It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
New Paradigm The Post’s satisfaction that Nekrasov’s documentary would not draw a large audience represents what is becoming a new paradigm in U.S. mainstream journalism, the idea that it is the media’s duty to protect the American people from seeing divergent narratives on sensitive geopolitical issues. Over the past year, we have seen a growing hysteria about “Russian propaganda” and “fake news” with The New York Times and other major news outlets eagerly awaiting algorithms that can be unleashed on the Internet to eradicate information that groups like Google’s First Draft Coalition deem “false.”
First Draft consists of the Times, the Post, other mainstream outlets, and establishment-approved online news sites, such as Bellingcat with links to the pro-NATO think tank, Atlantic Council. First Draft’s job will be to serve as a kind of Ministry of Truth and thus shield the public from information that is deemed propaganda or untrue. In the meantime, there is the ad hoc approach that was applied to Nekrasov’s documentary. Having missed the Newseum showing, I was only able to view the film because I was given a special password to an online version. From searches that I did on Wednesday, Nekrasov’s film was not available on Amazon although a pro-Magnitsky documentary was. I did find a streaming service that appeared to have the film available. But the Post’s editors were right in their expectation that “The film won’t grab a wide audience.” Instead, it has become a good example of how political and legal pressure can effectively black out what we used to call “the other side of the story.” The film now, however, has unexpectedly become a factor in the larger drama of Russia-gate and the drive to remove Donald Trump Sr. from the White House.
originally posted by: Perfectenemy
a reply to: burntheships
Browder can be directly linked to Natalia and Anatoli as well. They met at a press conference on 29th april 2016. For some reason Browder even snapped a photo of Natalias house on the 6th of june 2016. Valid visas seemed to not matter in 2016.
originally posted by: whywhynot
a reply to: ketsuko
There are a bunch of very new members who are being very obnoxious. Left right don't care but obnoxious is just so mentally small.
I hope this isn't a new trend.
originally posted by: burntheships
a reply to: Vasa Croe
CTR, ShareBlue.
Must be a new push for 2018.
originally posted by: Mousygretchen
I'm still waiting for a concise and orderly report that disproves the Don Jr/Veselnitskaya story.