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Sorcha Faal is the pseudonym of a self-described conspiracy theory author. Faal combines current news events with storytelling techniques, focusing on an anti-United States government, anti-war movement viewpoint opposing censorship in the U.S. and mass surveillance in the U.S.. Many of Faal's articles, called reports, have gained global notoriety, including in the U.S. where the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used 10 of them in a 2009 report on right-wing terrorism, and in China when the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party named one of them in its top 10 rumor/conspiracy stories for 2010.

Focus and prominence of reports[edit]

Since the establishment of its website in 2003,[1] Faal reports focus on an "enemy within" and "enemy above" viewpoint described by Jesse Walker as conspirators lurking inside the nation, indistinguishable from ordinary citizens. Large numbers of people are susceptible to conspiracy theories[2] with sixty-three percent of registered voters in the United States buying into at least one political-conspiracy theory,[3] with many believing in several,[4] and has long been a staple of American political culture[5] where numerous high-level prominent conspiracies have been undertaken and uncovered since the 1960s.[6]

Identity[edit]

Though there is no substantial or reliable confirmation as to the identity of Faal, some American mainstream sources claim that this anonymous author works in concert with Russia, while some Russian mainstream media sources claim Faal works within the American elite.

In 2008, Christopher Story, best known for his collaboration with KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn on the 1995 book The Perestroika Deception, published in his International Currency Review (Volume 34) alleged that Faal was a U.S. military intelligence operative working with an Irish source, but provided no credible evidence to support this claim.[7]

In 2011, the leading provider of polling technology for media companies (ESPN, FoxNews, ABC News, Good Morning America, Los Angeles Times, Warner Brothers Television, etc.) SodaHead.com reported that Faal was a disinformation agent for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), but provided no reliable evidence to substantiate this claim.[8]

In 2013, the American multiplatform news network The Blaze alleged an identity for Faal in an expansive article that provided no credible proof, or evidence, to support their claim.[9]

Between 2014–2016, the American urban legend website Snopes.com in debunking some Faal reports, while calling Whatdoesitmean.com a "political conspiracy site", provides non-reliable links to an alleged identity, but which cannot be verified.[10][11][12][13]

In 2015, the American magazine The Atlantic alleged in an article,[14] without offering substantial and/or credible proof, that a Faal report was part of a "state propaganda effort" with Russian press agencies regarding the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash over Egypt on October 31, 2015 that killed 224. This article says that Sputnik news agency "got the ball rolling" with their article on this crash,[15] which was followed on the same day by a Faal article[16] claiming that "British officials have made an unseemly leap to speculate on a terrorist plot in the Russian airliner crash over Sinai last weekend", which was then followed two days later by pro-Vladimir Putin pundit Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov saying on his flagship news show Vesti Nedeli on Russian state television that the United States and its allies cut a deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "not to touch the civilian aircraft of the Western Coalition".[17] This same allegation against Faal was echoed by the Washington D.C. based politically conservative news and opinion website The Daily Caller.[18]

In 2016, Russian newspaper Trud claimed that Faal was affiliated with foreign intelligence services:

Experts noted that the Sorcha Faal's website is a "flush tank", through which one of the groups of American military and political elite merges information uncomfortable for their opponents. "Of course, for the project are special services, but who exactly‍—‌to understand yet difficult: British MI6, Mossad, CIA, DIA (Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense) and the American National Security Agency, for example," said professor of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia Igor Panarin. "Of course, it is an element of information warfare, but within the American elite".[19]

In 2016, Russian channel REN TV alleged, without offering proof, that Sorcha Faal was a portal for unnamed intelligence services.[20]

Reports used by U.S. DHS[edit]

Concerns that Faal was in some way affiliated with the U.S. government were first raised in 2009 by the conservative political advocacy organization Americans for Limited Government when they posted on their website[21] a Freedom of Information Act reply from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that stated 10 Faal articles had been used by the DHS in compiling their controversial report titled Right-wing Extremism Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.[22]

Report named by China as a top 10 rumor/conspiracy story for 2010[edit]

In 2011, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party People's Daily named a Faal report about a "stargate" opening in the Gulf of Aden as one of their top 10 rumor/conspiracy stories for the year 2010.[23]

