Category Archives: Disinformation

From Wikipedia to Grokipedia, From Chomsky to Sarkozy… [Is Wikipedia left-leaning?]

Posted on November 2, 2025 by L

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on…” Noam Chomsky The … Continue reading →

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On This Day (July 26, 2007): The Day I Exposed CIA Edits on Wikipedia [UPDATE — US Congressional Probe into Wikipedia Disinformation]

Posted on August 29, 2025 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels (…) An excellent Wikipedia administrator [Linda Mack] has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists.” Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007) July 26, 2025 — On July 26, 2007, I … Continue reading →

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On This Day (July 26, 2007): The Day I Exposed CIA Edits on Wikipedia [Inside the first skirmishes of the disinformation age — and the fight for digital truth.]

Posted on July 26, 2025 by L

“This story is demented and broken on so many levels (…) An excellent Wikipedia administrator [Linda Mack] has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists.” Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007) July 26, 2025 — On July 26, 2007, I … Continue reading →

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Fake News, Real Questions

Posted on June 28, 2025 by L

“Fake news has become a catch-all term for misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, but its defining feature is that it mimics news media in form but not in organizational process or intent.” Lazer et al., Science (2018) June 28, 2025 — … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Is The Guardian a reliable news source? [UPDATE : More disinformation from The Guardian]

Posted on June 10, 2024 by L

“Although I do not trust The Guardian when it comes to intelligence matters, I thought that the online UK newspaper could at least report accurately a chess game.” Intel Today (Nov. 29, 2021) November 29 2021 — On Sunday, I … Continue reading →

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CIA Memorial Wall — How many CIA officers died during Trump’s Presidency? [Disinformation]

Posted on April 18, 2024 by L

“In 2016, the CIA memorial wall had 111 stars, each representing an agent’s death. By the end of Trump’s term, there were 135 stars on the wall, a huge 22% increase. 24 dead agents in just four years. Under Trump, … Continue reading →

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40 Years Ago — Korean Airliner Flight 007 Shot Down (September 1 1983) [UPDATE : Truth Is the First Casualty in War]

Posted on September 1, 2023 by L

“KE-007 was a victim of the cold war. Another casualty, always war’s first, was the Truth. The story of KE-007 will be remembered pretty much the way the Americans told it in 1983 and not the way it really happened. … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Korean Airliner Flight 007 Shot Down (September 1 1983) [UPDATE : Truth Is the First Casualty in War (Nord Stream)]

Posted on February 23, 2023 by L

“KE-007 was a victim of the cold war. Another casualty, always war’s first, was the Truth. The story of KE-007 will be remembered pretty much the way the Americans told it in 1983 and not the way it really happened. … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Is The Guardian a reliable news source? [UPDATE : How the UK security services silenced The Guardian.]

Posted on November 29, 2022 by L

“Although I do not trust The Guardian when it comes to intelligence matters, I thought that the online UK newspaper could at least report accurately a chess game.” Intel Today (Nov. 29 2021) November 29 2021 — On Sunday, I … Continue reading →

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2021 Fake News Award — Havana Syndrome — Textbook case of disinformation from Reuters [UPDATE : In Intelligence Matters, Punctuation Really Matters!]

Posted on January 1, 2022 by L

“[CIA Director William] Burns has said there is a ‘very strong possibility’ that the syndrome is intentionally caused and that Russia could be responsible.” Reuters (September 21 2021) “[CIA Director William] Burns has said there is a ‘very strong possibility’ … Continue reading →

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