Right-wing outlets like Washington Examiner, Newsmax, and Andy Ngo's Post Millennial got duped by a network of completely fake "experts" with phony names and stolen bio images pushing propaganda. Exclusive from @arawnsley:https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign …
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An update: The Washington Examiner quietly removed the propaganda op-ed written by a fake persona with phony credentials. https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign …pic.twitter.com/7V2c3hVoEE
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Another update: The National Interest, Jerusalem Post, and Andy Ngo's Post Millennial all quietly deleted their articles without any note. And the phony websites—Persia Now and The Arab Eye—used as credentials for the fake personas have also been deleted.https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign …
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Yet the National Interest story was re-published by Yahoo News, and is still up online there: https://news.yahoo.com/imf-bailout-lebanon-must-serve-040000872.html … …this as their Editor in Chief shares the Daily Beast's investigation and brags about his diligence LOL. Someone should flag this to himhttps://twitter.com/dklaidman/status/1280473442370965505 …
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Daniel KlaidmanVerified account @dklaidmanAs a copy aide on the Washington Post editorial page, we rigorously vetted every oped and letter we published. I called dozens of writers each week to make sure they were real, otherwise we wouldn’t print. It wasn’t failsafe, but pretty close. Great reporting here by@arawnsley. https://twitter.com/arawnsley/status/1280277540582588419 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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