Highlighted reports[edit]

  • In 2010, Thierry Meyssan, the editor-in-chief and founder of the international non-profit organization Voltaire Network wrote an indepth article[24] revealing how a Faal article about the 2010 Haiti earthquake claiming that it was caused by a U.S. earthquake weapon made its way to being the official position of then Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and which was then reported by Iran's official news agency Press TV[25] and the American Fox News Channel.[26]
  • In 2014, Iran's "semi-official" Fars News Agency published in its entirety[27] a Faal report claiming that secret U.S. government documents obtained by Edward Snowden proved a "U.S.-Alien-Hitler" link. This story was then picked up and reported on by The Washington Post[28] and The Huffington Post[29] in the United States.
  • In 2014, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported that a Faal report[30] about a missing nuclear weapon at the United States Army installation Fort Carson (located in Colorado) had been translated into several languages, including Russian, and had spread rapidly on the Internet, but wasn't true.[31] The American politically conservative news and opinion website The Daily Caller, also, reported that this Faal report was not true.[32]
  • In 2015, Jason Colavito, the American author of The Cult of Alien Gods, wrote an extensive, and highly critical, article about Faal's depiction of Aryan race#Aryanism and stated: It is interesting that Faal reverses fringe history’s usual glorification of the Aryans by making them the product of evil rather than the exemplars of all that is good.[33]
  • In 2015, the Russian socio-political newssite Free Press [ru] in their commenting on a Faal report[34] alleging that the U.S. bombed Russian troops in Syria stated that many Russian experts believed that very informed people and some of the intelligence services were behind Faal and did not say that Faal's report was either false or incorrect.[35]
  • In 2016, a Faal report alleging that two U.S. military helicopters were shot down by Turkey over Syria was widely reported by mainstream Russia media sources including Свободная пресса‍—‌Википедия[36] and Trud[37] with the Sputnik news agency (in their German language edition) reporting that the United States Department of Defense denied this happened with Pentagon spokeswoman Michelle Baldanza stating "This is an absolute lie"[38] and Trud still commenting on it a subsequent article about Turkey.[39]
  • In 2016, a Faal report that U.S. President Barack Obama was purchasing a home in Dubai made news[40] in this most populous city in the UAE, located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, and was countered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania debunking nonprofit website FactCheck.org who stated This rumor started with an article posted on Jan 10 by a disreputable news site, WhatDoesItMean.com, under the headline, "Top U.S. Admiral Fired For Questioning Obama Purchase Of Mansion in Dubai.[41]
  • In 2016, the weekly newspapers Doncaster Free Press and The Yorkshire Post (in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England) substantially commented on a Faal report that alleged British fighter jets had been in a battle with a UFO. These newspapers denied (in virtually identical articles[42][43]) that the British government had issued a Defense Advisory Notice prohibiting their publishing the facts of this event that Faal had alleged. They did, however, admit that people across this region reported hearing massive explosions, and in a second Doncaster Free Press article[44] about this event posted a video stating that these two massive explosions were caused by sonic booms. The Daily Telegraph, also, reported that these sonic booms were caused when two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft and escort it to landing.[45] Faal's allegations about this event were, also, reported on by the British national tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror[46]== References ==

