Language Issues Did Not Bring War to Donbas
During his marathon press spectacle on October 10 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the war in Donbas began over the language issue (video...
How journalists can responsibly report on manipulated pictures and video
By Victoria Kwan, for First Draft News
The first of six new guides from First Draft covers the tricky ethical terrain that comes with reporting...
Focus here, not there: These are the gaps in political misinformation research
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
“Persistent debates about what constitutes ‘fake news’ and distinctions between other types of false information are mostly distracting.” Plus:...
Russian TV host claims Ukraine bashing not on purpose
By Polygraph
Olga Skabeyeva
Rossiya-1 television host
“Never on purpose.”
Source: Rossiya 1, October, 2019
False
Attacking Ukraine in the media is Russian state policy
Speaking at the...
Russian media recycles debunked reports about Ukraine’s energy readiness for winter
By Polygraph
Gazeta.ru
Gazprom-owned Russian newspaper
"Ukrainian cities may be left without centralized heating this winter. Urban dwellers, including in Kyiv, are thinking about stockpiling firewood."
Source:...
How to get the European Parliament to read Russia Today
By EU vs Disinfo
EP Today: A news website that doesn’t write 99% of its articles, targets decision makers in the EU and misleads the...
The oligarchs are the main disinformation proxies in Bulgaria, says local expert
By Metamorphosis Foundation, for Global Voices
This interview originally appeared on Meta.mk News Agency, a project of Metamorphosis Foundation. An edited version is published below as part...
Prime-Time BS
By EU vs Disinfo
It is no news that more and more Russians disapprove of what they see on the government-controlled TV channels.
Now Russia’s perhaps most famous...
Fake: Crimea Gradually Disappearing from International Agenda
RT and other Russian media focused on OSCE Special Representative Martin Sajdik this week, who during a question and answer session at the Salzburg...
Fake: US Actions Destabilizing Black Sea Region
Russia’s propagandist network RT is once again portraying the United States as enemy number one, that is destabilizing the world. This time America’s alleged...