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I have provided proof about why the west is Islamophobic and needs no weaponization by India.

West needs India to join in its 2000 year old crusade. That is the role of India.

The very fact that you had to troll about cow urine therapy shows your weak wicket.
and I showed how your point was stupid. The fact you're not smart enough to realize it is not my fault.

i agree with you on that military conflicts have killed more than terrorists. the numbers do not lie.



rationalizations prevent the brutal crackdowns that have broken the back of many a terrorist movement

So what "brutal crackdown" should we do against world militaries?

Also, Pakistan is one of the few countires on earth to effectivly counter terrorist.
It's a combination of governmnet services, justice, and police action.
"Brutal" anything never works. Ask the US in Afghanistan.
 
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Looks like PDF hit a content goldmine in Adam Garrie,

given the boner he has for Chi-pak allaince, a little deeper look into the expert throws this.

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/219316-steps-do-not-let-experts-online-fool-you

WATCH: Don't let 'experts' online fool you: Here's how
Rappler reviews the 2018 headlines of The Daily Sentry, a website known for publishing false or misleading claims, to see how disinformation can spread through the abuse of the label 'expert'

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Updated 10:43 AM, March 22, 2019
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MANILA, Philippines – When newsroom fact checkers and wary netizens check for the authenticity of a claim online, they look for primary sources to verify facts. There have been cases when claims are attributed to “experts” to lend these posts credibility and legitimacy.

But are these claims always true?


To look into how disinformation can spread through the misuse, and abuse, of the label “expert,” Rappler took a look at the 2018 headlines of The Daily Sentry, a website known for publishing false or misleading claims. We identified 66 mentions of 13 so-called experts.

Below is a table that shows these mentions, along with the headline of the articles published, the bylines attached to them, the dates they were published, and what they were about.



Out of the 66 mentions, the name Adam Garrie was repeated the most at 27 times, with different titles to his name: geopolitical expert, Eurasia expert, UK geopolitical expert, international political expert, foreign political expert, foreign expert, UK political expert, foreign expert and writer, Asian geopolitical expert, trade expert, political analyst expert, political analyst, UK political commentator, and just plain "expert."

Rounding out the top 5 “experts” cited by The Daily Sentry were Jun Avelino (11 times) who was labeled an “international relations” or “foreign relations expert;” Sass Sasot (8 times) who was tagged an “international relations expert;” MJ Quiambao Reyes (7 times) who was labeled an “international trade” or “trade expert;” and Paula Defensor-Knack (5 times) who was called an “international criminal law expert.”

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A screenshot of an article on 'The Daily Sentry,' a website known for spreading misleading information, citing 'international political expert' Adam Garrie as a source.



A Google search of Garrie showed that he is the director a website called Eurasia Future and that he has been a guest on many TV and internet shows. A closer look showed that most of his published work are opinion pieces, while others were written for websites that post misleading articles like The Duran.

Eurasia Future is a website "offering the latest policy and analysis on the most important events shaping our world today," according to its Facebook page. The website itself does not have an "About" page nor a list of editorial board members.

Garrie has also been a guest on "CrossTalk,” a segment on RT (formerly Russia Today)and on "The Debate,” a segment on Press TV.

Despite his many contributions to publications and shows, Garrie’s academic background is not available on the biographies that are written about him in these publications.

In the academe, Garrie does not have published research, too. Teresa Encarnacion Tadem, who is executive director of the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies and a professor in the UP Diliman Department of Political Science, said she has not heard of him.

RT

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The controversial Russian network was identified by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence in January 2017 as the primary source of propaganda that the Russians used to further their interests in the 2016 US elections. (READ: PCOO warned vs getting info dissemination training from China, Russia)

Early in December, the United Kingdom's communications regulator Office of Communications (Ofcom) ruled that RT had broken TV impartiality rules in 7 of their programs. Out of the 7, three of the segments that broke impartiality rules were from the CrossTalk program.

Press TV and IRIB

Press TV is an Iranian international news channel affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). IRIB is independent of the Iranian government but its head is appointed directly by the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

IRIB also has a history of spreading disinformation. The US Department of the Treasury in 2013 identified IRIB as a network that broadcast false reports and forced confessions of political detainees.

