With the US/UK press in full Russia hysteria mode, right now, it& #39;s time for a thread on things the Anglo-American media has accused Moscow of "weaponising."

We shall start with Charlie Sheen.

Yes. Really. Not a joke.

Take a bow, @ak_mack & @ForeignPolicy
Dolphins.

@guardian & French state-run @AFP, this time.
A Beluga Whale.

@washingtonpost
Twitter & Facebook.

@business
The energy sector

@thehill
Eurovision & disability

US-funded @EuromaidanPress
Hybrid business (whatever that is)

US state-run @RFERL & "Gerasimov Doctrine" creator @MarkGaleotti
Interpol "Red Notices"

@TheAtlantic
It& #39;s own population

@RealClearWorld
Its language

@business
The media

@TheAtlantic
Gas pipelines.

US state-run @RFERL
Migration

UK state-broadcaster @BBCNews
Racism

@CNN
Cuddly puppies
Post-modernism (yeah, really)

Not strictly a media outlet, but @LSEnews is worthy of inclusion

Would like to see Morrissey write a song about this.
Refugees

US state-run @RFERL again.
Tradition

@CSIS (technically a lobby group, but lets include)
The weather

This is particularly bat-sh*t crazy, from @DailyMailUK
World War Two

The US state & NATO funded @AtlanticCouncil
A giant squid

@Daily_Express
Humor

Britain& #39;s po-faced state broadcaster @BBCNews again

Ha, ha, etc.
Pokémon Go.

@TheVerge
missinformation (very apt given the subject of this thread)

@techmonitorai
Ebola

It& #39;s the @DailyMailUK again.
Seals

@guardian
Donald Trump& #39;s election conspiracies

@BusinessInsider
Wheat

Please don& #39;t tell Theresa May

@TheNatlInterest
Killer energy satellites

Rather conveniently for the propaganda machine, Russia is accused of joining up with, the other official enemy, China here
The Web

@guardian, again
Tedium

@MoscowTimes (which despite its name isn& #39;t actually Russian) & "Gerasimov Doctrine" creator @MarkGaleotti (again)
Western wokery

@CapX
Hate & Islamophobia

@BylineTimes & @peterjukes
Word files

@Softpedia
Photoshop

@globalvoices
The Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

@TheSun
The online vaccine debate

@Telegraph
The Ideas of Samuel Huntingdon

@thehill (again)

Thanks to @MoonofA
Ice-breaking

@Newsweek
Laughter

@Medium
Silence

@BusinessInsider (again)
Culture

@NEDemocracy
Incompetence

@NewYorker
Hypocrisy

@CJR
Russophobia

NATO& #39;s @AtlanticCouncil (again)
Primetime

@CodaStory
Kleptocracy

@HudsonInstitute
Fake News

@newrepublic
Data

@newsmax
The American press

The special award for projection goes to @voxdotcom

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False stories

@nytimes
The grid.

@DailyCaller
Robotic cockroaches

(No, not April first - published in September 2015)

@DailyMailUK
LinkedIn

@ClearanceJobs
The weather.

@theinquisitr
Psychiatry

@globalvoices (again)
Tsunamis

@DailyMailUK (yet again)
"Sophisticated microwaves" that cause "brain injuries"

@NBCNews & @MSNBC

Which later turned out to be (likely) the dastardly work of some crickets, according to
@ggreenwald
“Energy attacks”

@politico
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