Sott.net "Black-listed" as Kremlin Propaganda according to the Washington Post

[RflctnOfU]

It seems to me that the "fake news" meme only started after #pizzagate/comet ping pong expose came out. I would be willing to bet a dollar that each of the sites on propornot posted a non-debunking article on the topic...maybe why breitbart was not included on the list.

Kris

 

[meta-agnostic]

Has anyone really dug deeply into this propornot organization? There is a buzz going around that the entire thing might be a hoax, or a way of 'trolling' the MSM and discrediting them even more. Particularly after this tweet:
https://twitter.com/propornot/status/802473476279762944

PropOrNot ID Service
‏@propornot
Awww, wook at all the angwy Putinists, trying to change the subject - they're so vewwy angwy!! It's cute [smiling face with smiling eyes] We don't censor; just highlight.
5:26 AM - 26 Nov 2016

Is this the point at which they began to drop the mask of even trying to pretend to act professionally? They only have a thousand followers. Their twitter account and website both date to August of this year, and the website is registered by proxy in Scottsdale, Arizona. I can understand a private individual wanting to keep domain contact info private, but shouldn't a legit organization claiming to be journalistic at least have a phone number or an email address where they can be contacted to follow up on inquiries? Is it possible the WaPo was fooled yet again and will be made to look even more foolish when it comes out that this is fake, which of course they will likely never correct or report on if they can avoid it? Or is there an even bigger play of some sort being made here?

 

[seek10]

Has anyone really dug deeply into this propornot organization? There is a buzz going around that the entire thing might be a hoax, or a way of 'trolling' the MSM and discrediting them even more.

If so, who is behind the Hoax?. Russia ?

What propornot did is perfectly matching with what MSM is doing for a long time. white helmets, Syrian observatory for human rights, color revolutions, All flavors of Russophobia, Clinton campaign strategies etc. This hoax thing looks to me more like a damage control.

 

[meta-agnostic]

Has anyone really dug deeply into this propornot organization? There is a buzz going around that the entire thing might be a hoax, or a way of 'trolling' the MSM and discrediting them even more.

If so, who is behind the Hoax?. Russia ?

What propornot did is perfectly matching with what MSM is doing for a long time. white helmets, Syrian observatory for human rights, color revolutions, All flavors of Russophobia, Clinton campaign strategies etc. This hoax thing looks to me more like a damage control.

I don't know. I'm trying to remember where I read it. I think it was in the comment section of one of the many sites listed, maybe more than one. My point is, they have put out a list of a great many 'alternative' sites, linking them all together and getting them published in an MSM outlet. Who are these people? And why do they seem to conduct themselves like juvenile imbeciles? Not that I would put it past many psychopaths in power to act like juvenile imbeciles, many do seem to be cracking up. But with all of these sites getting named and many basically congratulating each other for it, some of them at some point are inevitably going to dig in and find out just who the hell is behind this propornot and what their greater agenda is. Sure, there are many sheeple right now who've seen the list and and are saying, "Oh no! More fake news! I bet so-and-so gets all those crazy stories from these places, now I can discount them." But there are probably far more people saying, "Hmmm, I wonder what all is on these sites." Maybe they've looked at one or two of them before and now they have a whole huge list to check out.

Since a lot of the MSM and the establishment in general has seemingly been in panic mode since the election, maybe they slipped up again.

 

[seek10]

Has anyone really dug deeply into this propornot organization? There is a buzz going around that the entire thing might be a hoax, or a way of 'trolling' the MSM and discrediting them even more.

If so, who is behind the Hoax?. Russia ?

What propornot did is perfectly matching with what MSM is doing for a long time. white helmets, Syrian observatory for human rights, color revolutions, All flavors of Russophobia, Clinton campaign strategies etc. This hoax thing looks to me more like a damage control.

