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The legal moves Chevron has made against Donziger are no laughing matter. On the other hand, their attempts to beat him down in the court of public opinion are… different.

“They had to create a fake narrative,” said Donziger. “At that point, they really crossed the line in terms of the things they started do… to lie, to deceive the public, to deceive journalists and their own employees.”

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 2y ago

In 2009, an internal memo at Chevron spoke of a “long-term” plan to “demonize” Donziger. The same year, Chevron created The Amazon Post. Skimmed in a Twitter Feed, the name is obviously designed to look like some sort of news outlet. But clicking through, you’ll see the subtitle: “Chevron’s Views on the Ecuador Lawsuit.”

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6661647-Demonize-Donziger.html

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 2y ago

For fourteen years, Chevron has played Regina George by using the Amazon Post (and its Spanish-language affiliate websites) as their Big Oil Burn Book. Their mission statement of sorts is viewable on the Wayback Machine:

The false news and misleading information [30,000 Indigenous Peasant Farmers] put out deserves to be corrected-and the public has a right to know the truth. This is Chevron’s blog to set the record straight!

https://web.archive.org/web/20100128201513/http://theamazonpost.com/