Bringing up Gaza when the media talk about racism. Mentioning Saudi Arabia when the media preach about gay rights. Referencing the US coup in Venezuela when the media work themselves into a froth over Russia's "interference in our democracy" Talking about the invasion of Iraq. Ever. OR Pointing out that the BBC is state funded, just like RT. These are all no-longer flagrant examples of the media's double standards, and if you say they are, you're "creating a false moral equivalence", and the media won't have to allow you (or anyone who agrees with you) air time or column inches to disagree.
Because they don't have a duty to be neutral or show both sides, they only have a duty to tell "the truth"; as soon as the government has told them what that is.
Prepare to see both those phrases or variations there of littering editorials in the Guardian and the
Huffington Post in the coming months. Along with people bemoaning how "fake news outlets abuse the notion of impartiality" by "being even handed between liars and the truth tellers". (I've been doing this site so long now, I have a Guardian-English dictionary in my head). Equally dodgy-sounding buzz-phrases litter topics on the agenda.
"Eastern Europe and Central Asia: building an integrated support system for journalists facing hostile environments", this means pumping money into NGOs to fund media that will criticize our "enemies" in areas of strategic importance. It means flooding money into the anti-government press in Hungary, or Iran or (of course), Russia. That is ALL it means.
I said in my earlier article I don't know what "media sustainability" even means, but I feel I can take a guess. It means "save the government mouthpieces".
The Guardian is struggling for money, all print media are, TV news is getting lower viewing figures all the time. "Building media sustainability" is code for "pumping public money into traditional media that props up the government" or maybe "getting people to like our propaganda".
But the worst offender on the list is, without a doubt"
"NAVIGATING DISINFORMATION"
"Navigating Disinformation" was a 1 hour panel from the second day of the conference. You can watch it embedded above if you really feel the need. I already did, so you don't have to.
The panel was chaired by Chrystia Freeland, the Canadian Foreign Minister. The members included the Latvian Foreign Minister, a representative of the US NGO Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Information
Have you guessed what "disinformation" they're going to be talking about?
I'll give you a clue: It begins with R.
Freeland, chairing the panel, kicks it off by claiming that "disinformation isn't for any particular aim".
This is a very common thing for establishment voices to repeat these days, which makes it all the more galling she seems to be pretending its is her original thought.
The reason they have to claim that "disinformation" doesn't have a "specific aim" is very simple: They don't know what they're going to call "disinformation" yet.
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