Meet Joel Harding, he is the head IO working on Ukraine and his compatriots work directly in American and international media making sure the IO media effort stays in sync with the agenda.- Some say she attacked the Muslim questioner, others say she attacked her for her Muslim headress (hijab, but, then again, most are too lazy to look that up or know it). Nonsense, I say, Brigitte Gabriel was spot on. As she said, and I am paraphrasing for my purposes, the vast majority of peaceful people are irrelevant because they did not influence or stop those who committed those acts of atrocity. -Harding
He
considers peaceful people irrelevant because they did not agree with
"our side." If you are living life and going about your business
you too are irrelevant. How did he expect Muslims living in America
to stop Benghazi from happening? Why does he expect Ahmed to support
destroying 180 million people "our side" think might be
terrorists?
Two of the men that died in Benghazi that Gabriel and Harding want to wreak havoc in the Middle East over were the best friends of a man I respect very much. They were the two former Navy Seals that tried to help at the embassy with no other support. Both were killed. Neither one of them were "our side." Their friend Mikey Weinstein with MRFF defends the rights of peaceful Muslims, Christians, and Jews serving in the US military. Knowing Mikey, his friends wouldn't give nationalists like Gabriel or Harding the time of day. They would see using their sacrifice to justify murderous hate as a denigration of their service, sacrifice, and patriotism.
What is Harding's view on Free Speech and Press?
The free press part has already been covered. If you write or read outside agendized news, you are not "our side" anymore. The reason is that news that makes "our side" look bad or builds dissenting opinions make the work of IO/IIO professionals difficult or impossible. Its called Information Fratricide.
Information fratricide is defined as Actions, perceptions, and information from friendly forces that create improper impressions can adversely affect IO in sensitive situations.
In Ukraine he has developed Information Operations at a national level . "... As one of his other guests, a deputy from Mr Poroshenko's party, remarked later in the show: "Today, an information war is being waged against Ukraine"Our task is to be united, to comment as one."Information warfare, like the shooting kind, is a new art for Ukraine, and the learning curve is steep. .. .Criticism of the government is dismissed as mudslinging by Kremlin agents. Last month authorities jailed Ruslan Kotsaba, a western Ukrainian blogger who had spoken out against mobilisation. Ukrainian authorities accused him of working in Russia's interests; Amnesty International labeled him a prisoner of conscience... More often than not, Mr Martynenko notes, Ukrainian journalists are choosing patriotism over professional standards...At one point Mr Tsaplienko considered joining the army, but was dissuaded when soldiers told him he could do more good as a journalist. How much Ukraine's journalists are aiding its cause by forgoing impartiality is debatable."
Free Speech
Hardings view on free speech in America reflects his time working in IO, psych-warfare and work with the NSA. He expressed the limits of free speech he believes in when he helped set up Ukraine's Ministry of Truth. The only people that will have a voice is "our side."
The "official US government view on free speech is "It is also important that US citizens enjoy their freedom of speech and their unique ability to voice their own opinions. This portrays a vibrant democracy and further aids to combat oppressive governments."- " About this last paragraph, this is a source of frustration for me, personally. I believe this is, perhaps, an overly altruistic statement. But this is the strategy that the BBG and the US Department of State embrace."- Harding
Regarding journalism his view is Fox and CNN representing the Republican and Democratic view for America. Add in Al Jazeera for an oppositional view. He advises reading as many news sources as possible but every one is "our side" and that is the extent of the 4 th Estate.
A "Disinformation Charter" for Media and Bloggers : Top-down censorship should be avoided. But rival media, from Al-Jazeera to the BBC, Fox and beyond, need to get together to create a charter of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Vigorous debate and disagreement is of course to be encouraged-- but media organizations that practice conscious deception should be excluded from the community . A similar code can be accepted by bloggers and other online influencers.
This "Disinformation Charter" for responsible behavior (Ministry of Truth?) he describes is to fight "conscious deception" can only be weighed against how he describes Propaganda. "The word is frequently used to describe any news emerging one's opponent." - Harding
Journalists that need to be excluded are those "our side" label as propagandists or active measure agents."
From his own words as well as the link giving the official Ukrainian policy he spent the last year making it illegal in Ukraine to not be "our side." All the press and propaganda outreaches now work in sync. Western media doesn't even need to be explored beyond the coverage they give. His colleagues in mainstream media- Fox, CNN, BBC, etc are all "our side."
Reading carefully through his "blog" you are struck fairly quickly that he uses it for memos to peers, things to do for people that work for him in the IO and propaganda fields, and people he is working with. In a few paragraphs this will become blatantly clear regarding Ukraine.
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