This is the most important news about disinformation in Europe, I have seen in a long time.

Journalist Richard Sanders reveals how Reuters incorrectly portrays football violence in Amsterdam as being an attack on Jews, when in fact it was a group of Israeli hooligans carrying out the violence.

Reuters and other outlets are now trying to hide their misinformation, but Richard Sanders has gathered the evidence.

This is how we are being played as European media consumers:
https://youtu.be/DvTyg1kJGzM?si=UXOu3mRqoxivyw8D

This story about the Danish F-16s to Ukraine being delayed is getting annoying. It’s a non-story. The prime minister said in August that she hoped the planes could be delivered before new year, but quickly thereafter it was clarified that spring was the realistic time. There is no new delay, just this original one.

From: @SocraticEthics
https://mastodon.online/@SocraticEthics/111711131922252578

Too bad. I think Duntsova’s bid for president was interesting. It’s an example of how opposition figures in Russia can appear out of nowhere, and Putin’s regime has to be constantly on guard.

From: @meduza_en
https://masto.ai/@meduza_en/111630662619038452

With US aid being blocked by Republicans, and EU aid being blocked by Hungary, the Nordic countries of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland has released a new joint statement, saying:

“We condemn Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine in the strongest
possible terms. […]
The Nordic countries will stand with #Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

Remarkably, the document also supports Zelenskyys peace formula, which underlines Crimea is Ukraine.

Source:
https://www.stm.dk/statsministeriet/publikationer/faelleserklaering-fra-nordisk-ukrainsk-topmoede-i-oslo-d-13-december-2023/

This piece by @anneapplebaum is extremely good. She pretty much sums up all the problems with the (lack of) Western strategy towards #Ukraine and #Russia.

https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum@journa.host/111386499358155364