Fake News and rumours of Fake News continue to abound. Recent leaks detailing a UK government-funded program of media infiltration and propaganda dissemination has put fake news in a whole new context.
Anonymous, the shadowy trans-national association of hackers, has exposed the doings of the Institute for Statecraft and its so-called Integrity Initiative. They reveal “clusters” of politicians, military officials, and think tank academics recruited and retained to further the aims of the Institute and its masters.
Included in those clusters are prominent journalists working for, among others, Britain’s Guardian newspaper, long regarded the standard-bearer for leftist media.
The paper though has seen a curious transformation over the last few years, nowhere more evident than in its unabashedly biased coverage of Venezuela and incommunicado journalist, Julian Assange.
Elizabeth Vos is Co-Founder and Editor in Chief at Disobedient Media, a web news site focusing on the intersection of global politics, media, and technology. Her December expose, ‘The Guardian’s Reputation In Tatters After Forger Revealed To Have Co-Authored Assange Smear‘ is a body-blow to that paper’s already faltering credibility. (Full disclosure: Elizabeth and DM are staunch supporters of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.)
Elizabeth Vos in the first half.
And; over the weekend cities across France were battlegrounds. For the eighth week in a row the so-called Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vest movement, has paralyzed both the country’s avenues and political process, pitting the disgruntled citizenry against a Macron government whose failed economic policies are being attacked by all sides of the political spectrum; or so it would seem. Could it be there’s a more sinister hand behind the protests; and if so, what might be the motive?
William Craddick is co-founder with Elizabeth Vos of Disobedient Media. He’s a graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, and holds a Bachelor’s in International Relations from Wheaton College. Craddick has written numerous articles related to foreign policy and security, including propaganda operations, political corruption, the “Macron leaks“, and creation of an EU Army.
William Craddick and ‘Is Britain Involved with European “Yellow Vest” Protests?‘ in the second half.
And; Victoria-based activist and long-time Gorilla Radio contributor, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour with the Left Coast Events Bulletin of some of the good things to be gotten up to in and around our town in the coming week. But first, Elizabeth Vos and following Luke Harding and friends down the Guardian rabbit hole.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/