{"id":395629,"date":"2019-02-09T02:21:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T01:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-eu-going-full-orwell\/"},"modified":"2019-02-09T02:21:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T01:21:37","slug":"prison-planet-com-eu-going-full-orwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-eu-going-full-orwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb EU: Going Full Orwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Judith Bergman<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/13532\/eu-full-orwell\"><br \/>The Gatestone Institute<em><br \/><\/em><\/a>February 8, 2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The problem is that this professedly noble initiative comes from an organization that has already for several years been censoring free speech in Europe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The handbook guidelines state that journalists should \u201cTake care not to further stigmatize terms such as \u2018Muslim\u2019 or \u2018Islam\u2019 by associating them with particular acts\u2026 <em><strong>Don\u2019t allow extremists\u2019 claims about acting \u2018in the name of Islam\u2019 to stand unchallenged. Highlight\u2026 the diversity of Muslim communities\u2026<\/strong><\/em> where it is necessary and newsworthy to report hateful comments against Muslims, mediate the information.\u201d In other words, the guidelines ask journalists to disinform the public.<\/li>\n<li>This is the same European Commission that most recently expressed its disapproval of the withdrawal of Austria from the UN\u2019s \u201cGlobal Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.\u201d <strong>The Compact stipulates that media outlets that do not support the UN\u2019s migration agenda will not be eligible for public funding.<\/strong> How is that for \u201cfully respecting Europe\u2019s fundamental principles of <strong>freedom of expression, a free press and pluralism<\/strong>\u201c?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/3745.jpg?itok=n9l_0Mnj\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/3745.jpg?itok=n9l_0Mnj\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/3745.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/3745.jpg?itok=n9l_0Mnj 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"12ddf2bb-c90e-4427-a2a0-0e39867b3734\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The EU has launched a comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn1-eeas.fpfis.tech.ec.europa.eu\/cdn\/farfuture\/lpM1X9RnuE28GrR78F7yFA0HtKjii4TzKMvXoSg5Bn0\/mtime:1544008849\/sites\/eeas\/files\/action_plan_against_disinformation.pdf\">Action Plan against Disinformation<\/a>.<\/strong> Its purpose,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-18-6647_en.htm\">according to a recent press release<\/a>\u00a0from the European Commission, is apparently to<strong><em> \u201cprotect its democratic systems and public debates<\/em><\/strong> and in view of the 2019 European elections as well as a number of national and local elections that will be held in Member States by 2020\u2033.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2018, leaders of EU member states had met in the European Council and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2018\/06\/29\/20180628-euco-conclusions-final\/\">invited<\/a>\u00a0the European Commission<strong><em> \u201cto present\u2026 an action plan by December 2018 with specific proposals for a coordinated EU response to the challenge of disinformation\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/strong>It is this action plan that the Commission\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-18-6647_en.htm\">presented<\/a>\u00a0to the public on December 5.<\/p>\n<p>The Action Plan\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-18-6647_en.htm\">focuses on four&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/eu-going-full-orwell.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judith BergmanThe Gatestone InstituteFebruary 8, 2019 The problem is that this professedly noble initiative comes from an organization that has already for several years been censoring free speech in Europe. The handbook guidelines state that journalists should \u201cTake care not to further stigmatize terms such as \u2018Muslim\u2019 or \u2018Islam\u2019 by associating them with particular acts\u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}