The most impressive fact is that a single man was behind many of them - Stewart, who has apparently worked in Russia since 1993.
Stewart's portfolio on MuckRack boasts almost 15,000 articles in over 40 publications.
Stewart, of course, is not a ghost and is a very real person - otherwise he wouldn't have been accredited by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
How fake news is made Anyone who's worked in the media, and in fact, any attentive reader, will easily discern Stewart's tactics.
What Stewart forgot to mention is that in Russia, Blinovskaya is famous not for winning the 2016 Miss Russia beauty pageant, but for being a fake professional guru.
In the article, Stewart calls it "a service to help empower women to make dreams come true." In fact, the course consisted of "Positive affirmations" for which clients paid thousands of dollars.
Stewart effortlessly spun a narrative turning a tax-evading blogger into a victim of the regime, and later he did the same thing with a little-known rapper who left Russia.
Stuart goes on to suggest that Vasilyev even "Defied Putin by fleeing to America." It seems that Stewart's choice of protagonists is rather limited, to say the least.
What made Stewart think that Mizulina was having an affair with Putin? Probably the fact that they have similar views on traditional values and Mizulina resembles other women whom the tabloids have labeled as Putin's "Mistresses." Now that's truly impressive investigative journalism.
Putin's mysterious 'illness' and his body doubles quickly became one of Stewart's favorite themes.
Usually, Stewart writes about Putin and other famous Russian politicians.
Stewart has penned many other absurd stories about Russia - from relating the theories of a politician who suffered an election defeat to exaggerating a Russian cosmonaut's moderate discontent to make it sound like he had criticized the Russian government.
Considering Stewart's productivity, he will likely churn out hundreds more articles like that in the coming years.
Over time, the narrative will change, Stewart's content will become less popular, and most of his articles will fall into oblivion.
Not all of them write about Russia and not all are as productive as Stewart.
https://www.rt.com/russia/597515-journalist-fake-news-russia/
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