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29 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Sad to see @NaomiAKlein not only trying to whitewash the censorship of Glenn & the valid critiques he raises of The Intercept's sad, Russiagate-addled turn, but even trying to fundraise for their billionaire-owned outlet off of it.

Disaster Journalism:
The idea that Glenn leaving his lucrative, secure job & claiming censorship is really "a marketing ploy" is just so disingenuous. Glenn is actually showing bravery & journalistic integrity -- underscoring that it's The Intercept that has used those values as a marketing ploy.
Imagine trying to exploit the departure of a principled journalist in order to raise more money for your billionaire-owned news outlet -- and then having the gall to accuse *him* of a "marketing ploy":
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Aaron Maté Profile picture
30 Oct
.@ggreenwald on the absurdity of ex-colleagues' smears: "The Intercept is a place probably more so than anywhere else in media where you make an obscene amount of money, for doing very little if you want... Money is the reason to stay at the Intercept."
The point here is not to criticize anyone for working at The Intercept, even their insanely overpaid writers who produce shitty and/or very little work. The point is to rebut criticism that Glenn left The Intercept for financial reasons or a "marketing opportunity."
In fact, a side issue here is that there are hard-working reporters at The Intercept who make relatively small salaries, compared to more well-known personalites earn hundreds of thousands of dollars for producing little work, & in the case of James Risen, Russiagate fan fiction.
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Aaron Maté Profile picture
29 Oct
Now that @Bellingcat has admitted that it published disinformation (), let's look at those who tried to accuse others of doing what Bellingcat in fact did themselves, and even gloated that the falsely premised article was some kind of vindication.
Let's start with @Bellingcat's @N_Waters89, a likely author of the anonymously bylined & discredited Bellingcat piece.

Nick has deleted a number of tweets, but luckily I saved them for us. #Bellingcaught
.@N_Waters89:

"For anyone who's been paying attention, it was clear the 'OPCW leaks' were based on flawed information from the start.

The correspondence we obtained proves it. There was a coverup, but it wasn't the OPCW doing it."

Nope:
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Aaron Maté Profile picture
29 Oct
In response to @TheGrayzoneNews (thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra…), @Bellingcat admits its article was based on a false premise: an OPCW letter they claim was sent was in fact an unsent draft.

Of course, they also can't do a retraction without new falsehoods & evasions. #Bellingcaught
“The final version omits much of the information contained within the draft version."

No, the final version — aka the actual letter that OPCW Director General Arias sent to inspector Whelan — omits *all* the "information" Bellingcat falsely claimed was sent. Not even a sentence.
".@Bellingcat stands by the extra information in the draft version and has verified its authenticity and its conclusions."

Oh you’ve "verified" it, have you? Same way you "verified" your false claim that the letter was sent? (hence why I asked you about that multiple times).
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Aaron Maté Profile picture
27 Oct
Look at @EliotHiggins' "response": he won't answer my question (), but he will try to weasel his way out of it by impugning me to others.

I'd say he's getting desperate to save his reputation, but in fact he's only affirming it: a NATO state-funded coward.
Update: NATO state-funded propaganda outlet @Bellingcat and its founder @EliotHiggins still have not answered my simple question: did they verify the claim at the heart of their latest attempt to attack the OCPW whistleblowers? Their silence speaks volumes. More to come.
Anyone want to know the answer to why @EliotHiggins never answered my question? Because it exposed that the premise of @Bellingcat's latest attack on OPCW whistleblowers was an egregious falsehood.

@TheGrayzoneNews has the proof:

thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra…
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26 Oct
There's a lot that's unimpressive about this new Bellingcat article attacking the OPCW whistleblowers, including their inability to quote me properly (which is the least of it -- more on that soon).
Before I comment further, I just sent @EliotHiggins, @N_Waters89 and @Bellingcat some questions about their story, and look forward to their response.
I wrote @EliotHiggins @N_Waters89 @Bellingcat an email outlining a few of the article's issues & asking some questions. They haven't responded, but have already made a correction based on an issue I raised. This correction is important, but doesn't begin to scratch the surface.
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23 Oct
Russiagate is a giant act of projection: intel officials & media stenographers, aka troll farms, have bombarded the public w/ disinformation & fear-mongering that sows doubts about US elections, all while accusing Russia of doing the same. Here's latest: nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/…
Usually caveats are buried, but here it's 2nd graf: US intel officials "have pieced together details of what they *believe* are Russia’s plans." And guess what: "Officials did not make clear what Russia planned to do." Of course not! They only "Believe" -- they don't *know*.
More caveats: purported Russian hackers breached a network that -- guess what -- had "nothing to do with the casting and counting" of votes.

BTW how do we know they're Russian hackers? We don't! They're only "*believed* to be operating at the behest of Russia's" FSB. Believe!
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