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As Leaks Expose UK Op to ‘Weaken’ Russia, Suppression of Grayzone Reporting Backfires

February 27, 2021

By Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté, February 25, 2021

Twitter added an unprecedented “warning” to Max Blumenthal’s 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 Grayzone’s 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 “may have been obtained through hacking.” Although Twitter may have intended to restrict the article, the warning had the opposite effect: it quickly went viral.

RELATED CONTENT: Twitter’s Attempt to Suppress Grayzone Reporting Backfires as Warning Label Becomes Meme

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté 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 “weaken” 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.

RELATED CONTENT: Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat Participated in Covert UK Foreign Office-Funded Programs to ‘Weaken Russia,’ Leaked Docs Reveal

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Max Blumenthal: Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media

Ben Norton reports on the UK government’s Syria leaks: Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media

Ben Norton discusses UK’s Syria leaks on Pushback: 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 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 America’s state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.

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