Anonymous ID: 09a12d Q Research Fake News #1 - End of MSM Feb. 26, 2018, 9:53 a.m. No.502142   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Fake News - Dedicated Research Thread

 

This is a place to post anything relevant to Q's revelations about Operation Mockingbird and how Clowns in America have fostered Fake News for decades.

 

Remember that Q does not provide all the answers, Q expects us to make the connections and fill in the blanks. This is where we deep dive about anything related to this. It can be history (ancient to recent), actors involved (good or bad), and any oddities you come across.

 

Please reread Q's posts on Mockingbird, GANNETT, MSM, and FAKE NEWS

 

Q often connects Fake News with Operation Mockingbird, GANNETT, SecureDrop, 4am Bird Song, and Social Media such as Twitter so any posts about those connections are relevant here.

Anonymous ID: 14da76 Feb. 26, 2018, 12:53 p.m. No.503243   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3513

>>472314

>>248746

 

Asst. USATTY on that indictment -Deborah J. Gannett

 

link to media co GANNETT? Yep.

 

http:// www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/style/weddings-celebrations-deborah-gannett-timothy-toy.html

Anonymous ID: 09a12d Feb. 26, 2018, 1:33 p.m. No.503513   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>503243

 

Stellar digging! That's incredible!

 

https:// www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-j-gannett-usanj-905b6535

 

I can't seem to archive this with archive.is, if you're able please do so. I took a screenshot though.

Anonymous ID: cb2a15 Feb. 26, 2018, 2:10 p.m. No.503705   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a US term for a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.[1] Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.[2]

 

The term is chiefly used in the US. In the UK, a roughly equivalent term is tabloid journalism, meaning journalism characteristic of tabloid newspapers, even if found elsewhere.

 

Frank Luther Mott identifies yellow journalism based on five characteristics:[4]

 

scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news

lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings

use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudoscience, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts

emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips

dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 5:17 p.m. No.505201   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Q Posts regarding Anderson Cooper and the Gannett papers he appears to be looking through.

The Gannett page with the same header and sidebar as the papers in the Cooper photo was found on the WayBack Machine.

 

Anderson Cooper Research Thread from /CBTS/

http:// archive.is/zXwlD

 

TEGNA & GANNETT Research Thread from /CBTS/

http:// archive.is/bF7hj

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 5:30 p.m. No.505322   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Gannett Run Down

>>>/QResearch/472950

 

Gannett Co., Inc. is a large diversified news and information company. Here is a brief rundown of its operations in the USA and abroad:

 

NEWSPAPERS: Gannett is the USA's largest newspaper group in terms of circulation. The company's 85 daily newspapers in the USA have a combined daily paid circulation of approximately 7.2 million. They include USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, with a circulation of approximately 2.3 million. USA TODAY is available in 60 countries worldwide.

 

In addition, Gannett owns nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine of approximately 23 million circulation delivered in over 600 Gannett and non-Gannett newspapers.

 

Newsquest plc, a wholly owned Gannett subsidiary, is the second largest regional newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom with a portfolio of nearly 300 titles. Its publications include 18 daily newspapers with a combined circulation of approximately 703,000. Newsquest’s non-daily publications include Berrow's Worcester Journal, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the world.

 

BROADCASTING: The company owns and operates 23 television stations, which cover 18.05 percent of the USA and have a market reach of 20.1 million households.

 

ON THE INTERNET: Gannett has more than 130 web sites in the United States including USATODAY.com, one of the top newspaper sites on the Internet. Gannett's total Online U.S. Internet Audience in January 2007 was nearly 23.2 million unique visitors, reaching about 14.8% of the Internet audience, as measured by Nielsen//NetRatings.

 

OTHER VENTURES: Other company operations include: Gannett News Service; Clipper, a direct-mail advertising magazine company; Captivate, a network that delivers programming and advertising to television screens in elevators in premier office towers in North America; PointRoll, an Internet advertising technology firm; Gannett Retail Advertising Group; Gannett New Business and Product Development; Gannett Direct Marketing Services; Gannett Offset, a commercial printing operation; Gannett Media Technologies International; Telematch, a database marketing company; Planet Discover, a local integrated web search and advertising technology company; 4INFO, a mobile phone search service; Topix.net, a news aggregator; ShopLocal, a provider of online marketing solutions for local, regional and national advertisers; and CareerBuilder, an online job searching service.

