How Shoddy Reporting and Anti-Russian Propaganda Coerced Ecuador to Silence Julian Assange

How Shoddy Reporting and Anti-Russian Propaganda Coerced Ecuador to Silence Julian Assange ( theintercept.com )

submitted 2019-02-24T13:09 by salvia_d

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derram 2019-02-24T13:20

2018-04-20 | How Shoddy Reporting and Anti-Russian Propaganda Coerced Ecuador to Silence Julian Assange

'The specific tweet that El País scrutinized received 761,410 impressions (that is, this particular tweet was shown to other Twitter users 761,410 times). '

'One example of this dubious methodological approach is the claim from both El País and DFRLab that a particular tweet by Julian Assange spread suspiciously quickly. '

'The pattern of events seen here is not specific to Julian Assange, Ecuador, Spain, or any one country. '

'El País, days later, began depicting Catalan activists as a tool of the Kremlin. '

'The paper published an article alleging that not only Assange, but also Edward Snowden, were helping Russian propaganda networks spread “fake news” about Catalonia. '

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