In August, Google deleted 58 accounts on YouTube, Google+, and Blogger that were involved in “politically motivated phishing." The accounts had ties to IRIB.

Why mislabel experts?

As with the example of Garrie, the concepts of “expert” and “expertise” are a lot more nuanced than many would think.

The label of "expert" has long been debated by neuroscientists, philosophers, and sociologists, since it's been so contested, being wrongly labeled as one could be accidental.

However, those who deliberately misuse the label could also have dark motives.

Finnish researcher Tuukka Ylä-Anttila published a study in January that said that right-wing populists use “counter-knowledge” as a tool to further their agenda.

De La Salle University (DLSU) communication associate professor Cheryll Soriano said that citing so-called experts could also be used to strengthen people’s biases – the result is an echo chamber: “It’s very hard to convince people when they are already hardcore and all they want is to look for people to validate their own biases already. And so these [claims] exist, I feel, to feed those biases.”

Their purpose, she explained further, is not to convince a new audience of the veracity of their claim, but to maintain the support of those who already believe them.

Can 'experts' be trusted?

When it comes to Garrie and the other "experts" mentioned in other news reports and blog posts, it's up to individuals to decide for themselves if they are to believe them.

What's important, said Soriano, is to be wary of, and to question what, you’re reading on the internet.

“[To avoid being deceived by false labels of expertise, one important thing is] strengthening people’s capacity to question. When something or an article is labeled as written by an expert, we have to contest how that label of expertise came about and whether that labeling of someone being an expert or an authority on something is perhaps politically motivated,” Soriano said.

Soriano also noted that according to University of Liverpool Cognitive Psychology professor Fernand Gobet’s definition of expertise, there are a lot of definitions of the term “expert” that had been proposed before – like experience, diplomas, measures of expertise (like wealth, number of citations, or number of books published), rank (as in sports), and presence of talent – that do not necessarily fit the dictionary definition.

These measures might be used when citing experts in blog posts or news reports, but are not always reliable.





As a member of the academe, Soriano finds it helpful to look at where "experts" are published and what other people in their field of study think of them.

“The vetting process [before being published] is, I guess, trusted as a standard in academia, and we trust that…your ideas and your thinking improve [with] the process of peer review,” she said in a mix of English and Filipino.

The number of times a person was cited as a source and to know who trusts them enough to cite them is also something to look into.

Soriano added: “Whether they are experts in the field who sow their trust [in you], or even if they do not completely agree with your knowledge claims, they may add to your claim, but they will recognize your expertise.” – with reports from Michael Bueza/Rappler.com

Rappler sustains its fact-check efforts with support from Facebook's Third Party Fact Checker Program, our crowdfunding donors, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).


























 
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i hope u caught the sarcasm in the quote
You didn't put /s or any other indicators.
It's hard to tell sometimes if Indians are joking or not.
You get desensitivezed after reading the 100th comment of "kill all muslims" from them.
 
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Your religious views are of no importance to me, for all that matters you could believe in the spaghetti monster as God, and I wouldnt care. Kafir simply means non-believer in Arabic, so yes as per definition you are one. But that is not the reason you used that word, its the perceived negative connotation being associated with that word that is being propagated by western propaganda.

No this forum does not exist for introspection of yours or any one, the purpose of this forum was something completely different but as of now there are heck lot of things being discussed here.

Are you that blind or dumb? Dont answer its a rhetorical question. Your current elections proved two thing beyond shadow of any doubt

1- Indians as a nation had collectively lost their marbles, and successfully climbed the next step of nationalism that will eventually lead to Fascism. Congratulations your country had achieved that, and with Modis all but guaranteed victory, your transformation to Fascism will be complete. The war hysteria that swept the nation clearly shows how the whole nation was swept by this war mongering and nothing but the blood of Pakistanis would have sufficed this thirst.

2- During the very same election, kindly tell me how many muslim candidates were fielded by BJP? Muslims were labelled as traitors and foreigners, constant hate mongering against muslims. Yet you are blind to all this, why because you are not directly affected by this discrimination, nor you care. Yes India had weaponized this Islamophobia to not suppress and commit further atrocities against Kashmiris, but I only remember Indians along with White Nationalists celebrating the Christ Church Massacre.


Dont forget Saffron terrorism, which you along with your BJP buddies keep on denying because reality is not your strong suite.