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 5:47 p.m. No.505484   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>>/QResearch/473013

 

The Gannett Digital Network - US Coverage

gannettonline.com/external/email/pdfs/audience_map.pdf

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 5:51 p.m. No.505531   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>>/QResearch/473102

 

The Gannett Digital Network - US Coverage

Here is the list in text format for research purposes -

https:// pastebin.com/DD9v34gT

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 6:22 p.m. No.505875   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Gannett

Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannett_Company | archive.is/MYa6z

Website: gannett.com | archive.is/NdAmH

Twitter: twitter.com/gannett

FB: facebook.com/GannettCompany

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/gannett

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 6:37 p.m. No.506037   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>>/QResearch/461142

 

Are these clues for us? Post from a 1 post anon -

 

A constellation of left-leaning nonprofits and “super PACs” are raising tens of millions of dollars to pave the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign — and nearly all of them have paid Mary Pat Bonner a cut.

 

Over the past several years, the groups, which include American Bridge 21st Century, Media Matters for America and the super PAC Ready for Hillary, have paid Ms. Bonner’s consulting firm in excess of $6 million to help them cultivate wealthy donors and raise money, according to tax filings and campaign disclosures.

 

Ms. Bonner’s contracts give her firm a commission, typically 12.5 percent, on any money she brings in. Her tenacity, ties to wealthy givers and mastery of making donors happy have made Ms. Bonner, 48, among the most successful practitioners of a trade that is virtually invisible to voters but has taken on immense power and influence in the post-Citizens United world.

 

Almost every candidate for high office must now court ultrarich donors to finance super PACs. And with each party more reliant than ever on networks of outside groups to supplement its advertising and opposition research, fund-raisers like Ms. Bonner hold the keys to the big-money kingdom.

 

“The Bonner Group gets us the best fund-raising product for the lowest cost,” said David Brock, the founder of the monitoring group Media Matters and the super PAC American Bridge. “In my experience, the commission incentivizes the fund-raiser to meet the ambitious goals we set.”

 

MadlyMad February 6, 2015

Candidates being sold to us like new or used cars. The wealthy pushing their puppet over an other and supporting them every inch of the way…

 

Jack Belicic February 6, 2015

All these lamentations about the Supreme Court; when panhandling, sleeping on the sidewalks and burning US flags is protected speech under…

 

But the growing influence of paid fund-raisers has angered donors in both parties, who are skeptical of Washington’s consultant class and the secret, often lucrative deals they reach with campaigns.

 

Some organizations, like Freedom Partners, overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, emphasize their reliance on salaried staff members to raise money.

 

“I want my money to go to the candidate, to get them elected; I don’t want it to go to middlemen,” said Andrew Sabin, a prominent Republican donor.

 

Several Republican presidential contenders are now courting Spencer J. Zwick, Mitt Romney’s finance chairman in 2012. But some former donors grumble about the fund-raising fees paid by Mr. Romney’s campaign committees to limited liability companies established by Mr. Zwick: about $34 million, according to campaign disclosure reports.

 

In an interview, Mr. Zwick declined to describe his own fee. But he said that the bulk of the payments collected by the companies were in turn paid out to more than 50 other fund-raisers employed by the campaign.

 

“We raised more money than has ever been raised before at a better cost of fund-raising than has ever been done before,” Mr. Zwick said.

 

But few fund-raisers seem to command commissions as generous as Ms. Bonner’s. Political fund-raisers are typically paid monthly retainers, which can reach $25,000 a month during campaigns. The Bonner Group is paid almost exclusively on commission, a practice that is legal but frowned upon by some fund-raising consultants, who say it leads to fights with clients and other consultants over credit. It is considered unethical by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, partly because it can encourage abuses and, in the charity world, places self-gain over philanthropy.

 

“I think it’s a breach of fiduciary responsibility to pay fund-raisers on commission,” said Cindy Darrison, a professor at the George H. Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at New York University.

 

Allies say Ms. Bonner and her 20-member firm are worth the expense. The Bonner Group maintains a database of 70,000 donors and collects detailed information on their past giving, their families and their political relationships. Many praise her energy and personal touch: thank-you notes, for example, or tickets to Broadway shows.

