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Source: Consortium News
British Media's Deception on 'Disinformation'
By John McEvoy and Mark Curtis | April 17, 2023
The British public is being misinformed about the U.K. government's role in shaping coverage of global events such as the war in Ukraine, John McEvoy and Mark Curtis report.
The Guardian building in London, 2012. (Bryantbob, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
• Declassified finds 25 Guardian and Observer articles referencing the Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab, none of which mention its funding by the U.K. and U.S. governments• The Centre for Information Resilience has been referenced 29 times in the U.K. media, with only one article mentioning its U.K. government funding• The U.K. government refuses to tell Parliament which "counter-disinformation" groups it supports and with how much money
The U.K. government has poured over £25 million into private “counter-disinformation” organisations since January 2018 and four of these are directed by people linked to the British or U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Yet, while publishing information deriving from these groups, much of it on the Ukraine war, media outlets are failing to inform their readers of these organisations' ties to the U.K. government."
Instead, the information is presented as coming from “independent" or "non-government” sources, thereby obscuring the financial trail which leads to Whitehall.
The British public is being misinformed about the U.K. government's role in shaping coverage of global events such as the war in Ukraine, as well as the conflicts of interest which emerge from the incestuous relationship between the state, NGOs, and the media.
At the same time, the U.K. government is refusing to disclose the full extent of its links to the "counter-disinformation" industry, such as which organisations receive funding and how much.
Atlantic Council
One counter-disinformation group receiving government funding is the Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), to which the Foreign Office has given at least £6.7 million since January 2018. Other generous funders include the United Arab Emirates, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense.
The DFRLab says its mission is to "identify, expose, and explain disinformation where and when it occurs using open source research." The organisation frequently publishes research about how the main adversaries of its funders — such as Russia, China and Iran — are engaged in malign information activities worldwide.
Declassified has found 25 Guardian and Observer articles which reference the DFRLab, its research or its employees. None of these articles mention the DFRLab’s financial ties to both the U.K. and U.S. governments.
Instead, the DFRLab is referred to as a "Washington. D.C.-based" organisation, "a U.S. think tank," "a U.S. research group," "a non-profit that monitors and combats disinformation online" or "an independent digital forensic research lab."
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Yet, while publishing information deriving from these groups, much of it on the Ukraine war, media outlets are failing to inform their readers of these organisations' ties to the U.K. government."
Instead, the information is presented as coming from “independent" or "non-government” sources, thereby obscuring the financial trail which leads to Whitehall.
The British public is being misinformed about the U.K. government's role in shaping coverage of global events such as the war in Ukraine, as well as the conflicts of interest which emerge from the incestuous relationship between the state, NGOs, and the media.
At the same time, the U.K. government is refusing to disclose the full extent of its links to the "counter-disinformation" industry, such as which organisations receive funding and how much.
Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., March 2014. (Atlantic Council, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
One counter-disinformation group receiving government funding is the Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), to which the Foreign Office has given at least £6.7 million since January 2018. Other generous funders include the United Arab Emirates, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense.
The DFRLab says its mission is to "identify, expose, and explain disinformation where and when it occurs using open source research." The organisation frequently publishes research about how the main adversaries of its funders — such as Russia, China and Iran — are engaged in malign information activities worldwide.
Declassified has found 25 Guardian and Observer articles which reference the DFRLab, its research or its employees. None of these articles mention the DFRLab’s financial ties to both the U.K. and U.S. governments.
Instead, the DFRLab is referred to as a "Washington. D.C.-based" organisation, "a U.S. think tank," "a U.S. research group," "a non-profit that monitors and combats disinformation online" or "an independent digital forensic research lab."
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Elon Musk with the BBC reporter. Who got fooled? Be extremely careful and discerning with Elon Musk. He is the great confidence man for whatever those behind him who are financing and promoting him want accomplished in society. If you follow the great confidence man Musk he will lead you into digital oblivion. Everyone gets all neuralinked up nice and digitally tidy for when Musk becomes the first "president of space." This is the interview Musk as he "slaughters the BBC reporter." Ha ha ha...right, sure thing. Musk is our hero, he saved us on Twitter, got back our free speech and takes on the bad guys. Here is Musk "destroying" the media. Perfect. Who wants to bet this interview was pre-scripted out? Actually, if you seriously think about what is going on here, this is some pretty sophisticated shit.
This is how the great confidence man lures the unsuspecting in:
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