The end of journalism

BBC trounces taxpayer while belittling independent journalism

July 24, 2017 - Fort Russ News - 

by Russell Bentley

RussFort,

24 July, 2017

I woke up this morning to Sam Bright's BBC hit piece on Donbass journalists who use crowdfunding to support their work. It was not unexpected, but it was worse than I expected. "Worse" in the sense that it was even more pathetic, biased and misleading than I expected. But there are some important lessons about propaganda, freedom of speech and of the press, and how "presstitutes" like Bright, King, and the BBC have become the absolute antithesis of what they pretend to be.

Sam Bright is a freelance writer affiliated with the BBC, which is a state-run propaganda outlet controlled by the British government. Bright is also the journalistic buttboy of a pro-nazi propagandist named Alex King, who produces provably false misinformation on a Youtube channel and Twitter. Bright and the BBC have both sold any pretensions they ever had about having anything related to journalistic integrity by publishing this bogus piece whose only purpose it try to cut funding to real independent journalism in Donbass, which counters the outright lies of propagandists and bullshit artists like King, Bright and the BBC.

King, who also funds his "work" through donations, was recently perturbed by a successful crowdfunder I am doing to publish a book about my first 6 months in Donbass, as a soldier in the Novorussian Armed Forces. So he complained to Indie Go Go, the platform I am using to fund my book. They laughed him off, so he got his mindless minion followers on Twitter to start complaining to Indie Go Go that I'm a "terrorist", "child-killer", "Russian mercenary" and "in Ukraine illegally".

All bullsh1t, of course, and Indie Go Go wasn't buying. They laughed , the campaign continues. Enter buttboy Bright and the BBC.

They have now published an article that has exactly nothing to do with English news, and is filled with lies from the title to pretty much every other sentence in the article. And the most important thing to consider is the motivation and timing of this tripe that they try to pass as "news".

This article by Bright and the BBC, at the behest of King, is an actual attack on freedom of speech and of the press, and an attack on the truth, by presstitutes who pretend to be journalists, but who are, in fact, propagandists and liars who are trying to suppress the truth. Because what they sell is lies...

Alex King, of London, got his start on Twitter with the "Free Savchenko" campaign. 

Nadiya Savchenko is a convicted murderer of two Russian journalists in Donbass, a rabid psychopath, neo-nazi, and more of a man that King and Bright are, combined. And King was demanding "Justice" for his heroine. But justice was not to be. Less than 2 years after her conviction, she was released by Russia in a prisoner exchange for Donbass P.O.W's. Two years for two murders? Ask yourself if that's justice...

King now begs his 3,000+ followers for money "to buy satellite images that "prove" the Russian Army invaded Ukraine". Never mind the facts, that the EU,Ukrainian government officials and even the ICJ in the Hague have stated openly and conclusively that NO "Russian invasion" has occurred. King still gets money from his idiot "followers" to finance his obviously false propaganda. But I think he doesn't get much. He thanked one of his credulous and imbecilic donors for sending 10 English pounds by saying "With 100, I could do more". LOL. My book fundraiser has averaged about $1,000 a week for the past 6 weeks, King is begging for the equivalent of $130. Begging.

And conniving to shut down my widespread and successful support. With help now, of the BBC.

The crowdfunder to publish my book is in no way illegal. What King and his flunkies and followers say - that I'm a "terrorist", "mercenary", "criminal", "child-killer", "paid by Moscow", these are all lies. And yet what they, and now to its eternal shame, the BBC, have done is try to shut down funding, not just for me, but for all the independent journalists who do not sell the same BS they do about the neo-nazis in Kiev and the war in Donbass.

This is a literal attack on free speech, freedom of the press, and the truth, by lying scum who call themselves "journalists", but are in reality the embodiment of the word "presstitutes". They sell lies for money, and try to cut off grassroots funding to people who are risking their lives on the ground, to report the truth. If people didn't support us and our work, they would not send us money to continue. But they do, of their own volition. And these nazis want to shut them down. Shut YOU down.

The goddamned BBC requires Brits to pay a TV license fee every year. It is mandatory. What I and other journalists here are doing is getting support from people who know we are telling the truth. Ours is optional, yet many people do it, for thousands of dollars. Because they respect and appreciate our risk and our work. And the Truth. What the BBC, King and Bright are doing is to try to stifle the truth, and suppress freedom of speech and of the press, to prevent people who support us from being able to do so. This is The Big Lie, writ large. "Minitrue". And they (King, Bright, BBC) are doing it, not me.

The goddamned BBC gets $4.8 Billion USD per year, to publish their tripe and lies. I am trying to raise $9,000 USD to publish a book of my firsthand experiences that counter their lies. And the BBC is now working with, and for, professional liars and pro-nazi propagandists like Alex King to shut me down. There's a lesson here, for those who want to learn it.

If you support freedom of speech, freedom of the press, if you support The Truth, you can contribute to my crowdfunder to publish my book. There are 9 days left, and I'm at $5,528. 61% of my goal. The best way to stick it to professional liars like King, Bright, and the BBC is to support those who expose their lies and their campaigns to suppress Truth and freedom of thought, speech and press.

Cowards hate the brave, fools hate the wise, and liars hate the Truth. THAT is the deal here.

It's us or them, and it's up to you to figure out which is which. And which side you're on.

Graham Phillips and Donbass Rose are journalists I trust, support and respect here in Donbass. I am ready to work with them at anytime to counteract the pro-nazi propaganda of scum like King, Bright and the BBC. King, Bright and the BBC are threatening the RIGHT of people to support our work.

Don't let this attack go unanswered. Do your part. Support the Truth and freedom of speech against those who are its enemies. Pitch in if you can.

Make a statement for Truth and freedom of thought, speech and press. Let's turn these clown's attempt to suppress freedom of the press into a lesson for them. Let's thank these professional liars for publicizing my crowdfunder. This is Journalistic Judo, let's turn their power against them.

Pitch in if you can. For the Truth. It's a rare commodity these days...