In 24 Hours, MSM Fake News Caused Air Strike On Iran And Crashed Financial Markets

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Mainstream media fake news caused havoc around the world Friday, causing financial markets to crash and almost igniting war in the Middle East.

Mainstream media fake news caused havoc around the world on Friday, when in the space of just 24 hours the effects of mainstream media propaganda was felt when a false ABC report caused financial markets to crash, and a false BBC report caused an air strike on Iran that could have led to a major international escalation. 

Despite the fact that trust in the mainstream media is at an all-time low, reports from the media can still have dangerous, major international repercussions—even when they are exposed as fake news.

Think of the fake news pushed by mainstream media in 2001 to justify the Iraq War.

The Free Thought Project reports: Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to FBI agents about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. ABC’s original report claimed that Donald Trump orderedFlynn to contact Russian officials during the 2016 election when he was still a candidate.

However, Trump actually ordered Flynn to contact the officials after he became president-elect. The original claim was made by ABC News Investigative Reporter Brian Ross, who said he was quoting an anonymous source. This method was used by the mainstream media throughout the election to push exaggerated claims with no evidence.

While ABC brushed off the mistake as nothing more than issuing a simple correction to one of their reports, the allegations from their “anonymous source” had serious repercussions. Ross made the claim during a “Special Report” from ABC News at 11 a.m. on Friday. Within minutes of the report, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 350 points.

While the market eventually recovered, and ABC News suspended Brian Ross for four weeks, the fact is that one false mainstream media report based on an anonymous source that included no concrete evidence had the ability to send financial stocks plummeting—and that should be a wake-up call for everyone.

Although it has not received nearly as much media attention, the BBC made a similar error that was used as evidence to support an airstrike on Friday, that could have pushed the United States into yet another war.

As reported on Saturday, Israel launched a series of both surface missiles and airstrikes, targeting a town near Damascus, Syria. The attack targeted what appeared to be a military base.

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The existence of the base was apparently revealed less than one month ago by a BBC report, which included satellite images of several buildings. According to BBC, these images were evidence that “Iran is establishing a permanent military base inside Syria.

However, the entire report was based on information from an anonymous “Western intelligence source,” and there was no confirmation as to whether the buildings were being used by the Iranian military.

Following the attack from Israel, BBC reported, “Last month the BBC revealed a claim that Iran was building a permanent military base near the town. A series of satellite images showed construction at the location of the alleged base, which was made known to the BBC by a western intelligence source.”

BBC also noted that, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously warned that Israel would not allow Iran to establish any military presence in Syria.”

In response, a report from ZeroHedge noted:

It appears the BBC is playing war propagandist for Israel, instead of including any level of critical inquiry regarding Israel’s unprovoked act of aggression against its neighbor. In short, the BBC spread what it acknowledged to be a mere “claim” based solely on an unnamed “Western intelligence source”. Then Israel used that claim to attack Syria, after which the BBC in circular fashion justified the attack based on its own original dubious “claim.”

If Israel goes to war with Iran, it will rely on its closest ally—the United States—for support. Because of this, every American should be aware of how mainstream media reports can have real repercussions on the current state of events, even when those reports are based on claims from anonymous sources with no real evidence.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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2 Comments

  1. News stations caused F all. The very idea that people who control troops are relieved of the responsibility of both their orders, and making sure their orders are founded on the best decision making information they can spy up, because of news broadcasters known for passing out BS is absurd.

  2. It doesn’t matter to the democrat party owned news media, what calamity the fake news causes…their job is to prop up the rotting corrupted democrat & RINO party…period! So they can continue to confiscate & regulate the citizens to enrich their selves. Just look at all the democrat controlled areas in this country…they are all third world hellholes!

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