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LINKS international journal of socialist renewal http://links.org.au/ has published a book review of Keith Bolender’s "Manufacturing the Enemy: The Media War Against Cuba: A case study of corporate media disinformation" published last year by Pluto Press. http://links.org.au/keith-bolender-manufacturing-the-enemy-the-media-war-against-cuba The reviewer is Stansfield Smith, an active pro-Assad tankie in the U.S. In order to spread his views from this platform, Smith disagrees with the author under review: "We should never underestimate the shrewdness of US disinformation, with has affected Bolender to a degree. For example, Bolender describes USAID’s Zunzuneo project as analogous to Russian social media operations in 2016 (p.188). In reality, this entire Russiagate story itself was a disinformation campaign. Bolender again falls for corporate media disinformation by calling the US-NATO war on Syria a “civil war” (p.6). We can be quite knowledgeable about some disinformation campaigns, but even the most astute among us can be taken in by others." Smith recommends Bolender's exposure of numerous U.S. government and media lies but apparently is disappointed that Bolender does not help him spread Assadist propaganda. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
