As Leaks Expose UK Op to âWeakenâ Russia, Suppression of Grayzone Reporting Backfires
By Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté, February 25, 2021
Twitter added an unprecedented âwarningâ to Max Blumenthalâs Grayzone article about explosive leaks revealing a massive UK government anti-Russia propaganda operation involving Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat. Instead of suppressing the article, it went viral.
After The Grayzoneâs Max Blumenthal reported on newly leaked documents exposing a massive UK government propaganda campaign against Russia, Twitter added an unprecedented warning label that the material âmay have been obtained through hacking.â Although Twitter may have intended to restrict the article, the warning had the opposite effect: it quickly went viral.
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Max Blumenthal and Aaron MatĂ© discuss the suppression effort and the damning UK government leaks at the heart of it. After years of fear-mongering about Russian interference in Western democracies, these UK government files expose a sprawling propaganda effort that explicitly aims to âweakenâ Russia. The documents reveal that this propaganda campaign has also enlisted major media outlets Reuters and the BBC, as well as the NATO member state-funded website Bellingcat.
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Links:
Max Blumenthal:Â Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media
Ben Norton reports on the UK governmentâs Syria leaks:Â Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media
Ben Norton discusses UKâs Syria leaks on Pushback:Â Leaks expose massive Western propaganda op in Syria dirty war
Featured image: Leaked documents came from the Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office (courtesy of RT)
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Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath,The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on Americaâs state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.
Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté is a journalist and producer. He hosts Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone. He is also is contributor to The Nation magazine and former host/producer for The Real News and Democracy Now!. Aaron has also presented and produced for Vice, AJ+, and Al Jazeera.
