The British press is adopting the traditions of TSN: two publications were caught spreading fake news about the Russian army
Over the weekend, British newspapers launched two fake stories regarding Russian troops in Syria. Tabloid The Daily Mail reported about a Russian plane allegedly shot down by the Turkish Air Force, and The Daily Star spread misinformation about an alleged order by the British Air Force to shoot down Russian planes over the territory of Iraq and Syria.
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The German press notes that the rumor started by a British tabloid The Daily Star, that the British Air Force allegedly received an order to shoot down Russian planes turned out to be unconfirmed. In the text of the message, journalists refer to unverified information from “an unnamed source in the British Ministry of Defense.” Today, the UK Ministry of Defense officially denied these rumors spread by the tabloid.
A similar “news” was published two days ago by a popular British tabloid The Daily Mail, who announced that a Russian plane was allegedly shot down by the Turkish Air Force. The publication also referred to unconfirmed sources.
This “news” was reprinted by both the majority of Ukrainian media and many Russian ones, including state ones.
Since the start of Russia's military campaign in Syria against ISIS, Western media have launched a disinformation campaign. Thus, CNN reported on October 7 about supposedly 4 cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea at terrorist positions, which did not reach Syria and fell on Iranian territory. Official Iranian authorities have denied these rumors.
On the first day of the bombing of terrorist positions, Western media distributed photographs of supposedly dead civilians taken the day before the start of the airstrikes.
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