I don't know. I'm trying to remember where I read it. I think it was in the comment section of one of the many sites listed, maybe more than one. My point is, they have put out a list of a great many 'alternative' sites, linking them all together and getting them published in an MSM outlet. Who are these people? And why do they seem to conduct themselves like juvenile imbeciles? Not that I would put it past many psychopaths in power to act like juvenile imbeciles, many do seem to be cracking up. But with all of these sites getting named and many basically congratulating each other for it, some of them at some point are inevitably going to dig in and find out just who the hell is behind this propornot and what their greater agenda is. Sure, there are many sheeple right now who've seen the list and and are saying, "Oh no! More fake news! I bet so-and-so gets all those crazy stories from these places, now I can discount them." But there are probably far more people saying, "Hmmm, I wonder what all is on these sites." Maybe they've looked at one or two of them before and now they have a whole huge list to check out.

Since a lot of the MSM and the establishment in general has seemingly been in panic mode since the election, maybe they slipped up again.

Here is my speculation. This list itself doesn't do much unless the online gate keepers adopt it - i.e. google, facebook, twitter etc. If enough people recognize it , they will look for alternatives, naturally new platforms gets the traction, thus reducing the traffic to the gate keepers. With Trump election, it looks LOT of people are seeing the MSM propaganda. But they can go for reset with 'shock and awe' of some sort like stock market crash or some thing else. So, we have to keep doing we are doing I think.

 

[angelburst29]

Several American news outlets are considering legal action against the anonymous person or group that last week published a widely distributed list of alleged Russian propaganda outlets and “bona-fide ‘useful idiots’” of the Kremlin.

Publications Called Russian-Propaganda Distributors Consider Suing Anonymous 'Experts'
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/publications-called-russian-propaganda-distributors-consider-suing-anonymous-experts

Tues. Nov. 29, 2016 - Online publications including the influential news-aggregating Drudge Report, the primary-source publisher WikiLeaks and news outlets of various leanings made “the list” hosted on the website PropOrNot.com.

The Washington Post leaned heavily on the anonymous group’s claims last week in an article reporting that “two teams of independent researchers” – including the Foreign Policy Research Institute and PropOrNot – had found a “Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’” ahead of the recent presidential election.

The term “fake news” has become a flashpoint since the election, with many mainstream media outlets claiming an epidemic of bogus reporting during the election campaign, soliciting stiff pushback from independent outlets that say the term is being used in a bid to censor social media and news platforms of independent viewpoints.

The anonymous website offers no individual analysis to justify its listing of sites, many of them with political views distinct from the mainstream media, such as the Ron Paul Institute, Antiwar.com, and the finance blogs Zero Hedge and Naked Capitalism.

The list includes actual Russian government-funded outlets such as Russia Today and Sputnik News but does not distinguish them from the large group declared guilty of "echoing Russian propaganda."

“I haven't had any financial damages yet, so that's the only reason I haven't started a libel suit,” says Doug Owen, senior editor of Blacklisted News, a popular independent news-hosting website.

The editor of a separate news and commentary website said his organization also is considering a possible libel lawsuit, perhaps as a cooperative effort with other sites on the list. He asked not to be named as this point but said a decision on whether to sue likely would come “fairly soon.”

Mark Allin, chief operating officer of The Above Network, which runs the large news discussion board AboveTopSecret.com, says "at this time we are reviewing our options, nothing is off the table."

Two editors at the progressive news site CounterPunch also say they are keeping their options open as they work to determine who tarred them as Russian propagandists.

“It's totally ridiculous – apparently they've never even read what I've written on Russia in Syria!” editor Joshua Frank says in an email. In June, he condemned Russia’s “murderous air bombardments” producing “piles of dead kids” in Syria and predicted the ultimate demise of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian ally.

“My own writings on [Russian President Vladimir] Putin have been nothing but critical,” adds Jeffrey St. Clair, the other CounterPunch editor, adding that “the Russian writers we’ve published, such as Boris Kagarlitsky, are Russian dissidents.”

St. Clair says CounterPunch is "exploring our options and digging on our own into the misty background of PropOrNot."

The Washington Post reported that the executive director of PropOrNot spoke with the paper "on the condition of anonymity to avoid being targeted by Russia’s legions of skilled hackers."

For now, the identity of PropOrNot's operator or operators remains stubbornly hidden, as the site is registered with Domains By Proxy, which allows for anonymity. Legal action might have better success at unmasking the individual or entity, which directs inquires to a Gmail email address and maintains accounts on Facebook, Twitter and reddit.

