Merkel joined the chorus of other world leaders and huge multi-national media outlets who wish to rid the internet of alternative media websites, under the guise of “fighting fake news”. Speaking in parliament, Merkel claimed that public opinion was being swayed away from establishment politics, claiming that independent news outlets posed a danger to national security.

“Something has changed — as globalisation has marched on, (political) debate is taking place in a completely new media environment. Opinions aren’t formed the way they were 25 years ago,” she said.

“Today we have fake sites, bots, trolls — things that regenerate themselves, reinforcing opinions with certain algorithms and we have to learn to deal with them.” Merkel, 62, said the challenge for democrats was to “reach and inspire people — we must confront this phenomenon and if necessary, regulate it.”

Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down. They are the unspoken architects of “Fake News”. One area of routine distortion is the use of fake videos and images by the mainstream media. 

9/11 - Fake News regarding the Collapse of WTC Building Seven.

The Report on the Collapse of WTC Building Seven Occurred Prior to the Collapse. The most grotesque lie pertains to the BBC and CNN announcement in the afternoon of September 11, that WTC Building Seven (The Solomon Building) had collapsed.

The BBC report went live at 5.00pm, 21 minutes before the actual occurrence of the collapse, indelibly pointing to foreknowledge of the collapse of WTC 7. CNN anchor Aaron Brown announced that the building “has either collapsed or is collapsing” about an hour before the event.

The March 2016 Brussels Terrorist Attacks.

Belgian Media Used Video of a 2011 Moscow Airport Terrorist Attack

Brussels News media Dernière Heure at dhnet.b as well as La Libre reported on the terror attacks by providing a CC Camera Airport Surveillance Video of the terror attacks.

The published video footage was fake as documented by a blog posting on Media Part.

The video pertains to a terror attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on 24 January 2011 (posted on youtube in November 2013). The report of DHnet.be on the Brussels airport attack used the video of the Moscow 2011 attack with the date of the Brussels attack: (22/03/2016) pasted onto the Russian video.

The lies and fabrications of the MSM are not the result of “sloppy journalism”. They are deliberate and are intended to mislead the public. The mainstream media routinely uses fake images and videos in its coverage of the war on Syria. The campaign against alternative and independent media seeks to limit freedom of expression.

Yet on November 25, they published an article titled, "Syria's White Helmets apologize for Mannequin Challenge video," in which they admit:

It's a familiar scene: Syria Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets," rushing to rescue a man covered in rubble, but unlike thousands of other videos from Aleppo, this one is staged.

CNN would continue by claiming: The nearly one-minute long video has been the subject of criticism on social media. On Wednesday Syria Civil Defence released a statement calling it an "error of judgment".

"This video and the related posts were recorded by RFS media with Syria Civil Defence volunteers, who hoped to create a connection between the horror of Syria and the outside world using the viral 'Mannequin challenge.' This was an error of judgment, and we apologize on behalf of the volunteers involved," the statement read.

Ignored by both the "White Helmets'" and RFS' as well as CNN's explanation of the video is the fact that the now admittedly staged video - besides the "mannequin challenge" style - is virtually indistinguishable from the "thousands of other videos from Aleppo" cited by CNN.

Data released last week by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows varying levels of pesticide residues in everything from mushrooms to potatoes and grapes to green beans. One sample of strawberries contained residues of 20 pesticides, according to the Pesticide Data Program report issued this month by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.

Though it might sound distasteful, the pesticide residues are nothing for people to worry about, according to the USDA. The agency said "residues found in agricultural products sampled are at levels that do not pose risk to consumers' health and are safe …" But some scientists say there is little to no data to back up that claim, stating that regulators do not have sufficient comprehensive research regarding how consumption of residues of multiple types of pesticides impact human health over the long term, and government assurances of safety are simply false.

"The mixed messages make it hard for consumers to know what to believe about the safety of pesticide residues in food," said Therese Bonanni, a Clinical Dietitian at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. "Although the cumulative effect of consuming these toxins over a lifetime is not yet known, short-term data suggests there is certainly a reason to be cautious. The message to consumers becomes very confusing."

The natural disaster expert at the University College London told Express.co.uk the disastrous event is becoming increasingly likely - and urged Theresa May to prepare before it is too late. He said the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canaries archipelago was becoming increasingly fragile, and an eruption could send a chunk of land the size of the Isle of Man crashing into the sea.

This collapse would create a huge tsunami, which would spread across all sides of the Atlantic, including towards the UK and Ireland. Dr Day said: “It could be several metres high, it depends where you are and how much energy the wave has. It is hard to predict how big it would be as the wave would need to bend around to reach the UK."

The boffin warned Ireland and the south-west of England are particularly vulnerable - and reminded doubters a tsunami had already caused devastation in these areas around 250 years ago. The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 caused the deaths of up to 100,000 people in the Portuguese city - and also sent a tsunami of around three metres high to the UK and Ireland.

Dr Day said: “The 1755 Lisbon incident was not dissimilar. If a tsunami of two or three metres hit the south-west of England or Ireland [in the modern era], you have a lot of tourists on beaches.” Coastal towns such as Portsmouth and Southampton would be submerged, with the wave rushing over the low-lying land several miles inland. Limerick, the third most-populous city in the Republic of Ireland, would also suffer huge devastation and loss of life in the event of the tsunami.

Black Friday puts the worst excesses of American materialism on display for the whole world to see, but most Americans don’t seem to care how pathetic we appear to be to the rest of the planet.  The only thing that most Americans know is that it is “the holiday season”, and so now it is time to spend, spend, spend even if it means going into crippling amounts of credit card debt.

