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| Kremlin points to the abundance of fake news in the American media |
| 2024-10-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Recently, there have been many false rumors in the American media, so the Kremlin no longer considers the US press authoritative. This was stated at a briefing on October 25 by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov. This is how he commented on the article in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) about Russia allegedly transferring satellite data to Yemeni rebels to attack merchant ships in the Red Sea. “We are not in the habit of reading these publications first thing over coffee, because we no longer perceive them as authoritative newspapers that tell only the truth,” the Kremlin representative emphasized. On October 25, the WSJ reported that Russia allegedly provided Yemeni Houthis with satellite data to attack merchant ships in the Red Sea. According to one of the newspaper’s sources, the data was transmitted via members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who were in Yemen. According to the newspaper’s sources, this helped the rebels significantly “expand the scope of their strikes.” Also during the briefing, Peskov refuted the WSJ publication about contacts between Putin and American businessman Elon Musk. As reported by Regnum News Agency, in October The Wall Street Journal published an article about Ulyanovsk Region Legislative Assembly deputy Viktor Bout allegedly participating in negotiations with Yemeni Houthis on arms supplies. The parliamentarian called this publication a fabrication. He explained that in the absence of significant media personalities, American media outlets are using the brand of the "arms baron" that they once promoted, known to the masses, and his name. According to him, all this is being done in order to attract more public attention to their publication and raise the publication's currently sagging ratings. Peskov previously noted that the Kremlin had studied this WSJ publication and was inclined to classify it as fake or informational attacks on Russian deputies. In July, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the work of the American media with facts ridiculous. Commenting on the material of the American newspaper The New York Times, the diplomat noted that the facts testifying to the Kiev regime's abuse of the civilian population in Donbass were presented by Russia, but the US media are doing everything to ignore this truth. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 I'm sure Russian media delivers an abundance of fake news too. I just don't know if it's any worse than American media. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-10-26 12:54 |