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Wer solche Freunde hat… Wie Guttenberg die Demokratie retten will – US-Waffeninspekteur: Syrien hat keine chemischen Waffen mehr, wir haben leere Gebäude bombardiert, um keinen Krieg mit Russland zu bekommen

Schöne Propaganda über Propaganda, und dann noch getarnt als Wissenschaft: das “Arena”-Programm des Intitute of Global Affairs (IGA) within the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Gleich die ersten beiden Publikationen gehen gegen den bösen Russen – wie es sich für NATO-Propaganda gehört ;-) Und auf Seite 15 der “Studie” “Make Germany Great Again” geht es dann richtig zur Sache:

  • ‘Peace & Friendship with Russia’, a group led by human geography professor Dr. Rainer Rothfuss, fundraises to send members on annual ‘Freundschaftsfahrt [friendship tours]’ to Russia […]

  • Die Linke’s Twitter account (@DieLinkeKVKNO) was the most prolific in engaging with @Jungewelt between 1st August and the election, with almost 1,500 messages mentioning, retweeting, responding to, or replying to @ Jungewelt in that period. […]

  • Ken FM, though perhaps more of a ‘cross-front’ outlet, is an Internet news portal that was established by Ken Jebsen. Sitting at the intersection of far right and far left, the site includes a mix of conspiratorial, anti-Semitic content, and anti-American/anti-elite criticism. […]

  • German left-wing supporters are far more likely to cite mainstream outlets such as Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Speigel, Tagesspiegel, and the left of centre Tageszeitung. The only alternative news source that appeared was Heise.de, a portal for unaudited ‘alternative’ news, which includes articles that aim specifically to appeal to pro-Kremlin audiences. Top conversation leaders were primarily these media outlets, journalists, and politicians such as Sahra Wagenknecht. […]

  • Our research shows that this ‘cross-front’ is capable of directly influencing far right audiences, primarily due to its alignment of nationalist views and the far right’s fixation with fringe media. This ‘cross-front’ can at times influence the far left by engaging and featuring politicians and influential journalists with anti-West, anti-NATO messages.

“Arena”-Programmchefin Anne Applebaum ist wie Gutti ebenfalls bei RDI dabei – zusammen mit dem neoliberalen Kriegstreiber Max Boot.