The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics

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It is not an old article and not unknown here, although useful to remind readers of the information gatekeepers in the MSM and how it all flows (there is a lot in the article):

'The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics'

So what are the names of these agencies that are “always at the source of the story”? There are now only three global agencies left:

1. The American Associated Press (AP) with over 4000 employees worldwide. The AP belongs to US media companies and has its main editorial office in New York. AP news is used by around 12,000 international media outlets, reaching more than half of the world’s population every day.

2. The quasi-governmental French Agence France-Presse (AFP) based in Paris and with around 4000 employees. The AFP sends over 3000 stories and photos every day to media all over the world.

3. The British agency Reuters in London, which is privately owned and employs just over 3000 people. Reuters was acquired in 2008 by Canadian media entrepreneur Thomson – one of the 25 richest people in the world – and merged into Thomson Reuters, headquartered in New York.

The Propaganda Multiplier:How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics

The Propaganda Multiplier:How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics By Swiss Propaganda Research It is one of the most important aspects of our media system – and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news coverage in Western media is provided by only...

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