Last year, we caught @Bellingcat publishing falsehoods in a bid to smear an OPCW whistleblower.
That isn't all. Emails obtained by @TheGrayzoneNews now show that Bellingcat let a hidden, external author write its fraudulent material. #Bellingcaught
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/aut…
That isn't all. Emails obtained by @TheGrayzoneNews now show that Bellingcat let a hidden, external author write its fraudulent material. #Bellingcaught
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/aut…
Bellingcat's OPCW deception (thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra…), was based on it claiming to have obtained an OPCW letter sent to Dr. Brendan Whelan, a whistleblower who challenged the Syria cover-up. We showed that Bellingcat's "letter" was never actually sent, and full of falsehoods.
New emails reveal more of Bellingcat's subterfuge.
It begins w/ another outlet. Months before Bellingcat's bogus October 2020 article, @ChrisDYork of @HuffPostUK first pursued the same story. He even told Wikileaks that he was about to publish. He ultimately never published.
It begins w/ another outlet. Months before Bellingcat's bogus October 2020 article, @ChrisDYork of @HuffPostUK first pursued the same story. He even told Wikileaks that he was about to publish. He ultimately never published.
.@ChrisDYork has declined to explain why he did not publish the story after pursuing it for months and claiming to be on verge of publication. Whatever his reasons for pulling back, I'm sure he doesn't regret it, in light of the humiliation Bellingcat suffered as a result.
The HuffPost UK-Bellingcat overlap doesn't end there. Not only did Bellingcat run w/ Chris York's story, they also reproduced his exact typos. Instead of accurately quoting their own "letter", Bellingcat published typos that York had made in a private email months before.
Not only did Bellingcat copy Chris York of HuffPost UK's text, they even copied his questions.
A comparison between Qs sent by @ChrisDYork in July & Bellingcat's @N_Waters89 in October show that Waters copied York's Qs & structure.
Both have refused to explain the overlap.
A comparison between Qs sent by @ChrisDYork in July & Bellingcat's @N_Waters89 in October show that Waters copied York's Qs & structure.
Both have refused to explain the overlap.
Given that Bellingcat copied someone else's text, the Q becomes: who is writing Bellingcat's material?
What is clear is that Bellingcat -- in line with its NATO state sponsors -- is being used to whitewash the OPCW's Syria cover-up & smear the whistleblowers who challenged it.
What is clear is that Bellingcat -- in line with its NATO state sponsors -- is being used to whitewash the OPCW's Syria cover-up & smear the whistleblowers who challenged it.
As to who might be orchestrating this smear campaign, here's a possible clue: the overlapping claims of HuffPost UK and Bellingcat were also made by @chloehadj of the BBC.
On top of overlapping falsehoods, what else do they all share? UK state ties.
On top of overlapping falsehoods, what else do they all share? UK state ties.
Since in October, I have sent multiple emails to @N_Waters89 of @Bellingcat; @ChrisDYork @jessbrammar; @harry_slater of @HuffPostUK; and @chloehadj of @BBC, asking them to explain their overlapping text (HP-BC); questions (HP-BC); and falsehoods (all). No one has replied.
If anyone can get an answer, among other things, I would love to know why @ChrisDYork abandoned the OPCW "letter" story at @HuffPostUK; and how it is that @N_Waters89 then ended up with the story and even reproduced York's exact questions and typos months later.
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