Western politicians, pundits and celebrities circulating the false claim that Iran sentenced 15,000 protesters to death is a good example of the way fact checking and journalistic responsibility go out the window when it's a claim about a government the US empire wants to remove.
It's also a good illustration of the point @ggreenwald is always repeating that the largest and most egregious purveyors of misinformation in the western world are not Russian trolls or conspiracy theorists but the mainstream western political/media class.
@ggreenwald More info:
@ggreenwald .@TheCradleMedia highlights the fact that NED money was involved in this latest disinfo stunt.
@ggreenwald @TheCradleMedia This MEK troll would like everyone to know that the false claim was also circulated by Radio Farda, a US government propaganda outlet.
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