Journalists including Glenn Greenwald and Ben Norton of the Intercept and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone described the 200-website list as a present-day example of McCarthyism, a term named for former Sen. Joe McCarthy, who infamously claimed in 1950 he had a list of 205 communists within the State Department without providing evidence. The Intercept said the Post story ironically peddled “fake news” itself.

PropOrNot's methodology for identifying Russian propaganda distributors is unclear.

“We have used a combination of manual and automated analysis, including analysis of content, timing, technical indicators, and other reporting, in order to initially identify ('red-flag') the following as Russian propaganda outlets,” the website claims. “We then confirmed our initial assessment by applying whatever criteria we did not originally employ during the red-flag process, and we reevaluate our findings as needed.”

The person or people who operate PropOrNot – which describes itself as “an independent team of concerned American citizens with a wide range of backgrounds and expertise, including professional experience in computer science, statistics, public policy, and national security affairs” – did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

[angelburst29]

I think the Washington post should relocate and publish their news in Duck Town, the city of Donald Duck where fictional stories make more sense.

Reality isn't their speciality.

Well, I am very disappointed in Jeff Bezos; I thought he might turn the WaPo around into a bastion of truth or something. After all, he IS a businessman with forward-thinking ideas. But somewhere along the way he got co-opted and his ego/greed took over. I think the way he is handling amazon and now the WaPo is a sign that he's gonna crash eventually.

Speaking of Jeff Bezos and Amazon, an employee just jump off Amazon's 12 story building in Seattle.

Amazon employee jumps off company building after sending email to hundreds of co-workers, including CEO Jeff Bezos
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/amazon-employee-jumps-off-company-building-after-sending-email-to-hundreds-of-co-workers-including-ceo-jeff-bezos?__lsa=696f-4e1f

November 29, 2016 - An Amazon.com Inc. employee was injured when he leaped off a building at the company’s Seattle headquarters in what police characterized as a suicide attempt.

The man, who wasn’t identified by authorities, sent an e-mail visible to hundreds of co-workers, including Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, before the incident occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter. The man survived the fall from Amazon’s 12-story Apollo building at about 8:45 a.m. local time Monday and was taken to a Seattle hospital, police said.

The man had recently put in a request to transfer to a different department, but was placed on an employee improvement plan, a step that can lead to termination if performance isn’t improved, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing company personnel matters. More than 20,000 people work in multiple buildings at Amazon’s headquarters.

“Our thoughts are with our colleague as he continues to recover,” Amazon said in a statement. “He’s receiving some of the best care possible and we will be there to support him throughout the recovery process.”

In the email, the man expressed criticism of how the company handled his transfer request, and he hinted that he might harm himself, according to the person.

Suicide was the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2013, with 41,149 people taking their own lives that year, for a rate of 12.6 per 100,000, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The online retailer has taken steps to soften its image as a difficult employer since a New York Times story last year portrayed the company as a bruising workplace where employees were encouraged to take advantage of one another to get ahead. Amazon disputed the characterization of the company.

The New York Times article mentioned above: dated AUG. 15, 2015
Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace

The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push
white-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html?_r=2

 

[meta-agnostic]

I'm finishing up listening to Sunday's Behind the Headlines and I finally watched the Samantha Bee video featured on propornot's website. I think there might be something more nuanced going on here.

Sam Bee is a 12-year veteran of The Daily Show, playing the role of "blonde female correspondent" far longer than anyone else on the show held that spot. The 'old' Daily Show, going back to early Jon Stewart and even the original 1996-98 host Craig Kilborn (who was not nearly as in charge of things at the show as Stewart later became), was one of the original purveyors of 'fake' news, playing with the genre to the point where both the subjects of the interviews and the audience were not sure what parts were supposed to be taken seriously, but it ultimately didn't really matter as long as it was funny. Gradually under Stewart the show became more and more political and left-leaning until it was pretty much unrecognizable from its former incarnation, and now under Trevor Noah I doubt it's really worth watching except to gauge what snarky memes the 'left' is using to ridicule 'conservatives'.

