Javna skrivnost zadnjih 50 let je, da ameriške obveščevalne službe kreirajo “resničnost”, ki vam jo servirajo mediji. Kot so že zdavnaj razkrili žvižgači Cie, ima CIA oddelek, ki se ukvarja samo s tem, kako boste dobili servirane določene informacije (denimo dogajanje v Ukrajini, Gazi, Iranu, Venezueli itd.). Napišejo članke, jih posredujejo velikim “tiskovnim” agencijam, kot je Reuters, od njih pa dobesedno prevzame tekst večina nacionalnih in lokalnih medijev na zahodni polobli. Če po nesreči spremljate naš Siol, v njem vsak dan vidite dobesedno propagando ameriških (oziroma izraelskih) obveščevalnih agencij. Če ste kdaj pazljivo primerjali denimo tekste Delovega kolumnista Gabrijelčič Lisjaka, boste v njih našli enake sekvence in oznake, kot ste jih lahko našli v “poročilih” zahodnih medijskih agencij.
Nič ni narobe, če vas to ne moti. Vaša izbira. Vaša izbira, če želite živeti v mehurčku virtualne resničnosti, ustvarjene za vas. Če vas pa moti, pač ne smete spremljati teh mainstream medijev, ker pač širijo propagando, ki jo kreirajo tuje obveščevalne agencije. Twitter (X) je daleč od dobre in neodvisne platforme, toda trenutno je najboljše, kar je na voljo, za manj pristransko obveščenost o globalnem dogajanju.
If this wasn’t bad enough, Unit 8200 agents could also be writing your news about the Middle East.
My investigation uncovered a number of Israeli spies working in America’s top newsrooms.
Revealed: The Israeli Spies Writing America’s News Media personalities like Barak Ravid, an ex-Israeli spy turned Washington journalist, play a key role in shaping media coverage that protects Israeli military actions and influences unwitting American… https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/A case in point is Barak Ravid, who, last year, won the prestigious White House Press Correspondents’ Award “for overall excellence in White House coverage”—one of the highest awards in American journalism.
There’s one problem: Ravid is an Israeli spy. Or at least he was. And it was only in 2023 that he announced he was no longer serving in Unit 8200’s reserve forces.
Ravid has been a key tool in the laundering of Israeli and US government talking points into the media.
He also doesn’t hide his open disgust for Palestinians, and has retweeted posts calling them “PaliNazis”, as @zei_squirrel explores here:
Other former Unit 8200 spies who went on to have influential media careers include Shachar Peled and Tal Heinrich, who CNN hired to produce political news (including about 🇮🇱/🇵🇸) for American audiences.
Heinrich left CNN and is now the official spokesperson of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lol.
Sticking with CNN for a second, don’t you think it is crazy that their current Middle East reporter was an official IDF spokesperson?
How blatant do you want to be?
@MintPressNews Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has also labeled WhatsApp a spying tool for Western nations, and suggested deleting Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp from your devices.
@MintPressNews Facebook is also teeming with CIA agents.
My investigation found dozens of top spooks employed in some of the most politically sensitive positions at the platform, effectively deciding what billions see (and don’t see) in their newsfeeds.
@MintPressNews You’d never guess from this official FB interview with its Head of Content Regulation that this guy was one of the highest ranking members of the CIA
In 2019, Aaron Berman left his position at the CIA to become a top Facebook manager, despite zero relevant qualifications
It is a similar story on Reddit, where one day in 2017, the company hired Jessica Ashooh to become its Director of Policy, giving her huge control over what was allowed on the platform, and what would be suppressed.
To say the decision was a surprise is a huge understatement, as Ashooh had no relevant qualifications and expertise.
In fact, her primary achievement before that was as a high government official. In May 2017, she suddenly quit her job at the Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council (NATO) Middle East Task Force. There, she had been overseeing the US’ dirty war in Syria, which led to the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad and the founder and head of Al-Qaeda in Syria becoming president.
She was then parachuted into Reddit, and rapidly changed the direction of the site.
My investigation:
mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh…
@MintPressNews The bottom line in all this is social media apps and communications devices are not neutral, but massive, silent battlegrounds.
We give these apps incredible amounts of our data, and we have to be extremely wary of what it is being used for.
Vir: Alan MacLeod
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