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6 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The results of the Ipsos MORI survey cited in the Fox News piece (irrelevantly) was commissioned by Cornerstone Global Associates - although this was not mentioned in the Fox News piece (thanks @anthonyjwells ) for pointing this out. As Anthony also points out, it probably
looks more credible to not highlight the fact that the poll itself was commissioned by the think tank whose report was the basis for the article itself, and whose director invoked England as being a good place to host the world cup. Instead, the Fox News piece links to a Sun
Newspaper report on the poll. The Sun article does not mention the poll was commissioned by Cornerstone Global - a good example of 'laundering' a source. One could excuse this as normal practise, but given that the article seems to be written in bad faith, and that the citation
of the poll seems contrived and irrelevant to the matter at hand, I do wonder if efforts were made to place this information in the article while deliberately or knowingly withholding its chain of provenance. Also, something amiss happened with that poll commissioned by CGA
as is attested to by this tweet of theirs - would be interesting to see what happened there....

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5 Oct
[Thread] This article should is an exemplar of bad journalism:
1) JOURNALIST BACKGROUND - the writer Ben Weinthal works for a think tank that has hosted an anti-Qatar conference and whose senior members are chummy with the UAE Ambassador in the US.

foxnews.com/world/qatar-co…
The same journalist routinely harasses academics and journalists on Twitter who live in Qatar
2) SOURCING - It cites a report by the firm Cornerstone Global's whose director, Ghanem Nuseibeh is related to the UAE's Ambassador to the UN, and who previously offered to do PR for
Qatar. A previous Cornerstone report initially cited uncritically by the BBC was softened after Cornerstone's credibility on the Gulf Crisis and World Cup was called into question
3 ) VERIFICATION. No attempts are made to verify the claims of the report,it's accepted uncritically
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27 Sep
This Newsweek article is based on a report produced by Impact SE- whose board includes a former Israeli Ambassador, a former FDD member, a member of AIPAC. Most of their reports have focused on Palestine and Muslim majority countries. They did a report on Saudi, which found
a lot of evidence of anti semitism in the curriculum which has been widely discussed. It has also done a report on the UAE - which was not a curriculum review but rather a focus on the UAE's moral education program - far more limited and does not mention anti semitism. It is
Interesting that both the UAE and Qatar report come out at the time of UAEs normalization with Israel. The report on UAE while preliminary and limited positions the UAE as a regional leader on textbook reform. Not quite sure how this could be determined without a review of other
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22 Sep
[Thread] This is outrageous: "UAE-owned Sky News Arabia removes 'Palestine' from interview backdrop" - middleeastmonitor.com/20200921-uae-o… However, it's not the only time @skynewsarabia have engaged in blatant disinformation and provocation. See following >
2/ Much of this relates to the skynewsarabia presented @a_albander . In May, he stoked fears of a fake coup in Qatar, posting debunked doctored videos of gunfire and screenshots of a flight radar [not] showing warplanes in Qatar
3/ and @a_albander also spread fake news that the WTO had ruled in favour of Saudi Arabia in their ruling about whether Saudi had failed to stop the industrial level piracy of @beINSPORTS_EN
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7 Sep
Does anyone remember being in the Gulf during 1990/91 War. One of my earliest memories is waking up to hear the sound of scud missiles landing in Bahrain. I remember my parents running into mine and my brother's bedroom (i was 5) to comfort us and hearing a massive explosion
It apparently happened a few times but I remember that night, perhaps because it felt so close. I remember the masking tape crosses on the windows, the air raid sirens and leaving the TV on for a scud warning. I also remember soldiers coming to our town hall to hand out gas masks
and water filtration kits. I dont recall knowing how to use the flasks but I always cried when I put my gas mask on. It was like a thick plastic bag and i could see the red everready batteries in the mechanism. We also were told to hide under our desks if there was a scud
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4 Sep
So counted approximately 90 tweets from @FDD 's Ben Weinthal within a period of around 48 hours. Mostly scurrilous accusations and loaded questions with baseless accusations of homophobia or supporting the execution of gay people.
2/ Perhaps the fundamental and dangerous irony of @BenWeinthal attack is that is potentially endangers minorities while masquerading as a defence of gay rights.
3/ Amid this harassment, Weinthal stated that he is a “journalist who reports on the persecution and murders of people from the LGBTQ community in MENA”.
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2 Sep
My article today in @haaretzcom about the so-called "Peace Deal" - Opinion | The real peacemaker this week was Qatar, not UAE. Here's why haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…
"There is perhaps no better metaphor for the so-called Israel-UAE "peace" deal than the first El Al flight, LY971, that flew from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi yesterday. Emblazoned above the cockpit windows was the word the UAE and Israeli governments wanted to the world to see..."
"Yet ironically, barely a meter below, but still visible, was the plane’s name: Kiryat Gat, an Israeli town formerly known as Al Faluja. As Benny Morris pointed out, in 1949 the local Arab population was beaten, harassed and robbed by Israeli soldiers until they left. "
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