State report: Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another

Politico via Yahoo ^ | 4/21/20 | Betsy Woodruff Swan

[Libloather]

China, Iran and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to launch a propaganda and disinformation onslaught against the United States, the State Department warns in a new report.

The three governments are pushing a host of matching messages: that the novel coronavirus is an American bioweapon, that the U.S. is scoring political points off the crisis, that the virus didn’t come from China, that U.S. troops spread it, that America’s sanctions are killing Iranians, that China’s response was great while the U.S.’ was negligent, that all three governments are managing the crisis well, and that the U.S. economy can't bear the toll of the virus.

The report, which is not public, was produced by the department’s Global Engagement Center - a fledgling office focused on the global information wars - and reviewed by POLITICO. It makes the case that propaganda and disinformation narratives from those country’s governments have converged as coronavirus has spread. And it says that while the three governments have pushed out the same messages in the past, the global pandemic has seen the convergence of their messaging accelerate.

[Libloather]

A spokesperson for Iran’s mission to the United Nations said the U.S. is responsible for any propaganda or disinformation about the pandemic, not Iran.

Try to get your mind wrapped around that.

[HighSierra5]

The media,Hollyweird,Democrats,left wing corporations,you name it are the vehicles for this propaganda. And a lot of it filters down to you’re everyday liberal socialist sycophant. Yeah,it’s going to be quite the battle to preserve our liberties. Literally.

[mewzilla]

NYC’s WuFlu patient zero was someone returning from a trip to Iran.

What a coinkydink.

[Hazwaste]

You can see the misinformation campaign in action by reading comments on Fox News stories. I’ve been on FNC comments since the early 2000s and have never seen such an overwhelming number of trolls until the past few months. And when you call them out they don’t bother denying it.

[Savage Beast]

Russian, Chinese, DEMOCRAT PARTY and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another

China, Iran, THE DEMOCRAT PARTY and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to launch a propaganda and disinformation onslaught against the United States

[nevermorelenore]

Agree, they are in cahoots ~ Dems and our MSM are also complicit