Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it. The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across Iran appears to be based largely on a single anonymous source, who admitted extrapolating that figure by assuming without evidence that “officially registered deaths related to the crackdown likely represent […]

As The Grayzone reported, Omidyar has partnered with US intelligence cutouts like USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy to promote regime change from Ukraine to the Philippines, while advancing various “counter-disinformation” efforts aimed at suppressing anti-establishment viewpoints.

Smoking gun.

Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10581472

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    Without endorsing the content of the post or the veracity of the comments, I’d like to point out that we’re blessed with the rare occasion of having two of the sockpuppets in the same thread! Would’ve been nice to highlight that in the lemmy.world thread but it was removed.