False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia’s invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days.

  • ghariksforge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For example, when the NordStream exploded, we were told that Russia did it. It was considered disinformation by the western authorities to question this. It turned out a year later it was a group of Ukrainians.

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      Why are you just making things up and spreading misinformation?

      Here is the original BBC News coverage from the time (unedited, you can check on the Wayback machine).

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63297085

      Western leaders have stopped short of directly accusing Russia but the EU has previously accused Russia of using its gas supplies as a weapon against the West over its support for Ukraine.

      Meanwhile UKrainian involvement you cite as a fact, is from a NY Times article quoting US intelliegence sources. It’s possibly true but has never been stood-up

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64877979

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        1 year ago

        German government knew that Ukrainians blew it up.

        Western media pushed the narrative that Russia blew up NordStream because it fit their prejudices.

        Here’s misinformation for you.

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          Fronm anyone interested in the sources, that screenshot is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nord_Stream_pipeline_sabotage

          It does not support the fact that the factthe “German government knew” anything - rather that there was a police investigation into evidence. Once again “Western Media” is a broad brush, but the coverage I see at the time certainly explored the idea that the Russians may have destoyed the pipeline as one possibility - at the same time point out that there was uncertainty. This is not “pushing a narrative” particularly - it’s trying to explain a mystery.

          As a wise person once said: “things are usually not as black and white. People who complain about misinformation/disinformation are usually guilty of it themselves.”