Plenty
of propaganda is manufactured by the US deep state apparatus to push
for the imperialist agenda. Yet, some elements of the propaganda
machine are still unable to realize that independent truth seekers
and real journalists are watching, and therefore, these elements
could be easily exposed.
Sloppy
efforts immediately backfire in social media and the Internet. Most
recent sloppy efforts are related to Gaza and Venezuela.
As the
Newsweek reported:
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Senior
2020 Trump campaign adviser Katrina Pierson used a 2015 video
showing a Ukrainian rocket launch alongside comments about this
weekend's deadly attacks between Israel and Gaza militants and a
condemnation of congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Pierson,
who was Donald Trump's 2016 campaign spokesperson and is a
frequent cable news guest, shared the video—which was first
posted online in 2015 and reportedly shows Ukraine launching
dozens of rockets at Russian-backed separatists—on Sunday.
Alongside
the video, she told her 465,000 Twitter followers about the
attacks, describing them as "650 Rockets being fired into
Israel from Gaza" and demanded Minnesota Democrat Omar,
who is the target of frequent conservative attacks, to condemn the
Palestinians.
|
Naturally,
this ridiculous propaganda attempt automatically backfired as many
immediately identified the fraud. As Dan Cohen tweeted, "This
video is from Ukraine, not Gaza. Trump advisor Katrina Pierson is
fully aware she’s lying but is so thirsty for Palestinian blood
that she’s happy to lie to create pretext for Israel to kill even
more."
This video is from Ukraine, not Gaza. Trump
advisor @KatrinaPierson
is fully aware she’s lying but is so thirsty for Palestinian blood
that she’s happy to lie to create pretext for Israel to kill even
more. https://t.co/k8orxGO2vu
—
Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) May
5, 2019
And Olga
Lautman wrote: “Trump’s senior adviser is spreading disinfo!!
Twitter needs to pull this video down. This video is NOT from Gaza
and was shot in Ukraine and uploaded to YouTube Jan 2015. It’s
outrageous Katrina Pierson would use footage from the war in Ukraine
w/o condemning it to attack Dems.”
Trump’s senior adviser is spreading
disinfo!! @Twitter
needs to pull this video down. This video is NOT from Gaza and was
shot in Ukraine and uploaded to YouTube Jan 2015. It’s outrageous
@KatrinaPierson
would use footage from the war in Ukraine w/o condemning it to attack
Dems https://t.co/VdiGMTwFiO
—
Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) May
5, 2019
Then,
CNN tried to convince us that Washington's puppet Juan Guaidó, was
actually elected by the Venezuelan voters! As the RT reported:
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CNN took
the concept of “fake news” to a whole new level with a recent
report on Venezuela, in which it claimed that citizens “chose”
coup leader Juan Guaido over current president Nicolas Maduro in
January “elections.”
In a
report on Sunday’s deadly Venezuelan military helicopter crash,
CNN wrote that “pressure is mounting” on Maduro to step
down “following elections in January in which voters chose
opposition leader Juan Guaido over him for president.”
Slight
problem there, CNN.
Venezuela
did not hold elections in January — and Guaido definitely did
not win them. He did, however, try to seize power from Maduro by
force in January with US backing — and then again in April. Both
coup attempts failed and Maduro remains president with the support
of millions of Venezuelans who still back him. But US officials
have declared the Washington-friendly Guaido the country’s
“legitimate” leader, so evidently this has been a confusing
time for CNN’s intrepid reporters.
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The
effort was so ridiculously amateurish that immediately backfired on
Twitter too. As Ben Norton pointed out, “CNN quietly issued an
embarrassing correction to its ridiculous propaganda after
pro-opposition journalists / PR people Bonner Jeanne and CNN Jackie
FALSELY claimed that Trump-appointed right-wing Venezuelan puppet
Juan Guaidó was "elected." Zero standards.”
CNN quietly issued an embarrassing correction to its ridiculous propaganda after pro-opposition journalists / PR people @BonnerJeanne and @CNNJackie FALSELY claimed that Trump-appointed right-wing Venezuelan puppet Juan Guaidó was "elected." Zero standardshttps://t.co/PwZQwMZbp9 pic.twitter.com/2uRzMNzWd3
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 6, 2019
And
George Ciccariello-Maher wrote:
“Wtf,
CNN???
1.)
there was no election in January
2.)
Juan Guaidó didn’t even run against Maduro in the last election
3.)
the opposition boycotted and Maduro won...”
Wtf, @CNN???
1.)
there was no election in January
2.) Juan Guaidó didn’t
even run against Maduro in the last election
3.) the
opposition boycotted and Maduro won... pic.twitter.com/LL6BzKAkPz
—
George Ciccariello-Maher (@ciccmaher) May
6, 2019
Here are
a few more responses:
And the prize for the most blatant lie about
Venezuela goes to @CNN,
saying that @jguaido
was "elected" over Maduro. Guaido was became
president of the Natl Assembly simply because it was his party's
turn, and more serious leaders were in prison for their constant
coup-plotting pic.twitter.com/xIbLbNF5LT
—
venezuelanalysis.com (@venanalysis) May
6, 2019
.@CNN
nobody has ever voted for Guaidó in a presidential election. This is
shameful:
"It comes as pressure is mounting on
Maduro to step down, following elections in January in which voters
chose opposition leader Juan Guaido over him for president."https://t.co/jFed9crago
—
John McEvoy (@jmcevoy2) May
6, 2019
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