins takes a look at how the Washington Post's coverage of Russia has been incredibly hypocritical, given its history of using anonymous sources to justify vague claims.

When the Washington Post published a story titled, “Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say” on Nov. 24, it acted as if it had found the perfect link between Russia and fake news—all backed up by citing “experts.”
 
The only problem is that one of the story’s main sources was PropOrNot, which the Post described as “a group that insists on public anonymity.”This mysterious, anonymous group claimed to have created the “master list” of over 200 websites that were promoting Russian propaganda.
 
While most mainstream media took the list as the gospel, several of the websites mentioned on it criticized the validity of the group and the story itself. 
 
As a result, the Post added an “Editor’s note” to the top of the story, in which it claimed that the Washington Post “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.”
 
One might think that after the publication’s credibility was called into question for using an anonymous group to justify a propaganda hit-piece that claimed to be calling out “real” propaganda, the Post would take a break… right? 


Sources:

"Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say" – https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html?utm_term=.c2e0822eeaeb

"Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist From a New, Hidden, and Very Shady Group" – https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/washington-post-disgracefully-promotes-a-mccarthyite-blacklist-from-a-new-hidden-and-very-shady-group/

"How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media" – https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-ed-schultz-transformed-from-msnbc-lefty-to-the-american-face-of-moscow-media/2016/12/20/320713f4-c322-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.8733aa04afa2

"CNN’s hiring of Corey Lewandowski didn’t cause a staff revolt. In fact, it was the opposite" – https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/cnns-hiring-of-corey-lewandowski-didnt-cause-a-staff-revolt-in-fact-it-was-the-opposite/2016/06/26/61ba30fe-3bcd-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html?utm_term=.ddb09d6b58c1

"I was a victim of a Russian smear campaign. I understand the power of fake news"– https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/i-was-a-victim-of-a-russian-smear-campaign-i-understand-the-power-of-fake-news/2016/12/20/0dfdc2aa-c606-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html?utm_term=.3ab14e6ea994

"Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump" – https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.0e35a3d23b4a

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