 

“Without Mary Pat, we would never be where we are today,” said Craig T. Smith, a senior adviser to Ready for Hillary. Mr. Smith said the group had paid Ms. Bonner and some other fund-raisers a single-digit percentage of money raised.

 

Ms. Bonner, who cut her teeth as a campaign aide and fund-raiser for former Vice President Al Gore, is also known among colleagues for her aggressive tactics. During the 2012 campaign, Ms. Bonner, who was raising money for American Bridge, clashed repeatedly with other Democratic super PACs over joint fund-raising efforts.

https:

//www.linkedin.com/in/meg-kennedy-5911694b

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 6:49 p.m. No.506160   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9963

Gannett is listed on the NYSE as Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI)

https:// finance.yahoo.com/quote/GCI/

 

2014 Earnings 210.71M

2015 Earnings 146.09M

2016 Earnings 52.71M

 

2014 Revenue 3.17B

2015 Revenue 2.89B

2016 Revenue 3.05B

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 6:54 p.m. No.506212   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Gannett

Board of Directors - A Quick and Enlightening Run Down

 

Source: gannett.com/who-we-are/board-of-directors/

Archive: https:// archive.fo/EtDpN

 

John Jeffry Louis

Chairman, Gannett Co., Inc. Co-founder and former chairman, Parson Capital Corporation.

Other directorships & trusteeships: The Olayan Group; S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; and chairman of the U.S./ U.K. Fulbright Commission.

 

Robert Dickey

President and CEO. Formerly President, Gannett U.S. Community Publishing Division, formerly Newspaper Division (2008-2015); Senior Group President, Gannett’s Pacific Group and Chairman of Phoenix Newspapers Inc. (2005-2008).

Other directorships: The Associated Press; Palm Springs International Film Festival

 

Matthew W. Barzun

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom.

From Wikipedia: Matthew Winthrop Barzun (born October 23, 1970) is a former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1] He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his volunteer work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[2][3] He served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign.[4]

 

John E. Cody

Former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Broadcast Music, Inc.

Other directorships: Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

 

Stephen W. Coll

Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism for Columbia University in New York.

 

Donald Felsinger

Former Executive Chairman, Sempra Energy

Other directorships: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) and Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

Lila Ibrahim

Chief Business Officer of Coursera.

Other directorships: Team4Tech.

Lila Ibrahim has more than 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley. Ibrahim was a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), working across the firm’s digital and greentech portfolios, when she joined Coursera in 2013, in which KPCB has an ownership stake. She currently serves as chief business officer of Coursera. Before joining KPCB, Ibrahim had a diverse 18-year career with Intel Corp.

 

Larry Kramer

Former President and Publisher of USA TODAY

Other directorships & trusteeships: Harvard Business Publishing, Syracuse University

 

Tony Prophet

Chief Equality Officer, Salesforce

 

Debra A. Sandler'

President and Founder, LaGrenade Group LLC

Other directorships and trusteeships: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Hofstra University, The Ad Council, LEAD, Executive Leadership Council.

 

Chloe Sladden

Co-founder and principal of #angels and former Vice President, Media, Twitter, Inc.

 

—————–

 

Matthew Barzun is on the board of directors of Gannett.

Source: gannett.com/who-we-are/board-of-directors/

Archive: https:// archive.fo/EtDpN

 

From Wikipedia: Matthew Winthrop Barzun (born October 23, 1970) is a former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his volunteer work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[2][3] He served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign.

 

"Essentially, Obama was auctioning off foreign ambassador positions and other office positions while Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state. The largest donor listed at contributions totaling over $3.5 million, Matthew Barzun, served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011, served as President Obama’s National Finance Chair during his 2012 reelection campaign, and now serves as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom."

Source: http:// observer.com/2016/09/wikileaks-guccifer-2-0-obama-sold-off-public-offices-to-donors/

https:// archive.fo/WbYzn

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 7 p.m. No.506283   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Gannett sued the FBI to find out how the San Bernadino Shooter's iPhone was cracked'''

 

The Associated Press, Vice Media and Gannett, the parent company of USA Today, sued the FBI today in an attempt to uncover information about how the law enforcement agency was able to unlock an iPhone used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters.

