In the latest example of fake news disseminated without any hint of skepticism by America's top journalists, virtually every major media outlet reported that a senior North Korean official named Kim Yong-chol was supposedly forced into a "Labor camp," as part of a larger deadly "Purge."
Two days later, that same official turned up alive at a public art performance, seated next to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Bloomberg kicked off the fake news frenzy on May 30 by publishing a report claiming, "North Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy to the US and four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between Kim and Donald Trump."
Twitter Moments May 30, 2019 Careful readers might have noticed that Bloomberg quietly admitted in its original report, "Previous South Korean media reports about senior North Korean officials being executed following the talks have proven false." But this concession didn't stop the rest of the corporate media from running with this fake story.
Yashar Ali May 30, 2019 Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and an analyst for MSNBC North Korea executed its special envoy to the US by firing squad in March and put four other Foreign Ministry officials to death as part of a purge following the failure of Kim Jong-un's summit with Trump in Hanoi, South Korean paper reports.
New reporting tonight - that North Korea's top US envoy was executed after the Hanoi summit & Kim's top aide is undergoing hard labor - comes as Trump continues to heap praise on Kim and excuse his recent sanctions violations.
Some reporters who specialize on Korea did raise concerns, pointing out South Korean media outlets have a long history of publishing false stories about the DPRK. If you've read South Korean newspaper reports that Kim Hyok Chol and other North Korean officials involved in the US - DPRK talks in Hanoi have been executed - it's also worth reading this.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/june/05/top-us-journalists-spread-fake-news-claiming-north-korean-official-was-purged-then-he-shows-up-on-tv/
Two days later, that same official turned up alive at a public art performance, seated next to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Bloomberg kicked off the fake news frenzy on May 30 by publishing a report claiming, "North Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy to the US and four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between Kim and Donald Trump."
Twitter Moments May 30, 2019 Careful readers might have noticed that Bloomberg quietly admitted in its original report, "Previous South Korean media reports about senior North Korean officials being executed following the talks have proven false." But this concession didn't stop the rest of the corporate media from running with this fake story.
Yashar Ali May 30, 2019 Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and an analyst for MSNBC North Korea executed its special envoy to the US by firing squad in March and put four other Foreign Ministry officials to death as part of a purge following the failure of Kim Jong-un's summit with Trump in Hanoi, South Korean paper reports.
New reporting tonight - that North Korea's top US envoy was executed after the Hanoi summit & Kim's top aide is undergoing hard labor - comes as Trump continues to heap praise on Kim and excuse his recent sanctions violations.
Some reporters who specialize on Korea did raise concerns, pointing out South Korean media outlets have a long history of publishing false stories about the DPRK. If you've read South Korean newspaper reports that Kim Hyok Chol and other North Korean officials involved in the US - DPRK talks in Hanoi have been executed - it's also worth reading this.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/june/05/top-us-journalists-spread-fake-news-claiming-north-korean-official-was-purged-then-he-shows-up-on-tv/
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