I really doubt Samantha Bee and the entire crew she used could have produced this piece and taken it 100% seriously. In the RT article 'debunking' the piece, they quote the fake trolls as saying, "We heard that there was a request...looking for internet trolls." So what did they do, put an ad on Russian craigslist? I haven't kept up much with Bee and her new show, and I doubt her stated position would sway much from "Hillary is corrupt/faulty but still much better than Trump" but I also doubt that she forgot how to do 'fake' news after spending so much of her career doing it. Whether or not she consciously allowed these fake trolls to be presented as real, or whether someone on the crew just found these people after asking around a bit and they all decided to go with it, is hard to say. But I really don't think this could have been a top-to-bottom piece designed to demonize Russia with a straight face. Someone involved at some level must have been in on the joke. And the fact that propornot still has it up on their front page despite the 'debunking' speaks volumes.

 

[angelburst29]

Paul Craig Roberts, who served as the US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy in the Ronald Reagan administration, has asked President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport in a tongue-in-cheek opinion post published in response to a recent article in the Washington Post on so-called Russian propaganda.

'My Life as a Putin Stooge': Paul Craig Roberts Expertly Trolls Feds, WashPo
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201611301048019573-roberts-passport-wash-post/

Now that CIA agent Craig Timberg posing as a Washington Post reporter has blown my cover and exposed me as a Russian agent, I was wondering if I might ask you for a Russian passport and a bit of diplomatic cover," he said with irony, referring to the Post's national technology reporter. "I saw that you gave a passport to Steven Seagal, so I am hopeful that being a Russian agent is as important as teaching martial arts to Russians."

Last week, the Washington Post website ran a story titled "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say." The article, authored by Timberg, alleged that a "sophisticated Russian propaganda machinery" produced and spread misinformation to besmirch Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the recent presidential election.

Those who apparently express opinions different from the message spread by the corporate mainstream media were essentially branded as "routine peddlers of Russian propaganda." This is where Paul Craig Roberts, who has been critical of Washington's increasingly assertive behavior, comes in.

"Don't let the Atlanticist Integrationists convince you that my exposure as a Russian agent is just a CIA ruse to plant an agent on you. My criticism of Washington's policy of raising tensions between nuclear powers and support of your policy of reducing tensions is not spy cover. I really do prefer that the world not be blown up in thermo-nuclear war. This is a suspect view in the US, but I hope it is an acceptable one in Russia," he noted.

The American economist, journalist and blogger also joked that the Washington Post sent the FBI after him.

"They will be very angry at me for deceiving them all those years when I held top secret and higher security clearances while I was a Russian agent," he said. "Any day now the Washington Post might discover that my fellow KGB agent Ronald Reagan and I cut taxes on the rich in order to make capitalism so oppressive that the American people would rise up and overthrow it. Boy did we fool the left-wing!"

Finally, Paul Craig Roberts asked the Russian president for assistance in publishing his fictitious memoirs, aptly titled "My Life As A Putin Stooge." He also did not forget to inquire whether Vladimir Putin could deposit what he has earned as a "Russian agent" in a Russian bank.

The Kremlin has already said that it was ready to consider the matter if Paul Craig Roberts files an application.

 

[angelburst29]

A private citizen working in the public interest to increase news transparency has announced a $10,000 reward, payable in Bitcoin, for the names of the PropOrNot news hoaxers. If successful, the names will be shared with the FBI, Sen. Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration.

'Truth in news' citizen offers $10,000 reward for names of PropOrNot news hoaxers behind the WashPo Russian conspiracy fabrication
http://www.naturalnews.com/056198_PropOrNot_reward_fake_news.html

Last week, the Washington Post was hoaxed by PropOrNot, which tricked the Post into printing an article that falsely claimed 200 independent news websites were being run by the Russian government. Natural News demanded the Washington Post retract the fabricated story, but the Post has so far refused to issue a retraction or apology, proving the news organization has abandoned all pretense of reporting factual news.

PropOrNot, a shadowy group at the center of the story, is obviously nothing more than a cabal of disgruntled, delusional liberals wallowing in paranoid delusions and political conspiracy theories. (This is the new standard of "facts" the Washington Post now embraces, by the way.) While ridiculously accusing hundreds of websites of working for the Kremlin, the PropOrNot group hides behind anonymity, claiming they don't want to go public with their names out of fear of a Russian retaliation (there's that delusional paranoia kicking in again...)

