1. An amazing article by @MazMHussain -- we're into real "Wag the Dog" territory here with fake personas created to promote a new Middle Eastern war.https://twitter.com/Ali_Gharib/status/1137734025425117185 …
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4. Some context: conservative media has long had a big payola problem, being easy targets for PR firms that want to place articles. This
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5. It's telling that foreign actors who want to influence American foreign policy are very aware that right-wing media is an easy date: you can quickly place articles for very little $$, and they have a far reaching impact. In fact, there's a long history of this.
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6. Going back to at least the 1950s, a wide variety of foreign actors (Chinese nationalists, South Africa, Rhodesia, Pinochet's Chile) were able to get right-wing outlets (notably National Review) to publish raw propaganda. The MEK is following in that tradition.
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7. There's another thing about this MEK story worth pondering: the thinness of Iranian opposition that the USA/Saudi Arabia are allied with. You have the MEK (a tiny cult that creates sock puppets) & the son of the Shah. Hardly people to win the masses. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/ …
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Pretty sure
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You beat me to the punch but that's a good article.
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in the UK as well, loads of MPs have spoken at MEK/NCRI events
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"recent MEK defector, also handled parts of the organization’s finances in Iraq and was blunt when asked about the current financial backing of the MEK: 'Saudi Arabia. Without a doubt'" https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/27/spains-vox-party-hates-muslims-except-the-ones-who-fund-it-mek-ncri-maryam-rajavi-pmoi-vidal-quadras-abascal/ …
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