Yes, You Indians being the ones crying.



Fair point. But answer one thing for me, is the practice of camel piss drinking wide spread, if so please show me the evidence that Muslims are indulging in camel piss drinking at scales similar to that by Hindus. Do not try to draw false equivalency here, because there is none.



Nice that you accepted that you as Indians are enslaved to the narrative that you had been feed through out your life time, but you are not open to change even if the evidence points to the contrary of what you believe.
Again, what is the meaning of Kafir, if you are offended by that word than convert to Islam. Jewish Torah addresses non jews as Gentiles, similar to that used by Quran. If you are offended by the use of word Kafir, that is your problem, not ours. Again you are attempting to link the negative connotation being used by Western propaganda linked with word "Kafir".

Sorry but you havent brought any constructive or legitimate points to the discussion here, instead harping about Kafir.



And how are other muslims responsible for what ISIS done? Have you forgotten that the biggest victim of ISIS atrocities were muslims themselves. Their extremist views had lead to their demise, but lets go even further. How did this organization actually started? Hint; Invasion of Iraq. By the way its the muslims who have fought against ISIS and given the most sacrifices against these barbarians.




So what is your point here? Are you denying the role played by India to prop up and support LTTE? Of course you are, you will also deny that when LTTE leadership refused to tow Indian lines and Indian forces invaded Sri Lanka how the very same LTTE kicked Indian invading forces to kingdom kong, but I know your sordid view of history renders you unable to see India at fault. Talk about hypocirsy.



And more non-sense from this guy, yes Prabhakaran was a Christian so does majority of Cadre of LTTE. Get the F out here you clown.



And all you could muster is a right wing source which claimed that there are no go areas in Denmark.



Yes there is no connection to it. Do yourself a favor and stop feeding your puny brain on selective islamphobic YoutTube videos. It is clear you have no knowledge of what you are uttering here.




Yes a tweet is a prove by an Islamophobe bigot who knowns very little about their own religion. And you are using that as a proof of your bigoted views. The only thing that proves is what the author of the article suggested.
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Adam Garrie has been described as "a geopolitical expert with an emphasis on Eurasia." He is also a frequent guest of Russia's state-owned media organization RT. (screenshot)

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Few of the other gems from the Author: Adam Garrie:

Pakistan Should Not Blindly Surrender to Modi Over Sikh Demonstrations

The Guide to Belt and Road

An Open Letter to Imran Khan

China’s New Foreign Investment Law is a Win-Win For The Global Economy

Belt and Road Partnerships Can Bring Stability to Sudan

Here is How to Counter Anti-Pakistani Bigotry

Chinese Experts Can Play a Vital Role in Restoring Notre Dame

It is 100% Necessary For Pakistan to Open a 24/7 Internationally Aimed Media Outlet

Kashmir Cannot be Ignored Forever

The Real History of Xinjiang is One of Transformation From War and Foreign Aggression to Social Harmony and Peace

Pakistan And Iran Enter New Era of Anti-Terror Cooperation

Sri Lankan Authorities May Have Fallen Into a Trap Set by a Foreign Power

The Tragedy in Sri Lanka Vindicates China’s Counter-Extremist Strategy in Xinjiang

Pakistan’s ISI Has a Crucial Role to Play in Helping Sri Lanka Achieve Justice and Peace

This Must Watch Debate on Kashmir Doesn’t Skirt Around The Core Issues (VIDEO)

The Belt and Road Forum is an Opportunity to Accelerate Positive Global Development

Imran Khan Shines at Belt And Road Forum

Pakistan’s Cold War And How to Win it

Indian Media Admits Alleged Sri Lanka Terror Mastermind Trained in Southern India

India’s Weaponization of the Islamophobic Western Far-Right is a Worrisome Global Scandal

Looks like PDF hit a content goldmine in Adam Garrie,

given the boner he has for Chi-pak allaince, a little deeper look into the expert throws this.