The aim of the $10,000 reward is to encourage citizen researchers to uncover the real identities of PropOrNot organizers, then to disclose that information in the public interest. Some clues have already been published on the 'net; see below for possible clues as a starting point.

Here are the guidelines of the offer, as described to Natural News:

• The reward is payable in Bitcoin.

• The reward is open to any person, anywhere on the planet, except where such an offer may be prohibited by law.

• The reward is not open to persons inside the PropOrNot organization.

• "Success" for qualifying to receive the reward Bitcoins is defined as follows:

- Names and unique identifiers (such as home addresses) must be provided for a minimum of TEN members of the PropOrNot group (which currently claims 30 or so members).

- A chain of evidence must be provided that conclusively proves the people named are behind the PropOrNot news hoaxing organization. In other words, a person can't just make up 10 names and claim they are the founders. There must be clear, convincing evidence that conclusively links the people to the organization.

- The reward is only payable ONCE and only payable to the FIRST researcher to provide the required details. There is no reward for being second.

- If the identities of the PropOrNot group are somehow made public BEFORE this reward is issued, then the reward will no longer be offered, since the information is already public knowledge.

- Natural News intends to vet the information provided to us. The researcher must allow us three business days to vet all the information, after which time we will render a decision to the sponsor of the reward, telling them the information is either "conclusive" or "not conclusive." If it is "conclusive" then the person offering the reward will immediately initiate the Bitcoin reward to the wallet address provided by the researchers. Natural News guarantees that we will not in any way unreasonably withhold approval of the reward. (I stake our reputation on dealing honestly with researchers who achieve the goal of accurately identifying the names of those behind PropOrNot.)

- The tax consequences of receiving $10,000 worth of Bitcoin are the responsibility of the recipient.

A CLUE?

One clue have already been publicly published that MAY (I emphasize MAY) lead in the direction of the identities of the people behind PropOrNot.

From CounterPunch.org:

CounterPunch is listed on PropOrNot’s home page as number nine on the PropOrNot.org blacklist, under the headline: “Russian Propaganda Targets All Americans.” PropOrNot conveniently included two links to CounterPunch articles which it indicates make its case for including the site on their list. The first, under the heading “Review Article,” takes the reader to a page of a very similar looking site called ToInformistoInfluence.com and an article headlined: “Russia Useful Idiots Proliferate Russian Propaganda.” Below that snarky headline, the analyst Joel Harding gives a bylined analysis of the article, in which he questions the author’s qualifications to be a self-described part of the American left, since he identifies himself as a socialist, which Harding then tells the reader “isn’t exactly the normal American ‘left’, but the ‘remnants of the Soviet’ left.” Comically, Harding fails to notice that actually the CounterPunch author in this case isn’t even a US resident, but describes himself as a “retired aerospace worker living in British Columbia.”


What Natural News intends to do with this information

If this research project is successful, Natural News intends to share this information with the FBI, Sen. Jeff Sessions, officials inside the Trump administration and our law firm that's pursuing legal action against the group.

Secondly, Natural News intends to publicly publish the names of the PropOrNot participants so that they can no longer hide their delusional conspiracy theories behind anonymity.

Thirdly, Natural News intends to file suit against these individuals while naming the Washington Post as a co-defendant in the lawsuit.

Unlike PropOrNot and the WashPost, Natural News will remain completely transparent throughout this entire process, openly sharing what we find with the world in the interests of journalistic integrity and news transparency.

Researchers who wish to take on this task may contact us through our contact page. Put "PropOrNot" in the subject or your email or submitted feedback message. Once a connection is established, we will provide a secure channel for further discussion.

For members of the media who are reporting on this, here are some statements you can use, which you may attribute to Mike Adams, editor of NaturalNews.com:

"The Washington Post has proven itself to be engaged in journalistic malpractice, knowingly printing a false and defamatory report from a shadowy group of delusional conspiracy theorists who have turned their hatred for Donald Trump into a vendetta against the only remaining free press in America."

"The people of America deserve to know who is behind the defamatory accusations that claim hundreds of independent media websites are somehow controlled by the Russian government. In truth, most of the websites named by PropOrNot are pro-Constitution, patriotic sites run by the most dedicated, genuine Americans you'll ever meet. It's the radical leftists like those running PropOrNot who are worshippers of Fidel Castro and Soviet-style communism."

