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France deploys 'fake news' against the Gilets Jaunes – and fails
With barbaric levels of police brutality failing to quell the rebellion, Macron's neoliberal government have resorted to preposterous smears, reports PAUL CUDENEC
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AFTER 25 weeks of vitriolic smears and propaganda thrown their way by the French state and corporate media, the Gilets Jaunes have had to grow a thick yellow skin.
But the latest attempt to demonise their movement involved a lie so grotesque that even the most battle-hardened campaigners were shocked.
It all involved a hospital, a familiar environment for the many thousands of Yellow Vests injured by police tear gas, grenades and batons since the start of the uprising in November last year.
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