Overall, it is being projected that Americans will spend an all-time record high of 650 billion dollars this holiday season.  That is an amount of money roughly equivalent to the yearly GDP of the nation of Saudi Arabia. We have become a nation that is entirely consumed by greed.

Look, you can run out and buy stuff at Wal-Mart any time. But how many times a year do you get to spend concentrated time with those that you love in a quiet, peaceful environment? The long Thanksgiving weekend should be a time to live, to laugh and to love. Unfortunately, many Americans have become completely blinded by greed and they have forgotten what really matters…

A downloadable pamphlet is now available on the island nation’s civil defence website. Called “Protecting Ourselves against Armed Attacks and Terrorism,” it outlines emergency measures in the event North Korean missiles are fired at the country. It bears similarities to the creepy Protect and Survive documents issued in Britain and Northern Ireland during the early 1980s following the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.

Already anti-missile batteries have begun appearing in parks in Tokyo, which is expected to be a primary target. Japan’s Defence Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency is also mulling whether powerful lasers could defending against missile attacks. But North Korea has said it would “saturate” its enemies with missiles so that at least a few would get through any defences.

The countries, all belonging to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), have expressed their deep concern over the current situation in Europe and support the relaunch of a conventional arms treaty with Russia, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Die Welt newspaper in an interview published on Friday.  “Europe’s security is in danger. As difficult as ties to Russia may currently be, we need more dialogue, not less,” Steinmeier said.

The ongoing conflict in the Eastern Ukraine and the fact that Crimea joined Russia in 2014, a move most often dubbed as “annexation” by western officials, have put the question of war in Europe back on the table, Steinmeier continued. Fragile trust between Russia and European countries has suffered a significant setback and a “new armament spiral” is hanging over the continent, the foreign minister warned.

The statement contains strong anti-Russian rhetoric, blaming Moscow for violating arms deals as far back as 1990. “The Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, which led to the destruction of tens of thousands of heavy weapon systems in Europe in the years following 1990, is no longer being implemented by the Russian Federation,” the statement said. Russia put its participation in the treaty on hold in 2007 and then fully walked out of it last year.

Hon Hai is the world's largest electronics manufacturing services company. By making goods for big names like Apple, the company has grown significantly over the years. Though based in Taiwan, Hon Hai in many ways, epitomizes China as the world's factory. The company accounted for around 6% of China's entire trading value around 2011. Earlier this year, it acquired Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp.

Previous rumors about a production transfer to the US were based on similar lines, but never actually materialized because producing in the US would have been too costly. Trump's proposed duties on Chinese goods, however, make the idea seem a lot more realistic.

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There are so many things wrong with this entire subject that it’s difficult to even know where to begin. The most important thing to remember here is that Barron Trump is a 10-year-old boy who did not ask to be in the spotlight, and that any medical or psychological diagnoses he has or doesn’t have are solely his family’s business. No one else’s.

Beyond that, how can one possibly diagnose autism from the examples in the video? They are all from public appearances in situations that would be stressful for any child. He’s a boy having to wear a suit for hours (any male RedState writer will tell you how tortuous that is) and he’s not gladhanding and smiling for the cameras like a politician would. Ooh, and on election night he was standing on stage falling asleep at 3am. And your point is?

Further, what gives any of these people the right to speculate about someone else’s child? There has always been a tendency in society to virtually parent other people’s kids, but social media has taken it to a whole new disturbing level. Can you imagine for just one second if anyone – ANYONE – had suggested that one of the Obama children were autistic? Would that person be employed anywhere in the United States right now? It’s only Democrats’ kids who are off limits it appears.

Barron Trump is fair game. Just like Ted Cruz’ daughters. Mitt Romney’s grandson. Sarah Palin’s son. Palin’s daughter. George Bush’s daughters. Well, you get the point. It’s only funny and acceptable when liberals attack the children of those they disagree with ideologically.

Angela Merkel has reportedly called for a “reset” at the very highest echelons of the Brussels machine after growing tired of the bumbling bureaucrat’s increasingly damaging and erratic behaviour. 

The controversial eurocrat’s position has never been more tenuous after the announcement by Mr Schulz, the EU parliament president, that he will be quitting Brussels to pursue a career in German politics. Mr Juncker has been able to rely on his socialist counterpart as a rock solid ally during his own troubled tenure at the top of the EU, with the pair frequently working hand-in-glove on key issues. 

But now that bedrock of support has gone and he will be dreading the potential arrival of a less sympathetic partner joining Brussels’ triumvirate of power alongside him and EU Council chief Donald Tusk, who often appears to view Mr Juncker as a liability. And in a savage assessment a senior EU source today called for MEPs and senior Brussels figures to exploit the opportunity created by Mr Schulz’s departure to sweep a fresh broom through the corridors of power. 

They told euractiv: “Kicking out Juncker would be the first thing to do if someone wanted to make the EU a better place.” The source said that Angela Merkel, who is known to want Mr Juncker’s head over his inept performance, believes that a significant “reset” is now needed at the top of the EU. They added: “The EU needs a new start and Schulz’s departure is very good news.” 

Earlier this week reports emerged that despairing EU Commission president Mr Juncker, who is cutting an increasingly isolated figure, had privately told allies he would resign if Mr Schulz left his post. Alongside Germany a number of eastern European countries, including Hungary and Poland, are known to be deeply unhappy with Mr Juncker’s performance and believe he is actively fuelling euroscepticism.

In particular the erratic chief eurocrat played a pivotal role in the vote for Britain to leave the EU, with his unpopularity as the face of EU federalism driving voters to back Brexit. Mr Schulz is expected to take up a position as Germany’s foreign secretary after quitting Brussels, with sources indicating he may run against Angela Merkel to become the country’s leader in a general election next year.