 

"Even if the FBI did not share the vulnerability with Apple, Comey said that it is “quite perishable” and that the company would likely patch it “if Apple changes its software in some way.”

 

"The news organizations involved in the lawsuit argue that the vulnerability is of considerable public interest and should be disclosed and that Comey’s own comments reflect that."

 

techcrunch.com/2016/09/16/news-orgs-sue-fbi-for-details-on-san-bernardino-iphone-exploit/

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 7:15 p.m. No.506453   🗄️.is 🔗kun

In June 2015 Gannett announced that it would be splitting the company into two separate co's.

 

"Upon completion of the spin-off, SpinCo will change its corporate name to "Gannett Co., Inc." and Parent will change its corporate name to TEGNA Inc."

 

Letter to Gannett Shareholders on Splitting the Company into Gannett and Tegna -

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1635718/000104746915005403/a2224986zex-99_1.htm

archive.fo/nJaKE

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 7:42 p.m. No.506735   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7815

TEGNA

Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegna,_Inc. | archive.is/2Po8m

Website: tegna.com | archive.is/65Hsi

 

TEGNA Inc.

7950 Jones Branch Drive

McLean, VA 22107-0150

703-873-6600

 

Tegna, Inc. (stylized as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in McLean, Virginia.[2] It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.

 

Tegna comprised the more profitable broadcast television and digital media divisions of the old Gannett, while Gannett's publishing interests were spun off as a "new" company that retained the Gannett name. Tegna owns or operates 47 television stations in 39 markets, and is the largest group owner of stations affiliated with NBC and CBS and the fourth-largest group owner of stations affiliated with ABC and holds properties in digital media.

 

In 2017, the company entered into a deal with Sony Corporation where Sony distributed content owned by Tegna Inc.

Anonymous ID: cf002a Feb. 26, 2018, 7:55 p.m. No.506874   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Marjorie Magner, Chair of TEGNA announced her retirement 4 days ago, Feb 22 2018. Magner had previously held various positions within Citigroup Inc., including senior executive vice president and head of consumer banking, until her departure in 2005.

SO here we have a connection between the Chair of Gannett and Bin Talal (the largest stakeholder in CitiGroup and the group we have proof of choosing Obama's cabinet through a Wikileaks email.

investors.tegna.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84662&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2334098

Anonymous ID: 5e8687 Feb. 28, 2018, 4:34 a.m. No.517815   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>506735

TEGNA

 

Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegna,_Inc. | archive.is/2Po8m

Website: tegna.com | archive.is/65Hsi

Twitter: twitter.com/TEGNA

FB: facebook.com/TegnaInc/

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/tegna

 

TEGNA is listed on the NYSE as TEGNA Inc. (TGNA)

https:// finance.yahoo.com/quote/TGNA/

https:// archive.is/TJS2g

2014 Earnings 1.06B

2015 Earnings 459.52M

2016 Earnings 436.70M

 

2014 Revenue 2.63B

2015 Revenue 3.05B

2016 Revenue 3.34B

Anonymous ID: 5e8687 Feb. 28, 2018, 5:12 a.m. No.517936   🗄️.is 🔗kun

TGNA Shares Ownership Overview

 

  1. VANGUARD GROUP INC —– 18,292,996

  2. BLACKROCK INC. —– 17,786,042

  3. NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC —– 13,524,937

  4. FAIRPOINTE CAPITAL LLC —– 11,373,812

  5. DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC —– 9,909,365

 

nasdaq.com/symbol/tgna/ownership-summary

archive.is/pNvZY

Anonymous ID: 2b4741 Feb. 28, 2018, 2:28 p.m. No.520100   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Here’s something on news prior to Mockingbird Media: The Donner Party pioneer story.

no surprise, but I think this major American history event was probably manipulated or faked.

And, I’m guessing newspapers were faking events all throughout the 1800’s.

 

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As you might already know, the Donner Party was a group of pioneers who traveled out West together in 1846 — two families and others, 87 people in total. They had a very bad journey, took an unblazed trail, and got stuck in the Sierra Nevadas during the harshest winter known at the time. Then, wait for it, they supposedly had to resort to cannibalism to survive. always cannibalism.

