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.
March 30, 2019
On social media the influence of bloggers, also referred to as civil journalists, has become a factor to reckon with.
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.
September 26, 2018
Interviewers Francisco ‘Kit’ Tatad and Ariel Ayala discussing the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing with Max van der Werff.
Continue reading “GNN’s ‘First Things First’ 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”
September 2, 2018
August 29, 2018 Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer published:
“Investigating Disinformation on Twitter – How Russian trolls respond to Western fears“
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.”
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
Continue reading “Bellingcat”
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.
April 20, 2017
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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.
July 28, 2016
“Russian Images of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Were Altered, Report Finds”
“MOSCOW – A group of arms control researchers have determined that two images released by the Russian government, ostensibly to help clarify why a civilian airliner was shot down two years ago, were digitally altered using Photoshop before being posted online.”
(New York Times 15 July 2016)
November 14, 2015
Most of October I spent investigating in Ukraine rebel controlled territory and 13th of October watched Tjibbe Joustra of the Dutch Safety Board announce on TV:
“The Buk missile was fired from rebel controlled territory”
