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Fake News Kicks Into High Gear In Czech Presidential Runoff
Radio Free Europe ^ | January 21, 2018 | Alan Crosby

Posted on 01/24/2018 12:19:56 PM PST by WatchungEagle

"Now that the pro-Europe challenger’s campaign in a second-round runoff against incumbent Milos Zeman, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strongest allies in central Europe, is in full swing, the disinformation gloves have come off once again.

Within days of the start of the runoff, which will culminate in balloting on January 26-27, pro-Zeman websites and social media were sending out messages and publishing ads accusing the 68-year-old scientist of seeking to open the country’s borders to immigrants, playing on local fears of a possible influx of Muslim extremists."

(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: fakenews; propaganda; radiofreeeurope; russia
This piece is a good example of how cultural marxist neocons are still running the show at US government propaganda agencies. Here we have Cold War era "Radio Free Europe" parroting the Soros narrative about evil Kremlin controlled nationalists being mean to the nice refugees. Conservatives need to start condemning these neocon propaganda outfits. They should have been shut down over 20 years ago. Even worse, RFE is now largely devoted to promoting anti-nationalism and anti-Russian narratives to Americans, rather than people in Europe.
1 posted on 01/24/2018 12:19:56 PM PST by WatchungEagle
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pro-Zeman websites and social media were sending out messages and publishing ads pointing out that the 68-year-old scientist is seeking to open the country’s borders to immigrants, guaranteeing an influx of Muslim extremists.


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2 posted on 01/24/2018 1:08:50 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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