New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have sponsored Reuters and the BBC to conduct a series of covert programs aimed at promoting regime change inside Russia and undermining its government across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a series of leaked documents. The leaked materials show the Thomson Reuters […]
    • Audeamus [any]
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      4 years ago

      No, it isn't? If you want to be more conservative, you could say "wage covert information warfare against Russia", but the critical part of the headline is the compromised nature of media organizations that claim to have the highest standards of journalistic quality and integrity.

        • Audeamus [any]
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          4 years ago

          That's a fair gripe, but the actual quote is “weaken the Russian State’s influence on its near neighbours”, not the UK, so you're doing a bit of misleading yourself ;-). And because it's 'weaken Russia's influence by inserting UK/US influence' it's not benign/defensive the way it sounds without context. So "weaken Russia" shouldn't be in quotes, but it's a fair summary of the article's content.

        • gammison [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          The leaked documents page they link to also accuses the skripal poisoning of being a British op, I do not trust that site lol.