During the 12-day war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, Western media relied heavily upon a U.S.-based “human rights organization” when it came to counting the dead from Israeli strikes, and classifying them as either civilian or military casualties. That organization, according to a disclosure published on its own website, is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, which was created by Congress and is funded annually to be an arm of American foreign policy. (NED itself is now suing the Trump administration, which is attempting to block funds Congress appropriated for the organization.)
The organization is called Human Rights Activists in Iran but is based in suburban Virginia.During the conflict, the group published civilian-to-military casualty ratios that consistently suggested impressive precision by Israeli forces, a precision called into question by emerging videos of Israeli strikes on civilian areas.
Yet Drop Site could not find a single Western news outlet that disclosed the source of funding.
On July 4, the New York Times ran on op-ed calling for new sanctions on Iran authored by Karen Kramer, whom the Times described simply as “the deputy director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.” The center is not in Iran, but rather in New York, and is also funded by the NED, a detail the Times did not disclose.
On its website, HRAI contextualizes the U.S. funding as “non-governmental” because NED is a private nonprofit organization, a legal designation that obscures the reality that it was established by and is almost exclusively funded by the U.S. government.
Be sure to read the entire piece at the link provided- Take note of the propaganda piece MR NED, Carl Gershman, wrote for the Tabletmag and understand your perception is constantly being managed.
Always keep this in mind
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”