 

HOWEVER when researching it out of casual curiosity a while back, I found interesting info in some interviews, articles and books of the time that run contrary to the official story. For instance:

 

1 - there was documented testimony (in a private letter or something, wish I had my bookmarks) from a survivor saying (confessing?) they did NOT eat each other. This was stated in a few separate accounts after the rescue by at least two in the party, and there was even a hesitant mention of keeping secrecy and getting in trouble for speaking.

 

2 - the saga was being written about in the San Francisco and Sacramento newspapers, selling lots of copies. It was fervently followed like a drama and as each week passed, the Donner struggle was gaining more and more readers. It was a common conversation around town, a sensation.

 

3 - money was raised for the Donner rescue effort almost weekly as citizens learned of it and were horrified.

 

4 - Curiously, one of the Donner men who had traveled ahead (due to being kicked out of the group after a fight and banishment) made it to Sutter Fort in Sacramento and joined the military. He was the first to let everyone know of the pioneer's emergency. Somehow, he ended up leading the supposed rescue operations to find the Donner party.

 

5 - after the rescue, and years later, a journalist trying to contact one of the female survivors was ignored by her. She never gave an interview through the rest of her life. At the time of rescue she had been married off to a general or something and kept very silent on the whole thing. No one else spoke up either.

 

6 - now, it is a travel destination with a famous historical story.

 

These points raised my suspicion of the official story, and I concluded that the Donner Party event was probably heavily manipulated for news, like a reality show or something, and exploited for money.

However, NOW I am also thinking it was a False Flag … Was it pre-orchestrated?

 

1 - The Donner party took an unusual route promoted by a man named Hastings, an independent “trailblazer” with alternative routes. He used fear of attack by Natives to sell his route.

 

2 - Strangely, he disappeared mid-journey and before an important cutoff.

 

3 - A journalist (?) who happened to be traveling with a group ahead of Donner Party, left a letter at a stop warning them to avoid the cutoff at all cost, saying he thought it seemed too difficult. The trading post shop owner did not give them the letter, supposedly because the cutoff route benefitted his shop traffic.

 

Was it all a set-up?

Did these guys get paid to sabotage a group for the “story” and money raising?

We’ll never know. something to think about..

Anonymous ID: 778d9f March 1, 2018, 3:59 p.m. No.528651   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Anons:

 

Cross posting from #649 research bread.

 

All related to Gannett. Did some local research.

 

Cross posting items per >>528268 request by this anon:

 

 

>>527854

>>527879

>>528126

>>528147

>>528224

>>528273

>>528158

>>528215

>>528238

Anonymous ID: 043d09 March 3, 2018, 7:26 a.m. No.538988   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>527854

Gannett, Tegna & USA Building in McClean VA

Also shared by Octagon and Tamares (both need digging).

Anonymous ID: 043d09 March 3, 2018, 7:30 a.m. No.539001   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Repost of >>528224

Belo Corp - Connected to Gannett

Connected through Gannett CEO David T Lougee

 

Belo is another affiliate TV station company.

If you want to control the MSM you need to control:

Newspapers

MSM channels (CNN, MSNBC)

Local TV afiliates

 

We have tons of proof if scripted local news.

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dJxiDkcjA

Has anyone ever looked thru these videos and connected the TV stations mentioned to their ownership structure?

Anonymous ID: 043d09 March 3, 2018, 7:49 a.m. No.539078   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Repost of >>528158

Dave T Lougee - Gannett CEO

Needs digging

 

Wait, does this connect Mockingbird to all those local stations that parrot the same script??

Look where the CEO came from!

Dave Lougee

President, Broadcasting at Gannett

Stock price: TGNA (NYSE) $12.96 +0.10 (+0.78%)

Mar 1, 4:01 PM EST - Disclaimer

Headquarters: Virginia

(((CEO: Dave Lougee)))

DIG Dave Lougee

Anonymous ID: 90c241 First Draft March 8, 2018, 6:15 a.m. No.587708   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7757

https:// firstdraftnews.org/about/

Members https:// firstdraftnews.org/community-of-practice/

CF / CGI connections https:// shorensteincenter.org/about-us/history/walter-hshorenstein/

https:// www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/leadership-dialogues