"Natural News intends to contribute to honesty in reporting by publicly disclosing the names of the deceptive individuals behind the PropOrNot news hoaxing effort. This disclosure is necessary for a continued public debate on the abandonment of real journalism by the Washington Post and the collapsing credibility of the left-wing news media, which now spreads blatantly fake news as a matter of course."

Stay tuned for updates...

 

[meta-agnostic]

Looks like old CIA legacy and The Nation front person Katrina vanden Heuvel is being brought out to do damage control for WaPo's possible screw-up:

_https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/putin-didnt-undermine-the-election-we-did/2016/11/28/b7cd6984-b594-11e6-959c-172c82123976_story.html

I'm not sure how much of it is worth quoting here, but she basically says there is no proof Putin did anything to influence the election, the election system is broken whether Putin did anything or not, and this PropOrNot site sure does seem pretty shady. She even links to Glenn Greenwald's article investigating PropOrNot:
_https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/washington-post-disgracefully-promotes-a-mccarthyite-blacklist-from-a-new-hidden-and-very-shady-group/

Meanwhile, PropOrNot has issued a press release saying they will remove sites from their "not-intended-to-be" Black list if they say they understand Russia is bad and promise not to repeat their propaganda anymore!

_http://www.propornot.com/2016/11/update-3-press-release-list-updates-and.html

Americans have the right to echo, repeat, be used by, and refer their audiences to Russian official and semi-official state media, including “fake news” propaganda - just as we have the right to analyze and highlight that, without fear or favor. Our list was never intended to be “black”. We highlight these outlets because we believe that the public should be able to know that very disparate kinds of online outlets frequently display a strong bias towards Russia in ways that echo, repeat, are used by, and redirect their audiences to Russian official and semi-official state media. We also highlight them to encourage readers to think critically about the media they encounter, especially when it might confirm their ideological preconceptions.

We highlight. Unlike the Russian government [link to WaPo "Putin is bad" article], we do not censor.

As an example, we are happy to remove from the List any outlet whose operators understand how Putin's Russia is a brutal authoritarian kleptocracy that uses "fake news" as online propaganda, and resolves to help do something about it. For example, any outlet that has used a lot of Russia Today and Sputnik News content, but resolves to stop doing so, is going to be removed from the List.

This really couldn't get any better if it were a high production value serialized new-good-TV drama

 

[Timótheos]

Buzzed has published an article on how you can "report a fake news site" on Facebook.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/heres-how-to-report-fake-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.oonW30X7Lk#.fc2NlwjzV4

Thing is, it can be used against any MSM article as well. I just did an experiment using the procedure with a CNN article and it worked.

Maybe we could identify overtly biased or obviously false MSM propaganda stories and report them as fake news en masse?

 

[Laura]

Buzzed has published an article on how you can "report a fake news site" on Facebook.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/heres-how-to-report-fake-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.oonW30X7Lk#.fc2NlwjzV4

Thing is, it can be used against any MSM article as well. I just did an experiment using the procedure with a CNN article and it worked.

Maybe we could identify overtly biased or obviously false MSM propaganda stories and report them as fake news en masse?

Brilliant! If we all do it (and we can find plenty of such articles that are identified as propaganda on sott), they just won't know what to do!

 

[Navigator]

Found that someone took the time to create a Chrome Extension you can install on your Chrome browser (soon also on Firefox), which will alert you whenever a "fake news" article is shown on your FB timeline. It's called "B.S. Detector".

_https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/02/facebook-bsdetector-plugin-blocked

They have a list of "black-listed" sites, including of course Sott.net.

 

[Mark]

Found that someone took the time to create a Chrome Extension you can install on your Chrome browser (soon also on Firefox), which will alert you whenever a "fake news" article is shown on your FB timeline. It's called "B.S. Detector".

_https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/02/facebook-bsdetector-plugin-blocked

They have a list of "black-listed" sites, including of course Sott.net.

From the developer's site, he writes:

The list of domains powering the B.S. Detector was somewhat indiscriminately compiled from various sources around the web.

He may as well have written "The list of domains powering the B.S. Detector was somewhat irresponsibly compiled from various sources around the web. "