[URL]https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/219316-steps-do-not-let-experts-online-fool-you[/URL]

WATCH: Don't let 'experts' online fool you: Here's how

Rappler reviews the 2018 headlines of The Daily Sentry, a website known for publishing false or misleading claims, to see how disinformation can spread through the abuse of the label 'expert'

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Vernise L. Tantuco
@verntantuco
Published 3:42 PM, December 24, 2018
Updated 10:43 AM, March 22, 2019
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MANILA, Philippines – When newsroom fact checkers and wary netizens check for the authenticity of a claim online, they look for primary sources to verify facts. There have been cases when claims are attributed to “experts” to lend these posts credibility and legitimacy.

But are these claims always true?


To look into how disinformation can spread through the misuse, and abuse, of the label “expert,” Rappler took a look at the 2018 headlines of The Daily Sentry, a website known for publishing false or misleading claims. We identified 66 mentions of 13 so-called experts.

Below is a table that shows these mentions, along with the headline of the articles published, the bylines attached to them, the dates they were published, and what they were about.



Out of the 66 mentions, the name Adam Garrie was repeated the most at 27 times, with different titles to his name: geopolitical expert, Eurasia expert, UK geopolitical expert, international political expert, foreign political expert, foreign expert, UK political expert, foreign expert and writer, Asian geopolitical expert, trade expert, political analyst expert, political analyst, UK political commentator, and just plain "expert."

Rounding out the top 5 “experts” cited by The Daily Sentry were Jun Avelino (11 times) who was labeled an “international relations” or “foreign relations expert;” Sass Sasot (8 times) who was tagged an “international relations expert;” MJ Quiambao Reyes (7 times) who was labeled an “international trade” or “trade expert;” and Paula Defensor-Knack (5 times) who was called an “international criminal law expert.”

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A screenshot of an article on 'The Daily Sentry,' a website known for spreading misleading information, citing 'international political expert' Adam Garrie as a source.



A Google search of Garrie showed that he is the director a website called Eurasia Future and that he has been a guest on many TV and internet shows. A closer look showed that most of his published work are opinion pieces, while others were written for websites that post misleading articles like The Duran.

Eurasia Future is a website "offering the latest policy and analysis on the most important events shaping our world today," according to its Facebook page. The website itself does not have an "About" page nor a list of editorial board members.

Garrie has also been a guest on "CrossTalk,” a segment on RT (formerly Russia Today)and on "The Debate,” a segment on Press TV.

Despite his many contributions to publications and shows, Garrie’s academic background is not available on the biographies that are written about him in these publications.

In the academe, Garrie does not have published research, too. Teresa Encarnacion Tadem, who is executive director of the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies and a professor in the UP Diliman Department of Political Science, said she has not heard of him.

RT

RT, according to its website, is an international news network that "covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints international audiences with a Russian viewpoint on major global events." RT is financed by the Russian government.

Other Stories

EU fine on Google weighs on parent Alphabet profits
Alphabet says profit in the first-quarter fell 29% to $6.7 billion on revenue that climbed 17% to $36.3 billion.

Google to ban Chinese app developer DO Global for advertisement fraud
At least 6 of DO Global's 100 or so applications fraudulently click on ads even when they aren't being used

WATCH: How to fact-check reports during disasters
How do you know if an article or tweet sharing disaster-related information is true?

The controversial Russian network was identified by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence in January 2017 as the primary source of propaganda that the Russians used to further their interests in the 2016 US elections. (READ: PCOO warned vs getting info dissemination training from China, Russia)

Early in December, the United Kingdom's communications regulator Office of Communications (Ofcom) ruled that RT had broken TV impartiality rules in 7 of their programs. Out of the 7, three of the segments that broke impartiality rules were from the CrossTalk program.

Press TV and IRIB

Press TV is an Iranian international news channel affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). IRIB is independent of the Iranian government but its head is appointed directly by the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

IRIB also has a history of spreading disinformation. The US Department of the Treasury in 2013 identified IRIB as a network that broadcast false reports and forced confessions of political detainees.

In August, Google deleted 58 accounts on YouTube, Google+, and Blogger that were involved in “politically motivated phishing." The accounts had ties to IRIB.

Why mislabel experts?

As with the example of Garrie, the concepts of “expert” and “expertise” are a lot more nuanced than many would think.

The label of "expert" has long been debated by neuroscientists, philosophers, and sociologists, since it's been so contested, being wrongly labeled as one could be accidental.

However, those who deliberately misuse the label could also have dark motives.

