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Shooting the Messenger

online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Month: June 2018

  • Being Alexander Malkevich

    When the head of Russia’s new disinformation campaign arrived in Washington DC this week, reporters for NBC News and Foreign Policy were there to meet him Last week, I blogged an original story about Alexander Malkevich, a Russian government policy adviser and head of USA Really, a troll factory-linked propaganda organisation in Washington DC. Shortly…

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  • The Propaganda Game

    — Reporters at Singapore summit thought Donald Trump-produced video was North Korean propaganda At a press conference today at the Singapore summit, journalists were shown a video, filmed in the style of a movie trailer, about “the opening up of a new future” between US president Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, who had met…

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  • Beast from the East

    Round-up of news coverage re: Shooting the Messenger story about a DC-based Russian disinformation media campaign headed by a Russian government policy adviser Last week, I blogged an original story about a new Washington DC-based Russian disinformation campaign that was the culmination of over a month’s research. The story was subsequently picked up by The…

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  • Trolling the Electorate

    A Russian troll factory-linked media campaign headed by a Putin-approved government consultant claims to have an office facing the White House. For the past month, I’ve been closely following “Wake up, America!”—a mysterious “Russian ops” campaign that recently made headlines after it attempted to organise a flash mob event at the White House to celebrate Donald…

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  • Russian Trolls Cancel White House Flash Mob Following Media Exposés, Citing Deep State Conspiracy

    Organisers of the event applied for the wrong permit, before accusing U.S. authorities of conspiring against them. Update, June 14, 2018: USA Really’s website has posted a new article stating that the flash mob will go ahead “in downtown Washington not far from The White House.” source Last month, I scooped the story that a…

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  • Scooping McClatchy

    Shooting the Messenger scoop makes it to The Rachel Maddow Show via McClatchy DC For the past month I’ve been blogging about a new anti-US media campaign started by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), better known as the Russian troll factory. In April, my post about the campaign’s recruitment of “English-speaking journalists” was picked up…

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