Fake experts praising Bangladesh gov’t in media before elections: AFP probe
Al JazeeraNews agency analyses more than 700 articles with bylines attributed to 35 names, all of which appeared for the first time online last year. “These articles primarily promote narratives that are favourable to the current Bangladesh government.” A surge of articles appeared online around September 2022, when Bangladesh’s foreign ministry issued a call for “good columnists” to counter negative “propaganda”. Among the names is Doreen Chowdhury, a seemingly industrious columnist who has written at least 60 articles praising Dhaka’s government, supporting growing ties with China, and warning that gun violence in the US is a “threat to human rights”. Articles attributed to Yamada range from praising Hasina’s “vital counsel” to blasting Washington’s “double standards towards the democracy and human rights of others by incessantly interfering in their internal affairs”. Bangladesh’s daily New Age editor Nurul Kabir said he had been sent a slew of op-ed pitches in early 2023, “mostly on topics like Bangladesh’s relations with India, China and USA”.
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