Let the brainwashing begin - as if it hasn't been going on for the past decade. I did notice that whenever a site presented an alternative view, it would suddenly start having financial problems. Coincidence? I don't think so. Consortiumnews was founded by the late Robert Parry who had broken the Iran Contra scandal. Seems its anti war stance annoyed certain parties, and since the editors couldn't be bought or compromised they decided to use paypal to steal their donations. Discussing the suspension, it's editor in chief Joe Lauria believes the site was targeted because of its coverage of the conflict in Ukraine since Mint Press News another alt media website with similar political views regarding US and Nato's foreign adventures also had their account frozen by Paypal. Lauria believes that PayPal’s definition of “violations,” that is being used against Consortiumnews, could easily be stretched to include the Orwellian crime du jour of “fake news,” In a blog post discussing the suspension, CN editor-in-chief Joe Lauria suggested the site had been targeted due to its coverage of the conflict in Ukraine, noting that MintPress News – another well-known alt-media website with similar political views regarding the US and NATO's foreign adventures – had its own account frozen by PayPal last week. PayPal’s definition of “violations,” Lauria implied, could easily be stretched to include the Orwellian crime du jour of “fake news,” an especially egregious offense during wartime. Payment processor PayPal has frozen alternative media powerhouse Consortium News’ (CN) donation page without warning, confiscating the site’s $9,348.14 balance with no explanation beyond the claim that “an investigation and review” of the site’s “history” found “some potential risk associated with this account.” https://www.rt.com/news/554929-consortium-news-paypal-seizure-thoughtcrime/
rt.com is a propaganda arm of Vlad Putin. I would not even say Russia but specifically Botox Puttler.
Funny to see this outrage from the most notorious Pootin apologist on this board. In Russia, anti-war messaging can land you in prison for 15 years, a term similar to murder.
you can just settle on the 'its propaganda' copout, or you could check it against other sources ...like the man himself saying it from his own mouth
...you claim within 1 min after I posted the 44min video. lol He starts explaining it around 9:30 after going into other examples of alternative media being suppressed from contradicting established narrative like with Iran-Contra, etc.
Oh well, I guess we'll just have to get on to the MSM so we can all get an honest and unbiased opinion from our truly dedicated journalists, and not from the propaganda bots who read the same script and repeat the same thing over and over again. https://twitter.com/conspiracyb0t/status/1521021646047354880?s=21&t=mRjc1_KA0rJl1Rzv0iYLwQ
The warmongers also booted Chris Hedges and Abby Martin from youtube. Both have condemned Russian and US aggression but it's springtime for chickenhawks so free speech is thrown out the window.
Good for Paypal ! There isn't enough cash and assets of Russia floating around outside of their borders to pay for the damage to property and the cost in human life and suffering committed by the sub-human savages that launched and are waging this war. Grab every thing available and give it to the Ukraine to defeat Russia and rebuild.
The only point you are making is that Paypal is "woke." I for one have known that for 15 years. They haven't confiscated any money. They are holding it for months as they have done to others including me. Stealing it would be a crime.
You made your post only 13 minutes after the OP. How did you not just search for this video but then watch through the whole 44min video in 13 minutes?
Watching the whole video isnt necessary to confirm that he talks about what the OP talks about. He does so around timestamp 9:30. But the stuff he talks about before that is worth a watch as well.
I guess people with brains that have been scrubbed as clean as yours don't really need to worry about brainwashing.
Pay Pal has gone around the bend and jumped the shark. They have no right to confiscate money regardless of customer agreements. I can not believe they have not sued them in a class action yet. PP is just unhappy because Venmo and all the other fund transfer newborn's have made PayPal yesterday's news. And I wouldn't read too much into it. It sound like they are fishing for a buy out. So just what is RT then? I've read it. But, IMO it is Russia's version of Biden's "Ministry of Truth".
Just to let everyone know, Paypal has freed the money to Consortiumnews. It shows what pressure can do. The donations to Consortiumnews had increased many folds, after their funds were blocked by Paypal for presenting views that opposed our government quest towards war. This is the second time pressure worked to the benefit of free speech. About a month ago Gonzalos Lira a journalist broadcasting secretely from Kharkov and who was critical of the Zalensky regime, was caught by the Ukrainian SBU. Everyone feared he would join the long list of journalists killed and missing, but the outcry was so great that they did release him - although he said that the others who had disappeared, were much more worthy of the attention than he was.
I have never come across anything on RT other than news, and not much of it either. Do they have their slant, of course they do and that's as it should be in an independent press. People are individuals and everyone was given a mind of their own - and that includes editors as well. It's when the news sources start following the same script and repeat the same lies like our MSM, that one has to worry. https://twitter.com/conspiracyb0t/status/1521021646047354880?s=21&t=mRjc1_KA0rJl1Rzv0iYLwQ This though shouldn't be news to anyone, after all if the CIA was telling the editors in Germany what to write, then why wouldn't they tell our editors as well?
