Posted on 04/21/2020 8:08:57 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Russia, China and Iran are using similar narratives to promote disinformation campaigns against the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a State Department report obtained by Politico.
The three countries are pushing campaigns that suggesting that the virus came from U.S. troops and that it’s an American bio weapon being used for political purposes. The campaigns also claim that the three countries are managing the pandemic better than the United States, which has more reported cases than all three combined.
State-owned media and government ministries alike are pushing the false narratives. According to Politico, Russia’s defense ministry has pushed a conspiracy theory that Bill Gates played a role in creating the virus.
The report noted that before the pandemic the three countries were not quite as in sync with messaging until February 2020. The State Department suggests this is a response to growing unrest within citizens of their countries.
“What we saw as the health crisis started to come under control in China is that the [Chinese Communist Party] (CCP) really started pushing a concerted effort to try to re-shape that narrative,” Lea Gabrielle, coordinator of State Department’s Global Engagement Center, told Politico.
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The axis of s-holes.
The Rooskies should know better.
All eternal enemies.
Sounds like a great excuse for Gog, Magog and the Kings of the East to get together and get rid of the USA and its ally in the Middle East.
But that is just the Biblical conspiracist in me talking.
Do you suppose they're all co-ordinating their propaganda?
Hmmmm . . . axis of evil talking points.
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Iran has had a major recent business and tourist exchange with China, but zero presence of US troops for decades. Who came up with this “US Troops” claim, Baghdad Bob? Next: Assault Rifles cause coronavirus.
They’re all allies, and #ChinaJoe is on their side.
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