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whois whatdoesitmean.com
  2. ^ Douglas, Karen (August 10, 2010). The Hidden Impact of Conspiracy Theories: Perceived and Actual Influence of Theories Surrounding the Death of Princess Diana (Report). The Journal of Social Psychology. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Cassino, Dan (January 13, 2013). Conspiracy Theories Prosper (Report). Fairleigh Dickinson University. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Berinsky, Adam (May 22, 2012). Rumors, Truths, And Reality: A Study of Political Misinformation (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Oliver, Eric (March 5, 2014). Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of American Politics (Report). American Journal of Political Science. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Knight, Peter (2003). Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia. Google Books: ABC-Clio. p. 730. ISBN 1-57607-812-4.
  7. ^ Story, Christopher (2008). International Currency Review, Volume 34 (Report). Northwestern University. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Irish, SodaHead (February 4, 2016). "Sorcha Faal is David Booth, CIA dis-Information agent". Sodahead.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  9. ^ Klimas, Liz (August 5, 2013). "Blaze Debunk: Obama 'Regime' Rumored to Shoot Down F-16s Sent to White House in Retaliation for Emails Exposing Colin Powell's Alleged Affair". TheBlaze. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  10. ^ updated, From the archive (January 27, 2014). "Outboxing Helena". Snopes.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  11. ^ updated, From the archive (March 24, 2014). "Screen Capture". Snopes.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  12. ^ updated, From the archive (March 19, 2015). "Rapid Fire". Snopes.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  13. ^ LaCapria, Kim (January 11, 2016). "Naval Shank". Snopes.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  14. ^ Whitmore, Brian (November 10, 2015). "Egypt Plane Crash: The Russian Media Veers Into Conspiracy". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  15. ^ Cunningham, Finian (November 11, 2015). "Why British Haste on Plane Bomb Theory?". Sputnik (news agency). Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  16. ^ "Daring Raid Captures CIA "Assets" Who Downed Russian Plane In Egypt". whatdoesitmean.com. November 6, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  17. ^ Vesti (November 9, 2015). "Top Russian pundit speculates that Washington allowed ISIL to crash the passenger flight in Egypt". Meduza. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  18. ^ Bojesson, Jacob (November 12, 2015). "Russia's Got An Outrageous Conspiracy Theory To Explain Who Took Down The Egypt Flight". The Daily Caller. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  19. ^ Politics, News (February 4, 2016). ""Барбаросса" Эрдогана: МО РФ обнаружило подготовку Турции к нападению на Сирию". Trud. Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  20. ^ материалы, Секретные (February 1, 2016). "СМИ: Турция сбила два американских военных вертолета в Сирии, 12 морпехов погибли". REN TV. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  21. ^ Lockett, Vama (August 5, 2009). Re: DHS/OS/PRIV 09-502 (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  22. ^ Division, FBI (April 7, 2009). Rightwing Extremism Report (PDF) (Report). Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  23. ^ People, Science Topics (January 9, 2011). "媒体盘点2010年十大科学谣言 千年极寒欲翻案". People's Daily. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  24. ^ Meyssan, Thierry (January 26, 2010). "Haiti and the seismic weapon". Voltaire Network. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  25. ^ Americas, News (January 21, 2010). "Chavez says U.S. 'weapon' caused Haiti quake". Press TV. Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ Fox, News (January 21, 2010). "Hugo Chavez Mouthpiece Says U.S. Hit Haiti With 'Earthquake Weapon'". Fox News Channel. Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  27. ^ Tehran, (FNA) (January 12, 2010). "Snowden Documents Proving "U.S.-Alien-Hitler" Link Stun Russia". Fars News Agency Agency. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  28. ^ Fisher, Max (January 13, 2014). "Iranian news agency says the U.S. is secretly run by Nazi space aliens. Really". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  29. ^ Speigel, Lee (January 23, 2010). "Tall White Nazi Space Aliens Are Not -- We Repeat NOT -- Invading". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  30. ^ "Missing Nuke In Colorado Sparks Intense Russian Fears". whatdoesitmean.com. October 12, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  31. ^ Roeder, Tom (October 14, 2014). "Missing Fort Carson item not a nuclear weapon – despite Internet rumors". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  32. ^ Campbell, Greg (October 14, 2014). "No, Fort Carson Soldiers Didn't Lose A Nuclear Weapon". The Daily Caller. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  33. ^ Colavito, Jason (October 23, 2015). "Sorcha Faal Claims Russian Military Wants to Use Lasers to Defend Against Fallen Angels and Their Aryan Allies". Jason Colavito. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  34. ^ "US Bombs Russian Troops Who Discovered Obama's Terror Leaders In Tennessee". whatdoesitmean.com. December 7, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  35. ^ Мардасов, Антон (December 8, 2015). "США разбомбили позиции войск Асада, чтобы уничтожить "следы" эвакуации лидеров ИГИЛ?". Svpressa.ru. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  36. ^ Мардасов, Антон (January 22, 2016). "Турция в Сирии сбила морпехов США". Свободная пресса — Википедия. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  37. ^ Politics, News (February 4, 2016). ""Барбаросса" Эрдогана: МО РФ обнаружило подготовку Турции к нападению на Сирию". Trud. Retrieved February 19, 2016. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  38. ^ Military, News (February 1, 2016). "Pentagon dementiert Berichte über Abschuss seiner Hubschrauber durch Türkei". Sputnik (news agency). Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  39. ^ Фоменко, Виктория (February 17, 2016). "Обстреливать курдов сейчас и всегда: Эрдоган выдвинул ультиматум США". Trud. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  40. ^ Life, Rumors (February 11, 2016). "U.S. President Obama isn't buying villa on The Palm Jumeirah yet". Dubai Chronicle. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  41. ^ Nurik, Chloe (February 10, 2016). "Debunking Obama's Dubai Domicile". FactCheck.org. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  42. ^ Burke, Darren (May 4, 2016). "SONIC BOOM: Conspiracy website says drama was start of WW3 as UFO shot down after rising from sea". Doncaster Free Press. Doncasterfreepress.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  43. ^ Reeder, Matt (May 4, 2016). "SONIC BOOM: Conspiracy website says drama was start of WW3 as UFO shot down after rising from sea". The Yorkshire Post. Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  44. ^ Burke, Darren (May 4, 2016). "VIDEO: Sonic booms which shook Doncaster captured on camera". Doncaster Free Press. Doncasterfreepress.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  45. ^ Jamieson, Sophie (May 3, 2016). "Sonic boom from RAF Typhoon jets shakes houses in Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  46. ^ Halkon, Ruth (May 5, 2016). "Two terrifying sonic booms that shook houses 'were caused by RAF Typhoons responding to UFO'". Daily Mirror. Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

