Really pleased to have been part of this investigation with the great @arawnsley. One of the major takeaways that I find fundamentally disturbing is the ease with which many global news outlets publish pieces without sufficient verification of contributors https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign">https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-win...
Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign

Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign
2/ Interestingly, what got this whole thing going, I received a tip from a friend who had been approached by Raphael Badani ( a fake journalist), who sent this message concerning @TawakkolKarman & #39;s appoint to the Facebook oversight committee. I asked my friend to play along
3/ So he did, & requested a Zoom meeting with Raphael. Raphael refused due to & #39;security& #39; reasons (2nd red flag). Instead Raphael asked my friend to share an article in @asiatimesonline times written by Lin Nguyen. The article was about the dangers of @TawakkolKarman on FB board
4/ I read the Asia Times piece and it seemed extremely slanted. I already knew at the time a troll-led info operation against @TawakkolKarman was raging on Arabic Twitter. Another oddity was the Nguyen piece cited a report Cornerstone Global Ass., an outfit founded by @gnuseibeh
5/ The report was not very well known, and Cornerstone Global Associates are known to have UAE entities as their clients. Another of Nguyen& #39;s pieces singled-out Qatar-based news outlet @MiddleEastEye for criticism. This, in addition to Nguyen& #39;s generic bio and lack of a digital
6/ footprint seemed suspicious. It was also interesting that the Asia Times article was shared by @gnuseibeh at least twice. It was also shared by @davereaboi of Security Studies Group, who helped burnish the reputation of MBS following the Khashoggi Murder and advise WhiteHouse
6/ footprint seemed suspicious. It was also interesting that the Asia Times article was shared by @gnuseibeh at least twice. It was also shared by @davereaboi of Security Studies Group, who helped burnish the reputation of MBS following the Khashoggi Murder and advise WhiteHouse
6/ footprint seemed suspicious. It was also interesting that the Asia Times article was shared by @gnuseibeh at least twice. It was also shared by @davereaboi of Security Studies Group, who helped burnish the reputation of MBS following the Khashoggi Murder and advise WhiteHouse
7/ on the Qatar Crisis. Interestingly, Reaboi is mentioned in FARA filings from Southfive Strategies LLC - who did work for the Muslim World League through the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee after Khashoggi Murder. Again, given the content and the aforementioned
7/ on the Qatar Crisis. Interestingly, Reaboi is mentioned in FARA filings from Southfive Strategies LLC - who did work for the Muslim World League through the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee after Khashoggi Murder. Again, given the content and the aforementioned
7/ on the Qatar Crisis. Interestingly, Reaboi is mentioned in FARA filings from Southfive Strategies LLC - who did work for the Muslim World League through the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee after Khashoggi Murder. Again, given the content and the aforementioned
8/ policy slant/cluster of sharers, it wouldn& #39;t surprise me if this was an information op done by some entity on behalf of, or directly for the UAE or possibly Saudi. That& #39;s an educated hypothesis. Anyway, that& #39;s how all this started out. The rest, as they say, is sophistry
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