South Front
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| Formation | 2014 |
| Type | Analytical project |
| Member of | PropOrNot/List |
SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence is a public non-profit analytical project. It was launched in the summer of 2015.[1] It claims to be regulated by an independent team of volunteers and experts from 13 countries.[2] The project provides analysis of battles in conflicts, evaluation of the major world power militaries, and study of tensions between countries and nations.[1] Their focus is on international relations along with crises and use a number of media platforms with an emphasis on social networks.[1]
Contents
History
South Front was originally launched in late 2014 while the news website was added in June 2015. The stated reason for the creation of the project were to "dig out the truth on issues which are barely covered by states and the mainstream media."[1]
It is the news that has most contributed to the popularity of South Front. Initially it focused on the conflict in Ukraine. More recently the focus shifted to Syria. The detailed character of its news - with several releases a day - and its regular publication of maps explaining the development of military conflicts have made it a popular medium (ranked 17926 on Alexa in February 2017.[3]. Its content is regularly republished on sites like The Saker [4] and Global Research [5].
The analytical articles on South Front often focus on military affairs. In April 2016, South Front noted that the Russian military's creation of three new army divisions reflected a change its conventional mechanized warfare doctrine.[6] In July 2016, South Front made a detailed analysis on the Chinese Navy capabilities in a hypothetical South China Sea conflict with the United States.[7]
Funding
The stated objective of the project is to be an independent news source without any government or corporate support.[8][9] It is supported by crowdfunding and individual donations.
Fake news controversy
On 24 nov 2016 the Washington Post published an article [10] on Russian propaganda in which it linked to a list that included Southfront as a site spreading Russian propaganda. After being criticized on this it retracted and took some distance from the source of this list, PropOrNot. [11]. The Washington Post describes PropOrNot as 'a group that insists on public anonymity'.
Deletion from Wikipedia
The Wikipedia South Front page was proposed fro deletion as at 28 February 2017. Discussion here
A document sourced from South Front
| Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Another Version Attempting To Explain Trip Of GRU Agents Petrov And Boshirov To Salisbury.pdf | article | Skripal Affair/Boshirov and Petrov in the UK | 20 September 2018 | Andrei Grachev | Originally written by Andrei Grachev on his Facebook page. The post was deleted by Facebook because it allegedly violated its rules. |
References
- ↑ a b c d "About South Front". South Front. Retrieved 27 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Open letter on the situation with SouthFront's PayPal account". South Front. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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- ↑ "SouthFront is launching crowdfunding campaign on Patreon". South Front. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Craig Timberg (24 Nov 2016). "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "An Initial Set of Sites That Reliably Echo Russian Propaganda". PropOrNot. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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