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1/ The Canary is promoting the conspiracy theory that denies Assad used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians in Douma last year. The attack was a war crime believed to have killed more than 50 Syrians. #SFFN
2/ The Canary’s article links several times to the “Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media” a pro-Kremlin group set up to deny Russian & Syrian responsibility for crimes such as the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals & war crimes in Syria. #SFFN

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3/ The Canary aren’t the only fake news website defending Assad with conspiracy theories. Evolve Politics published a story which claimed the White Helmets staged the Douma attack, uncritically repeating lines from the Russian embassy & Assad’s government. #SFFN
4/ Nor is this the only issue on which The Canary & Evolve Politics have taken the Kremlin’s line. The Canary defended Putin on his interference in the US 2016 Presidential election & Evolve Politics promoted pro-Kremlin conspiracy theories about the Salisbury attack. #SFFN
5/ Craig Murray, quoted extensively in the above Evolve Politics article & in other Canary articles, is a conspiracy theorist who infamously had a unique take on the Salisbury attack. #SFFN

6/ This is why @rafaelbehr said if The Canary “aren't getting Kremlin money it can only be because they haven't asked.” Advertisers on these fake news websites are just saving Putin some spare change. #SFFN

7/ Hi @Unicef_UK @Unicef, you do heroic work for Syrian refugees, but you’re also funding fake news websites which defend the tyrants responsible for their suffering. Here’s how to remove your adverts from fake news sites: stopfundingfakenews.com/advertiser Thanks! #SFFN
Hi @PenroseMike @D_G_Alexander @SalBrinton @DrAlexConnock. Just want to make sure this wasn’t missed. WWF, Macmillan Cancer Support & Cancer Research UK have blacklisted these & other fake news sites. Please let us know if you have any Qs on how UNICEF can do the same! #SFFN
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THREAD: 1/ Fake news website Westmonster, co-founded by Aaron Banks, is now effectively a propaganda channel for Nigel Farage’s #Brexit Party. Organisations advertising on the site are helping to fund this output supporting the party’s campaign #SFFN
2/ Editor & co-founder of Westmonster, Michael Heaver, is standing for the Brexit Party in the European parliamentary elections. In the article announcing his candidacy, there was no mention of Heaver stepping away from the website for the campaign period. #SFFN
3/ We’re not here to comment on the suitability of someone who runs a fake news website to be an elected parliamentarian, but voters might be interested to know about the company Heaver keeps #SFFN

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1/ @Channel4News last night revealed that Leave.EU, led by Aaron Banks, faked videos in the EU referendum campaign to stoke fear of migrants. Six months later, Banks founded the fake news website, Westmonster. #SFFN

2/ Since the referendum, Westmonster has continued to push these narratives - that large numbers of migrants are crossing the Channel into Britain & migrant violence on Britain’s streets #SFFN
3/ Westmonster is funded by major brands who advertise on the site. We can do something about this by informing brands that they’re appearing on & therefore funding Westmonster, and how to stop. #SFFN

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1/ Fake news site, The Canary’s, most prolific contributor is Steve Topple, who’s written almost 1500 articles for the site. He’s also a fan of antisemitic conspiracy theories, suggesting the media, IMF & Royal family are secretly Jewish #SFFN
2/ In 2014, Topple retweeted the claim “our media is Jewish” and replied that it was “the truth.” #SFFN
3/ Topple tweeted in 2014 that the Rothshild family control the International Monetary Fund, and in another tweet appeared to suggest the Rothschilds were involved in the Syria Civil War #SFFN
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I got angry last night when I saw that Glenn G. affiliated himself w/ RT. *No* journalist, academic, etc shld lend credibility to this propaganda organization. One reason, among many, is RT's repeated attempts to deny that Assad has used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians:
The clippings above are all from 2018, regarding the April 7th attack on Douma. However, RT has been pushing denialism re: Assad's (and Putin's) human rights violations for years, going so far as accusing the BBC of faking evidence of the 2013 attack in Ghouta.
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