DISINFO: Out of 3000 articles published by SouthFront, only 3 contain disinformation
SUMMARY
Let’s take a closer look at accusations against SouthFront put forward by Euvsdisinfo, a propaganda unit of the EU East Stratcom Task Force. Since the start of 2020, SouthFront has released about 3,000 articles. Pro-NATO propagandists found a grand total of 3 (0.001% of the total) that they can use to back up their claim that SouthFront supposedly promotes some disinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESPONSE
EUvsDisinfo has no affiliation to any NATO structures. EUvsDisinfo is produced by the European External Actions Service and tasked with detecting, documenting and debunking pro-Kremlin disinformation. In 2020, until mid-May, South Front is the source of 35 cases of disinformation. On some occasions, several cases have been detected in one and the same article - examples here and here. The disinformation has been published in more than 20 articles, of those, 17 have been devoted to the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, the South Front team will get a двойка (F) for maths. 3 out of 3000 is not “0.001 per cent”, but rather 0,1 per cent. More about our mandate and working methods here. SouthFront's connections to Russia are well documented and detailed here.