April 25, 2019
Yana Yerlashova is a Russian documentary filmmaker. She used to work for Russian state TV RT, but recently decided to leave RT and become an independent journalist and that’s when we teamed under the newly founded ‘Bonanza Media’ brand.
Ugly Face of ‘Civil Journalism’
March 30, 2019
On social media the influence of bloggers, also referred to as civil journalists, has become a factor to reckon with.
Fake News against Russia
March 23, 2019
If you live in a Western country your brain has been inundated with claims about attempts by the ‘Putin regime’ in trying to undermine your values, beliefs, media choices and democracy. This article is a modest attempt to examine the other side of the story.
GNN’s ‘First Things First’ about MH17
September 26, 2018
Interviewers Francisco ‘Kit’ Tatad and Ariel Ayala discussing the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing with Max van der Werff.
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Russia trolling JIT MH17
September 17, 2018
Dear friends and haters, exciting times for me as out of the closet Kremlin Troll!
Weaponizing info about MH17
September 13, 2018
Analyzing tweets about MH17 has been the latest tool used to ‘prove’ foul play by Russia when it comes to injecting false information about the downing of the Malaysian Boeing in the Western public domain. Continue reading “Weaponizing info about MH17”
Dutch journos trolling Russia
September 2, 2018
August 29, 2018 Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer published:
“Investigating Disinformation on Twitter – How Russian trolls respond to Western fears“
“MH17 research is flawed”
August 6, 2018. Original article at Novini.nl
By Eric van de Beek
Who brought down MH17? For the Dutch government it is certain that the Russian military is to blame. But according to researcher Max van der Werff there is every reason to doubt. “Based on the evidence that has been made public, I still cannot reach any definitive conclusion.”
Bellingcat
September 6, 2018
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins claims:
Russia admits it submits MH17 Truther websites and blogs about #MH17 to the JIT as evidence https://t.co/fr7h0251hj
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 28, 2018
Factcheck: Fake News
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MH17 – Geopolitical Chess
June 7, 2018
In a few weeks it will be four years ago since the Malaysian Boeing MH17 was shot from the air. 298 People were killed and the tragedy became part of a geopolitical chess game that will last for decades. Russia is currently in the defense.
Garbage In – Gospel Out
November 7, 2017
Dutch police on the 19th of October 2017 open sourced an image showing a Buk Telar. Information given about the photograph: “probably taken on July 17, 2014 in the town of Makeevka, Ukraine”.
MH17 – 1000 Days
April 20, 2017
Reading time ± 35 minutes
Since April 12th 2017 a thousand days passed since Malaysian flight MH17 (KLM codeshare KL4103) was shot down above East Ukraine. Up until now, those who did it are not arrested and many questions remain unanswered.