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Fake online news during US elections linked to the propaganda capital of the world - "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" 

12/1/2016

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Channel 4 News reveals a cottage industry that produced fake online news stories during the US election from an unexpected location - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

With thousands of fake news articles circulating from this region, some Americans believe that US public opinion was swayed and helped Donald Trump win the US elections. Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to issue a statement in regards to doing more to stop the proliferation of fake news sites from its platform because many blamed the social media giant itself.

But, is this misinformation industry something new for the former Yugoslav republic? The answer is no.

Since the advent of the internet, the world has been inundated with thousands of fake Greek history websites from the very same former Yugoslav republic in collusion with their powerful lobby groups (some of which parade as "human rights groups") in Canada, USA and Australia.  

These fake Greek history websites along with their social media pages (and usually peppered with very racist, anti-Hellenic overtones) especially target one Greek region in particular - that of Greece's northern province of Macedonia.

They target Macedonia in order to cause confusion in mainstream societies by gearing their message towards an unsuspecting sector of society who will be very easily swayed to view Greece as the aggressor in what is known as the Macedonian Issue - the dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The reality is, just as the fake news story that broke after the US elections, the aggressor in the Macedonian Issue has always been the very same former Yugoslav republic and their master propagandists both at home and abroad.
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Ange Kenos
12/1/2016 04:30:19 pm

I once worked in the office of the Hon Lily D'Ambrosio, now a Minister in the Victorian ALP Government. There is a photo inside the office of the bombing of the office of her predecessor, by FYROMians. I recall these folk coming into the office every week when their own newspaper was printed as they expected (and received) photocopies of the English language articles which they wanted to give to their youth. The content was BULL - changing the history we know, that is in the Encyclopaedia Britannica and known within Red Cross and other archives... I also recall being verbally abused when speaking with anyone outside the office if talking about ALexander the Great or other Hellenic history (they have a club upstairs). Eves dropping

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Maedonian League link
12/3/2016 07:05:57 am

We must always be vigilant by not stooping to their level. The FYROM Slav diaspora has the mentality of the 18th century. We must stay calm and present our arguments based on reality.

And, as it pertains to the Macedonian Issue, there is ONLY one truth. That is that the Skopjeanoi all know that the falsification of history is necessary but comes secondary to the final outcome that they desire.

And, what is the final outcome that they want? Territorial expansion of their poor, landlocked state. That is it! That is all they really want. People like Metodija Koloski (UMD) and Bill Nicholov (MHRMI) actually don't care of the "history" of the issue. They are promoting their fantasy with the help of other anti-Hellenic organizations and PR Firms to dismantle Greece.

And, with Turkey's rhetoric recently in a daily basis, is it far-fetched that something can happen to the territorial integrity of Greece? Do we believe that in the end of the day, the EU will actually step in? Are they even capable of stepping in?

It is high time that the Greece's politicians and especially the Ministry of Defense start putting the national security of Greece above and beyond everything else as history alone will not save us in this.

Skopje knows what they want. The promotion of their propaganda and their pseudo-history is nothing but a smokescreen.

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