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Clay Claiborne, Director Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> Linux Beach Productions Venice, CA 90291 (310) 581-1536 Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Clay Claiborne <clayc...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI: This is the #NeverHillary Left. > > > Clay Claiborne, Director > Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> > Linux Beach Productions > Venice, CA 90291 > (310) 581-1536 > > Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> > <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Terry&Andy <terryand...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Critical-Syria] Re: NYU professor's FB postings > To: Clay Claiborne <clayc...@gmail.com> > Cc: Nader Hashemi <naderalihash...@gmail.com>, Ella Wind < > ella.cw...@gmail.com>, Critical Syria <critical-sy...@googlegroups.com> > > > Yes, that's the point - these sites are supporting Trump. They are > pro-Assad, pro-Russia, pro-Trump. They exchange each others' articles and > memes. Some of them have no board of directors, no funding sources, no > ads. Some like globalresearch.ca have been around for awhile but others > have just been around a couple of years. They have influenced how people > think on Syria and it seems they are also influencing people regarding the > elections. I have progressive friends who have occasionally posted one of > their articles smearing Hillary. They have contributed to increasing the > negatives around Hillary with their hundreds of exaggerated stories. > > Where does their money come from? You need staff to do a webpage, > facebook page with new articles and memes every day. The Anti-Media lists > 22 people on their "team" and they have no ads, no grants, no visible > sources for their funding. Former staff from Mint Press thought the > hundreds of thousands funding the organization came from the editor's > father-in-law's Iranian connections. > > Russia does have a history of disinformation campaigns. > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden > -disinformation.html?smid=fb-share > > We need articles that look at the disinformation on these sites and at > least question where their funding comes from. > > Terry > > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Clay Claiborne <clayc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> As you know, there are more sites like these - progressive on everything >>> but Syria. The Anti-Media, Free Thought Project are two. Lately they've >>> been bashing Hillary with lots of crazy conspiracy theory stuff, claiming >>> she's armed ISIS, etc. They equate Hillary with Trump and push Stein. >>> >>>> >>>> >> When they push Stein in progressive circles they are supporting Trump. >> Its binary logic #NEVERHillary==POTUSTRUMP >> >> Clay Claiborne, Director >> Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> >> Linux Beach Productions >> Venice, CA 90291 >> (310) 581-1536 >> >> Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> >> <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> >> >> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Nader Hashemi <naderalihash...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> There are a lot of very sick people in this world....and this professor >>> is one of them. Sadly, many on the Left are suffering from the same ethical >>> illness.... >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Terry&Andy <terryand...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It's interesting to note that his posts come from Russian sources (RT, >>>> Sputnik) and then some of the fake progressive sites that have always been >>>> pro-Assad. TheDuran.com, 21st Century Wire, Mint Press News, Counter >>>> Punch, Consortium News, Global Research, Your News Wire. I know most of >>>> you are aware of the problems with these sites. It would be great if we >>>> could get some articles exposing their pro-Assad/pro-Russia stance, lack of >>>> any journalism standards, lack of transparency about funding. They are >>>> effective propaganda. >>>> >>>> Mint Press is located here. Former staffers contacted me after I wrote >>>> criticisms of Mint Press. There is a lot of money behind it. The staffers >>>> guess Iranian because the editor's father-in-law is a well-connected >>>> Iranian. In 2013 there were 10 people on staff with reporters being paid >>>> $38,000 a year. https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosi >>>> egray/the-inside-story-of-one-websites-defense-of-assad?utm_ >>>> term=.qdxkjVEZB#.wgQVPpW1v >>>> >>>> As you know, there are more sites like these - progressive on >>>> everything but Syria. The Anti-Media, Free Thought Project are two. >>>> Lately they've been bashing Hillary with lots of crazy conspiracy theory >>>> stuff, claiming she's armed ISIS, etc. They equate Hillary with Trump and >>>> push Stein. >>>> >>>> They have been very effective in shaping the narrative on Syria (and >>>> lately on Hillary). They overwhelm the more objective news on Syria by >>>> their sheer volume. When there are so many stories claiming the U.S. >>>> created, armed and funded ISIS, the more complex truth gets lost. Where do >>>> these sites get their funding? Some of them have been around for awhile - >>>> Counter Punch, Consortium News, Global Research - but a lot of the others >>>> have been around only a couple years. They don't have ads or foundations >>>> or fundraisers. Mint Press claims to be citizen funded but it took them a >>>> couple months to raise just $7,000 - where have they gotten the other >>>> hundreds of thousands? https://www.indiegogo.com/pro >>>> jects/behind-the-headline-w-mnar-muhawesh-indie-tv-show-news#/updates >>>> >>>> Somehow we need to expose the propaganda that is influencing how people >>>> think about Syria. >>>> >>>> Terry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Ella Wind <ella.cw...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's really a shame. He's been one of the strongest faculty allies >>>>> in the fights to unionize various workers at NYU. Always the most >>>>> disappointing when someone who is so much on the right side of other >>>>> issues >>>>> holds such terrible views. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, 26 September 2016 19:33:34 UTC-4, Idrees Ahmad wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This fellow is a professor of media at NYU and has appeared in docs >>>>>> and events alongside Chomsky, Edward Said et al. This is only a selection >>>>>> of his posts from the past 3 hours. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: Inline image 5][image: Inline image 3][image: Inline image >>>>>> 8][image: >>>>>> Inline image 9][image: Inline image 12][image: Inline image 1][image: >>>>>> Inline image 6][image: Inline image 11][image: Inline image 10][image: >>>>>> Inline image 7][image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 4] >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Dr. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad >>>>>> Lecturer in Digital Journalism >>>>>> Communications, Media & Culture >>>>>> School of Arts & Humanities >>>>>> University of Stirling >>>>>> Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland >>>>>> *http://wp.me/PpCFZ-8VK <http://wp.me/PpCFZ-8VK>* >>>>>> >>>>>> P U L S E >>>>>> W: http://pulsemedia.org >>>>>> Contact Me [image: Facebook] >>>>>> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/P-U-L-S-E/76009623980>[image: Twitter] >>>>>> <https://twitter.com/im_PULSE>[image: Blog RSS] >>>>>> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/pulsemedia> >>>>>> <http://fanonite.org/> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Critical Syria" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to critical-syria+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to critical-sy...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/critical-syria. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Critical Syria" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to critical-syria+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to critical-sy...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/critical-syria. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Critical Syria" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to critical-syria+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to critical-sy...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/critical-syria. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
