So we’re to believe a foreign government sponsored a hack on another country’s media sources and planted “fake news” in the dispute between Qatar and its neighbors but won’t believe it could happen in the US – PB/TK
Who Planted the Fake News at Center of Qatar Cri sis? – By and / July 18 2017
“Fake news” designed to harm Qatar’s relations with the U.S. played a major role in the diplomatic split between the tiny Gulf nation and its neighbors, say both U.S. officials and the Qatari government.
In a statement to NBC News, the Qatari government said it had been victimized by a “well-coordinated smear campaign designed to damage the image and reputation of Qatar. And the smear campaign, in turn, set the stage for the blockade and the ultimatum that followed in June.”
At the center of the dispute between Qatar and other Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are reports that that the Qatari emir had praised Hamas and called Iran “an Islamic power,” and that Qatar had paid nearly a billion dollars in ransom to al Qaeda for the release of a Qatari hunting party.
Both stories are false and apparently planted, say senior U.S. officials.
Continue to nbcnews.com article: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/who-planted-fake-news-center-qatar-crisis-n784056
