Fletch wrote:Cannydc wrote:"You seem keen to avoid condemning this sort of behaviour from the British Government.
You claimed it was benign when I first posted about it. Now more has come out about it and it's use to attack and undermine the official opposition and you suddenly want to talk about something that has nothing to do with this."
Fletch, In your original post about this, it was intimated (and what I read confirmed) that the unit in question was set up to combat fake news / propaganda / Chinese whispers being used by foreign powers to undermine our government and institutions, as well as others.
As you say, more has emerged - and it appears that far from just being a defensive mechanism, it is being used to undermine OUR OWN elected representatives. That's my concern.
If they're prepared to do that, what makes any of their claims about Russia true?
The news in this country is full of propaganda about other countries we are at war with or wishing to undermine. This has been shown up time and time again, see the video jack posted of Eva Bartlett taking a msm journalist to task for his lies. The propaganda includes those mainstream fact checking sites and places like snopes and Bellingcat. Those are outlets for the sort of outfit described in this instance.
Blood hell Felch, this country --as per all others - feeds the press bullshit to demonise others as it suits.
Do you realise that Nazi Germany lied during WW2 with newsreels fed to the populace --- just as Britain did?
Are you really so bloody naive? It has been going on since time immemorial you clown. Misinformation designed to undermine others and bolster one's own position is nothing new.
But I must ask "What are your thoughts on the Salisbury Poisonings?" Please advise