ZeroHedge exposed as Putin Puppet site
Dammit! How will I be able to continue to spread Russian propaganda and corrupt the minds of unwitting Americans when my sources of disinformation continue to be exposed?
(AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies.The officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence. The officials did not say whether they thought Zero Hedge knew of any links to spy agencies and did not allege direct links between the website and Russia.
Zero Hedge denied the claims and said it tries to “publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story.” In a response posted online Tuesday morning, the website said it has “has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy agencies.”
There you go. Would a real Russian spy have admitted to being a Russian spy? Of course not. Therefore that's proof that zerohedge is full of Russian spies.
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Meanwhile, Jill Stein pretends to be innocent
LOL
In other words
If you don't agree with me, then you are obviously a communist
sympathizer. Wouldn't Joe McCarthy have fun with that one?
Red scare version 2.0. If you ain't with us, you are a Russian spy!
Haven't we had enough of this fear mongering by now?
I sure have.
question everything
They're on to me
I got banned from DKos on the day that I posted an essay mocking Russiagate.
Then I started hanging out on r/WayoftheBern until it turned out that WotB was Russian disinformation too. (and again)
So now ZH, where I've been visiting for a decade is Putin's plaything. I'm feeling a bit of Zevon right now.
Update: I was reading those articles I linked to above, and there are a few bits that are wonderful. From WashPo:
Then there's the VPR article:
Oh noes! Those Russian disinformation tweets were 100% accurate, which is the most dangerous kind of disinformation.
Oops, guess we are all commie spies at this point
if we don't send pelousy our money right away
gotta prove we are true blue by donating
those lawyers and guns cost money
don'cha know
question everything
Since Russia hasn't had a communist government
....for 30 years, the State Department looks stupid.
Like they still think that anyone cares about such nonsense.
You are right about that
But the deviousness of propaganda can not admit that russkies = commies = enemies of
the good ol' USA has been a fabricated truth nearly forever. How does it look now that the
Nazis of Ukraine are the lesser evils of the aggressive bear? Or how the Al Queda were less
of a threat than any elected government in the Mid East? And who's side is ISIS on? (Hint CIA)
To think of the realization that we have been brainwashed for over 100 years may reduce the
belief in their methodology, in the public's eyes. This is something they can not allow.
Saving Vietnam from Chinese socialism? Saving Nicaragua from socialism?
It's more like saving the bankers from losing profits. That's what war used to be about.
Now it is also about covering dirty political mistakes under a different guise.
question everything
What if I told you that ISIS was a Uighur operation?
The fleet of Toyotas, the head chopping, the whole thing.
And McCain was meeting and being photographed with Uighurs.
Americans haven't even scratched the surface of the atrocities they pay for.
We've seen the evidence
Of Putin's intentions. That State Department guy gave it to us when he told us Putin has bad intentions. What's the evidence? "I just gave it to you".
That was my favorite Biden Administration moment so far. And, as you'll recall, reporters who were skeptical were asked if they preferred Russian sources. Or, in a separate news conference, if they chose to believe ISIS instead.
It’s funny to us that they are accused of that
but it’s not really a laughing matter. Not after the DHS released its domestic terrorism report last week. It’s a way for the government to crack down on dissent from its talking points. There can be serious repercussions coming towards those accused of spreading disinformation.
Let’s not forget that some people did end up in prison after the Mueller investigations. Not for anything related to Russia Gate, but process crimes. But still they were sentenced to prison.
Let’s also not forget that those stories about son Biden were actually true and that the FBI had been and still are looking into his actions in Ukraine and China.
First off we know that the mainstream media lied to the world about Russia Russia and that they are not being held to account for it. Mueller found no connection between Trump and Russia nor was the story about Alpha bank true and that someone from Herheinous' campaign just made that up. We also got new information on how Hillary’s campaign actually did spy on Trump both as a candidate and when he was president as Durham recently informed us, but the media isn’t touching that story or they are saying that it’s false. Check the orange shitlib site to see that.
As for the Strategic Culture Foundation journalists that write for it have been threatened with $3,000 fines if Biden thinks what they write is false. There’s the shitlib's war on the press that they bitched about Trump doing. Imagine being under the sword of Damocles for writing something your government doesn’t approve of.
Hey AP and other media sites; buy a fcking mirror!
This seems to be a message.
Yeah let’s just ignore that America is directly supporting Nazis in Ukraine. The same organization that has ties to the Nazis from WW2. We just saw them training granny yesterday. But that’s government propaganda which is okay because the rule not allowing our government to do it was revoked during Obama’s tenure.
The information ZH posted that was deemed misinformation was found to be true a few months later.
I think this is another serious shot across the bow for what the government is doing. Ggersh recently posted on the DHS letter that people should take seriously and Iverson talked about it on her show. Joe posted it in Friday’s EBs that’s worth a watch. It’s why 1/6 was allowed to happen. The laws coming out from it were written long ago just like the patriot act was written long before 9/11.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
It is deemed disinformation only if it doesn't come
from the US propaganda machine. Talk about a double standard.
If the government sanctioned lies are proven to be falsification later on
there is no penalty. National security etc. But truth tellers must be punished.
See Julian Assange as an example.
question everything
Right , QMS
Gov't Porpaganda----Good
Propaganda Light-----"The Safety valve" Good
Truth-------NOT GOOD. Punishable by banishment. Exile. Lifetime confinement.
NYCVG
Zero Hedge readers endlessly mock US propaganda.
Especially the Russia and China kind.
It didn't start out that way, but the State Department clown car has turned sentiment against US International BS and bullying, especially their embarrassing false flags
All their Russia invasion screeching was really just propaganda directed at Americans to test their appetite for war.
It was information terrorism
100 days of messages that Russia was going to invade Ukraine and the US sending lots of troops to fight Russia. That’s on top of 4 years of Russia Russia and our ships over there trying to start something. Be afraid, be afraid was the daily message. Sadly lots of people believed that they were on the brink of nuclear annihilation. Piss off, Biden and fellow sociopaths.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
Agree With Your analysis
NYCVG
The Dems have turned into Republicans of the 50s
We've seen that list of what the Repubs supported in 1956. It wasn't as great as it could have been but it had some decent stuff in it, supporting unions, protecting Social Security, etc.
The Democrats of today almost agree with it, although the 2022 Dems are more conservative. But one thing for sure that the Dems agree with the 1950s Repubs on and that's McCarthyism! Yeah!! Russian stooges! Working for the Kremlin!
Of course.
I don't care for ZeroHedge at all, and stopped reading it years ago (after their Fukushima coverage fizzled out). Way too kill-'em-all rightwing for me to stomach. But this is just another example of the War on Truth proceeding apace: deprecate all sources of information other than those Blessed By Da Gummint, by claiming that they are controlled by the boogieman du jour.
It is getting to be damned tiring, and that is made all the more sad by how effective it is on the low-information types. And the saddest thing of all is that it can only succeed by converting otherwise informed people into low-information types, largely by making them think that it was their own personal idea... Goebbels would weep.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
ZH politics is just awful
But their coverage of the financial markets is why I keep going back here.
I solved
my need for breaking financial news by the simple expediency of being too broke to invest in anything... I'm glad that you go there, so that I don't have to. Thanks!
Actually, I get a fair dose of financial news by reading the Reddit sub r/wallstreetbets . Now, *that* is some funny stuff...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.