Finnish researcher Tuukka Ylä-Anttila published a study in January that said that right-wing populists use “counter-knowledge” as a tool to further their agenda.

De La Salle University (DLSU) communication associate professor Cheryll Soriano said that citing so-called experts could also be used to strengthen people’s biases – the result is an echo chamber: “It’s very hard to convince people when they are already hardcore and all they want is to look for people to validate their own biases already. And so these [claims] exist, I feel, to feed those biases.”

Their purpose, she explained further, is not to convince a new audience of the veracity of their claim, but to maintain the support of those who already believe them.

Can 'experts' be trusted?

When it comes to Garrie and the other "experts" mentioned in other news reports and blog posts, it's up to individuals to decide for themselves if they are to believe them.

What's important, said Soriano, is to be wary of, and to question what, you’re reading on the internet.

“[To avoid being deceived by false labels of expertise, one important thing is] strengthening people’s capacity to question. When something or an article is labeled as written by an expert, we have to contest how that label of expertise came about and whether that labeling of someone being an expert or an authority on something is perhaps politically motivated,” Soriano said.

Soriano also noted that according to University of Liverpool Cognitive Psychology professor Fernand Gobet’s definition of expertise, there are a lot of definitions of the term “expert” that had been proposed before – like experience, diplomas, measures of expertise (like wealth, number of citations, or number of books published), rank (as in sports), and presence of talent – that do not necessarily fit the dictionary definition.

These measures might be used when citing experts in blog posts or news reports, but are not always reliable.





As a member of the academe, Soriano finds it helpful to look at where "experts" are published and what other people in their field of study think of them.

“The vetting process [before being published] is, I guess, trusted as a standard in academia, and we trust that…your ideas and your thinking improve [with] the process of peer review,” she said in a mix of English and Filipino.

The number of times a person was cited as a source and to know who trusts them enough to cite them is also something to look into.

Soriano added: “Whether they are experts in the field who sow their trust [in you], or even if they do not completely agree with your knowledge claims, they may add to your claim, but they will recognize your expertise.” – with reports from Michael Bueza/Rappler.com

Rappler sustains its fact-check efforts with support from Facebook's Third Party Fact Checker Program, our crowdfunding donors, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

How The Daily Sentry, a local website, ended up citing Garrie as an expert in efforts to spread propaganda favorable to the Duterte administration, could be explained in part by warmed ties between President Rodrigo Duterte himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

When Duterte visited Russia in May 2017, they signed deals that included, among others, a defense agreement and sharing of intelligence and knowledge on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Duterte’s entourage included Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar, former singer-dancer and then PCOO assistant secretary Mocha Uson, and bloggers Rey Joseph Nieto and Carlos Munda.

All 3 are part of the government’s propaganda machine. Uson and Nieto (who runs Thinking Pinoy) anchor the network that attacks perceived government critics. (READ: Facebook let my government target me. Here’s why I still work with them.)

After the Moscow visit, state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported on May 30, 2017 that the Philippines and Russia's communication offices were set to forge a partnership in information dissemination.

The agreement was signed much later in the year, in November, when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev came to the Philippines for the ASEAN Summit. During Medvedev’s visit the two governments signed additional agreements, which included an “MOU on Cooperation in Mass Communications.” (READ:PH, Russia sign 8 agreements, including extradition treaty)

Some PNA staff were also sent to Russia for training on information dissemination with news organization Sputnik.

The point person for the bilateral communications agreement, Josephine Cayabyab of PCOO, according to PNA, met with Nikolai Nikiforov, the focal person from the Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication. She also met Karina Melikyan, the RT TV head of the International Cooperation department.

Rappler sought comment from The Daily Sentry on how and why they began to cite Garrie on their website, but it has yet to respond. We also sought Garrie's side on the New Knowledge report on Monday, January 21, at 9:54 am via Facebook Messenger. We asked him to comment on allegations that he is part of the Russian disinformation network, but he did not reply as of posting on January 22.

Instead of replying directly, Garrie apparently posted on his Facebook page in response to the article. He said that he is not familiar with the IRA or with GI Analytics and denied the allegations against him. He also denied having connections with the Russian government and reiterated his support for President Duterte.

"[I am] a supreme supporter of Rodrigo Duterte and this is not only not a crime but one of my proudest political positions," Garrie said.


























 
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