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Part 2 of Nat. Observer expose' on Russia's influence on Canada's Freedom Convoy looks at FOX News [1]

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Date: 2023-02-16  

One year after the so called ‘Freedom Convoy’ took over the streets in downtown Ottawa, Canada’s capital, the National Observer ran an expose’ on Russian influence behind the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and it’s Russian media backers, and their imitators at FOX ‘News”.

Fox News picked up ‘Freedom Convoy’ coverage where Russian propaganda left off By Caroline Orr We can now answer the question, “Was Russia involved in the 2022 truck convoy?” The answer is yes, even if it is unclear how influential it was in its attempt to amplify social divisions in Canada. Russian state-funded propaganda outlet RT (formerly Russia Today), which has been called an “information weapon” by its own editor-in-chief, tried to exploit the three-week-long occupation of downtown Ottawa last year.

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RT produced a higher volume of convoy-related coverage than any other international media outlet, but Fox News stepped up to produce the second-highest amount of coverage just as Russian propaganda decreased. Fox News and other right-wing American media outlets also produced extensive coverage of the convoy that was often inflammatory, misleading, harshly critical of the Trudeau government and sympathetic to protesters. In terms of volume, from Feb. 7, 2022 through Feb. 17, 2022, Fox News devoted more than 16 hours of airtime to the convoy, according to watchdog Media Matters. Another interesting trend was found when examining the timeline of convoy-related coverage across different international networks: specifically, when RT's coverage dropped off, Fox News’ coverage sharply increased. Previous reporting has documented a similar symbiotic relationship between the two networks, and this pattern in convoy-related coverage may be further evidence of that.

An imitation of the Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ was set up by American fascists who attempted to take over the streets in downtown Washington DC in March of 2022.

Here is part one:

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