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NBT Films: Debunked Again
Read more: NBT Films: Debunked AgainTechdirt reports my post about debunked YouTuber’s copyright complaint against fact-checking website Snopes source Via “Snopes Debunks Fake YouTube Video; Video’s Creator Responds With A Bogus DMCA Notice” by Tim Cushing, Techdirt, December 6, 2017: from the pressing-the-shut-up-button dept Nothing But the Truth Films (NBT) has a credibility problem. Oh, the irony, I would normally…
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Top Trumps Endorse Sater
Read more: Top Trumps Endorse SaterTop Trump Organization executives endorse controversial “Russia-gate” figure Felix Sater on business networking website LinkedIn As the federal investigation into Russia’s alleged election meddling heats up, a controversial Moscow-born real estate investor and former “Senior Advisor to Donald Trump” is back in the spotlight. Felix Sater gained notoriety during the 2016 election when his criminal past became…
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Sekulow Gets Blindsided
Read more: Sekulow Gets BlindsidedTrump-affiliated lawyer Jordan Sekulow’s rambling on-air response to news that former Trump adviser Michael Flynn had been charged with lying to the FBI Amid the American carnage of yesterday’s news that former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, you might have missed this gem via Trump-affiliated lawyer…
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Faux News about Fox News?
Read more: Faux News about Fox News?Did Fox bury news that former Trump adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI? In October, I helped debunk the claim that Fox News failed to report the recent indictment of former Trump campaign aide Paul Manafort in favour of a story about cheeseburger emojis. Now comes the claim that Fox…
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Snopes: Nothing but the Truth
Read more: Snopes: Nothing but the TruthFact-checking website Snopes targeted by debunked conspiracy YouTuber J.K. Sheindlin in copyright delisting request Sheindlin runs the popular YouTube channel Nothing But the Truth Films (NBT), which claims to “present the black and white facts about the geopolitical climate [including] Islam, Illuminati, Freemasonry, Cults and more.” Last year, NBT uploaded a video purporting to show an…
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People Euthanizing Thousands of Animals (dot com)
Read more: People Euthanizing Thousands of Animals (dot com)Animal rights group PETA bought PeopleEuthanizingThousandsOfAnimals.Com and PeopleEuthanizingTastyAnimals.Net following criticism of its euthanasia programme People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a Norfolk, Virginia-based animal rights nonprofit founded in 1980 by English-born Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid Newkirk (source) In its mission statement, PETA says it aims “to stop animal suffering [using] every available opportunity to…
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Caputo Rattles His Saber
Read more: Caputo Rattles His SaberEx-Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo threatens legal action against ThinkProgress for reporting that he helped improve Vladimir Putin’s image in the United States Earlier today, the progressive news website reported that Donald Trump’s campaign is to create a legal defence fund for all staffers involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of possible collusion…
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Bad Fan Fiction
Read more: Bad Fan FictionMichael Jackson’s estate targets erotic fan fiction with series of copyright complaints According to the Lumen Database, Jackson’s estate recently hired self-proclaimed “Web Sheriff,” British IP lawyer John Giacobbi, to scrub a blogger’s erotic fan fiction about the late singer. John Giacobbi (source) The targeted blog, MJ Fan Fictions, includes “semi-erotic adventures” about Jackson and…
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Info-Warring (Part II)
Read more: Info-Warring (Part II)International Business Times files copyright complaint against conspiracy website InfoWars In February, I blogged about a series of DMCA copyright complaints filed against U.S. conspiracy website InfoWars. The complaints by pro-gun news website AmmoLand, Danish-run news website nsnbc international, plus a third accusation of content scraping by Cincinnati survivalist website On Point Preparedness, claimed that InfoWars republished their content without…
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Caputo Gets Streisanded
Read more: Caputo Gets StreisandedThe Washington Post covers Shooting the Messenger scoop re: Efforts by ex-Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo to scrub Russia from his Wikipedia bio On Monday, The Daily Beast reported my scoop that Caputo paid his PR firm to purge Wikipedia of evidence that he helped promote Russian President Vladimir Putin in the United States. Yesterday,…
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