In the 1980s, the US State Dep't was exposed for spreading fake news not only abroad, but also against its own population - blatantly violating domestic laws - in an information war against Nicaragua's socialist gov't
If you think it's not doing the same today, you're very naive
If you think it's not doing the same today, you're very naive
In addition to funding and training Nicaragua's Contra death squads in the 1980s, the CIA:
-named their groups
-wrote their press releases
-"coached Contra leaders how to lie to reporters effectively"
-staged fake events for cameras
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-named their groups
-wrote their press releases
-"coached Contra leaders how to lie to reporters effectively"
-staged fake events for cameras
via @OurHiddenHistry
US Justice Dep't documents admit the US State Dep't and CIA trained Nicaragua's far-right Contras on how to disseminate propaganda to the US media and how to lobby members of US Congress, giving them lists of members "who would be vulnerable to charges of being soft on communism"
Documents prove the CIA bribed "journalists in Costa Rica and Honduras to fake stories about Contra military successes, to create or edit stories that would make the Sandinista government look bad, and also to suppress any negative information about Contra human rights abuses"
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