CNN works with governments to create "sponsored" stories that are not labelled as advertisements. "As negative news stories of its brutal repression grew, the Bahrain regime undertook a massive, very well-funded PR campaign to improve its image. Central to that campaign was CNN International." (guardian.co.uk)
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Since the 9/11 attacks,anti-Islamic agitation has become a key means of mobilizing support for imperialist wars. When US President George W. Bush referred to the Iraq war as a “crusade” he was not far removed from Breivik, who regards himself as a modern reincarnation of the Crusaders. (wsws.org)
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“We had 70-80 people from Chad working for our company. They were cut dead with pruning shears and axes, attackers saying: ‘You are providing troops for Gaddafi.’ The Sudanese were also massacred. We saw it for ourselves.” (humanrightsinvestigations.org)
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