External links[edit]


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Source code after (May12, 2016):

Sorcha Faal is the pseudonym of an anonymous conspiracy theorist, whose "reports" are published on their website, whatdoesitmean.com. The site has been described by the Washington Post an "ultra-fringe conspiracy theory Web site."[1][2] According to FactCheck.org, Faal's site is "widely known as a fake news source that focuses on conspiracy theories" and contains a disclaimer that "some events depicted in certain articles on this website are fictitious."[3]

Some of Faal's articles have nonetheless received mainstream media attention, and "spread rapidly on the internet".[4] In 2010, for example, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party named a Faal report about a "stargate" opening in the Gulf of Aden as one of their top 10 rumor/conspiracy stories for the year 2010.[5] In 2015, The Atlantic described Faal's website as a "conspiracy website" which had suggested that the Central Intelligence Agency was responsible for the downing of Metrojet Flight 9268.[6]

In 2016, some local english newspapers reported on a Faal report which had alleged that British fighter jets had been in a battle with a UFO.[7][8] According to The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror, the report was inspired by sonic booms caused by two RAF Typhoon jets which were scrambled to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft and escort it to landing.[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fisher, Max (January 13, 2014). "Iranian news agency says the U.S. is secretly run by Nazi space aliens. Really". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Speigel, Lee (January 23, 2010). "Tall White Nazi Space Aliens Are Not -- We Repeat NOT -- Invading". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Nurik, Chloe (February 10, 2016). "Debunking Obama's Dubai Domicile". FactCheck.org. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Roeder, Tom (October 14, 2014). "Missing Fort Carson item not a nuclear weapon – despite Internet rumors". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ^ People, Science Topics (January 9, 2011). "媒体盘点2010年十大科学谣言 千年极寒欲翻案". People's Daily. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. ^ Whitmore, Brian (November 10, 2015). "Egypt Plane Crash: The Russian Media Veers Into Conspiracy". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  7. ^ Burke, Darren (May 4, 2016). "SONIC BOOM: Conspiracy website says drama was start of WW3 as UFO shot down after rising from sea". Doncaster Free Press. Doncasterfreepress.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Reeder, Matt (May 4, 2016). "SONIC BOOM: Conspiracy website says drama was start of WW3 as UFO shot down after rising from sea". The Yorkshire Post. Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Jamieson, Sophie (May 3, 2016). "Sonic boom from RAF Typhoon jets shakes houses in Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  10. ^ Halkon, Ruth (May 5, 2016). "Two terrifying sonic booms that shook houses 'were caused by RAF Typhoons responding to UFO'". Daily Mirror. Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2016.


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