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NBC Fell for Syrian False Flag Operation, Increased Nuclear Risk - by Martin Hellman
https://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/nbc-fell-for-syrian-false-flag-operation-increased-nuclear-risk/
NBC Fell for Syrian False Flag Operation: Increased Nuclear Risk
Posted on April 18, 2015
Bias in our medias international reporting is one of the greatest risks to our national security. Read on to find out why I say that, and to see the latest example to come to light. In this new instance, NBCs Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel fell hook, line, and sinker for a false flag operation which blamed Syrian President Assad for Engels harrowing kidnapping, when in fact, it was Assads opponents who were at fault. Engel blamed not only Assad, but also Iran for his kidnapping. While he has now retracted those allegations, its hard to repair the damage. Confirmation bias causes his initial, false accusations to find a more prominent place in the American psyche than his retraction because our minds emphasize evidence which confirms our current beliefs, no matter how wrong they might be.
Whenever it occurs, media bias is a problem. But why do I see it as so dangerous to our national security?
Media bias stands stands out as one of the first steps in most accident chains which had the potential to cause us to teeter at the edge of the nuclear abyss...
<snip>
So whats the latest example of media bias? In 2012, NBCs Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his crew were kidnapped in Syria in what he recently admitted was a false flag operation. While the kidnappers had multiple motives, one of them was to make the Assad regime look bad. Before he became aware that he had been taken in by the ruse, Engel told Rachel Maddow:
Engels recent retraction admits that he got it all backwards:
<snip>
NBC Fell for Syrian False Flag Operation: Increased Nuclear Risk
Posted on April 18, 2015
Bias in our medias international reporting is one of the greatest risks to our national security. Read on to find out why I say that, and to see the latest example to come to light. In this new instance, NBCs Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel fell hook, line, and sinker for a false flag operation which blamed Syrian President Assad for Engels harrowing kidnapping, when in fact, it was Assads opponents who were at fault. Engel blamed not only Assad, but also Iran for his kidnapping. While he has now retracted those allegations, its hard to repair the damage. Confirmation bias causes his initial, false accusations to find a more prominent place in the American psyche than his retraction because our minds emphasize evidence which confirms our current beliefs, no matter how wrong they might be.
Whenever it occurs, media bias is a problem. But why do I see it as so dangerous to our national security?
Media bias stands stands out as one of the first steps in most accident chains which had the potential to cause us to teeter at the edge of the nuclear abyss...
<snip>
So whats the latest example of media bias? In 2012, NBCs Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his crew were kidnapped in Syria in what he recently admitted was a false flag operation. While the kidnappers had multiple motives, one of them was to make the Assad regime look bad. Before he became aware that he had been taken in by the ruse, Engel told Rachel Maddow:
I think I have a very good idea of who (my kidnappers) were. This was a group known as the Shabiha. This is a government militia. These are people who are loyal to President Bashar al Assad. They are Shiite. They were talking openly about their loyalty to the government, openly expressing their Shia faith. They are trained by Iranian revolutionary guard. They are allied with Hezbollah.
Engels recent retraction admits that he got it all backwards:
The group that kidnapped us was Sunni, not Shia.
The group that kidnapped us put on an elaborate ruse to convince us they were Shiite Shabiha militiamen.
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NBC Fell for Syrian False Flag Operation, Increased Nuclear Risk - by Martin Hellman (Original Post)
bananas
Apr 2015
OP
Media bias and censorship (leaving out facts that don't meet a narrative) can lead to conflict
newthinking
Apr 2015
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newthinking
(3,982 posts)1. Media bias and censorship (leaving out facts that don't meet a narrative) can lead to conflict
and has. This is a very serious problem and people need to realize that the MSM is not a fact based institution any longer.
borondongo
(19 posts)2. NBC knew
They had a narrative.