Thread by @Qnie_Addis

Thread on @CNN

#CNNwhereTruthGoes2Die

@mekdes_asefa has done a great job of exposing CNN's bias against #Ethiopia & a possible direct line of communication with Getachew Reda himself. This thread will highlight this & other aspects of CNN's #InformationLaundering activities.

1/ For this thread I focused on 45 articles produced by CNN since November 4. @nimaelbagir was involved in 20 of these articles followed closely by @bethlehemfel. Unsurprisingly, all the @CNN articles I looked into were highly negative in their coverage of GOE.

Only one articles coveres the alleged misdeeds of #TPLF. The article by @bethlehemfel, @eoin_mc_sweeney, covered the #MaikadraMassacre as reported by @amnesty but conveniently left out parts of the report identifying the victims & perpetrators.

In another report purporting to expose a 'massacre' at Dengelat, @CNN|s evidence was a video depicting 'shoes of some of those killed.' According to @CNN, all the evidence you need to corroborate a massacre is a video of shoes. The journalistic standard set by Nima and Feleke!...

Video claiming to show a massacre at Mahibere Dego? @CNN got the video from TMH, the only thing they were able to corroborate was the location of the filming. No dates, no info re the device, no contact with the person who took the video. CNN asks their audience to trust TMH. 🤷

The latest episode in this series is the TOW the chemically preserved bodies floating downstream on Tekeze river.

https://twitter.com/Qnie_Addis/status/1434853035101073413?s=19

https://twitter.com/Qnie_Addis/status/1435745779151515648

2/ Further analysis revealed something very unexpected and at first glance very puzzling. Apparently, @CNN is not using the 'big four' of #InformationLaundering - SAHAN/EEPA/WPF/ICG! To date, CNN quoted them in only two articles! What is going on?

If @CNN is not using these veterans of #InformationLaundering, where is it getting its information from? A 2nd look at the data gives you the answer. With a stroke of genius, CNN has taken out the middle man. It is actually getting its info straight from the horse's mouth!

3/ Of the 45 articles, 20 actually used official #TPLF sources and pro-#TPLF sources. Debretsion (3x), Getachew Reda (2x), TMH (2x), Tedros Tefera (2x), Hamdeyet Refugees (2x), 'Eye witnesses' (4x). Dennis Wadley & Thomas Thomson ( WFP guy with GReda) make guest appearances.

4/ The data points towards a network of #InformationLaundering with three main nodes:
- The Tigray Node: Debretsion & Getachew Reda
- The Sudan Node: Hamdeyet 'Refugees' organized by Tedros Tefera & Gerrie
- The US Node: TMH

Without the middle man, @CNN's reporting towards Ethiopia bores striking resemblance to that of DW & TMH. The ploy is so simple and transparent that for outsiders our observations might appear ludicrous. @cnn in cahoots with #TPLF, is disinforming the world in broad daylight

Somehow, someone at the higher echelons of CNN has decided that they're going to work with #TPLF; maybe with a nod from @StateDept 🤔

With their pseudo-diverse group of mercenaries @CNN has opened an all out war of disinformation on #Ethiopia. For CNN Ethiopia is the new TRUMP!

We #Ethiopians know we can't stop @CNN from lying, but we refuse to be complicit with their assassination of the #Ethiopian nation through our silence. We will persevere not only in exposing their lies but also putting forth the truth about #TPLF and their enablers.

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