Russia-Gate Was All the Rage Across US Media – Where Did it Go and Why?21st Century Wire says Russia-gate was pushed by US media outlets everywhere   only to disappear after the highly questionable chemical attack in the Idlib province of Syria. The fact is, the media drums over the Trump-Russia story soon fell silent after a US military strike was ordered on the Syrian government s Shayrat Air Base and a Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) was dropped on Afghanistan.The US media had been floating the  blame Russia  meme for months, and even more conveniently during this past 2016 US presidential election cycle, before morphing into the dodgy dossier that included unverified Trump-Russia claims. Now after two neocon approved US military missile strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, the heavily propagandized and unproven Trump-Russian narrative vanished from headline news as soon as war theater increased in the Middle East.More on the story from Consortium News below Consortium News Exclusive: For five months, there was a daily drumbeat on Russia-gate, the sprawling conspiracy theory that Russia had somehow put Donald Trump in the White House, but suddenly the  scandal  disappeared, notes Robert Parry.By Robert ParryDemocrats, liberals and some progressives might be feeling a little perplexed over what has happened to Russia-gate, the story that pounded Donald Trump every day since his election last November   until April 4, that is.On April 4, Trump fully capitulated to the neoconservative bash-Russia narrative amid dubious claims about a chemical attack in Syria. On April 6, Trump fired off 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase; he also restored the neocon demand for  regime change  in Syria; and he alleged that Russia was possibly complicit in the supposed chemical attack.Since Trump took those actions   in accordance with the neocon desires for more  regime change  in the Middle East and a costly New Cold War with Russia   Russia-gate has almost vanished from the news.I did find a little story in the lower right-hand corner of page A12 of Saturday s New York Times about a still-eager Democratic congressman, Mike Quigley of Illinois, who spent a couple of days in Cyprus which attracted his interest because it is a known site for Russian money-laundering, but he seemed to leave more baffled than when he arrived. The more I learn, the more complex, layered and textured I see the Russia issue is   and that reinforces the need for professional full-time investigators,  Quigley said, suggesting that the investigation s failure to strike oil is not that the holes are dry but that he needs better drill bits.Yet, given all the hype and hullabaloo over Russia-gate, the folks who were led to believe that the vague and amorphous allegations were  bigger than Watergate  might now be feeling a little used. It appears they may have been sucked into a conspiracy frenzy in which the Establishment exploited their enthusiasm over the  scandal  in a clever maneuver to bludgeon an out-of-step new President back into line.If that s indeed the case, perhaps the most significant success of the Russia-gate ploy was the ouster of Trump s original National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was seen as a key proponent of a New D tente with Russia, and his replacement by General H.R. McMaster, a prot g  of neocon favorite, retired Gen. David Petraeus.Consortium News continues here READ MORE TRUMP NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire Trump FilesSUPPORT OUR WORK BY SUBSCRIBING & BECOMING A MEMBER @21WIRE.TVMiddle-east
was all rage across us media where did go why century wire says pushed us media outlets everywhere disappear highly questionable chemical attack dlib province syria the fact media drums story soon fell silent us military strike ordered syrian government bharat air base massive ordnance air blast bomb mob dropped us media floating blame russia meme months even conveniently past us presidential election cycle morphine dodgy dossier included unverified claims now two noon approved us military missile strikes syria afghanistan heavily propagandized unproven narrative vanished headline news soon war theater increased middle story consortium news consortium news exclusive for five months daily drumbeat sprawling conspiracy theory russia somehow put donald trump white house suddenly scandal disappeared notes robert robert parrydemocrats liberals progressive might feeling little perplexed happened story pounded donald trump every day since election last november april april trump fully capitulated neoconservative narrative amid dubious claims chemical attack syria on april trump fired tomahawk missiles syrian airbase also restored noon demand regime change syria alleged russia possibly complicity supposed chemical trump took actions accordance noon desires regime change middle east costly new cold war russia almost vanished find little story lower corner page saturday new york times democratic congressman mike quigley illinois spent couple days cyprus attracted interest known site russian seemed leave baffled arrived the i learn complex layered textured i see russia issue reinforces need professional investigators quigley said suggesting investigation failure strike oil holes dry needs better drill given hype hullabaloo folks led believe vague amorphous allegations bigger watergate might feeling little used it appears may sucked conspiracy frenzy establishment exploited enthusiasm scandal clever maneuver bludgeon new president back indeed case perhaps significant success ploy ouster trump original national security adviser michael flynn seen key proponent new d tenth russia replacement general master prot g noon favorite retired david news continues read more trump news at century wire trump filessupport our work by subscribing becoming a member
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Russia-Gate Was All the Rage Across US Media – Where Did it Go and Why?21st Century Wire says Russia-gate was pushed by US media outlets everywhere   only to disappear after the highly questionable chemical attack in the Idlib province of Syria. The fact is, the media drums over the Trump-Russia story soon fell silent after a US military strike was ordered on the Syrian government s Shayrat Air Base and a Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) was dropped on Afghanistan.The US media had been floating the  blame Russia  meme for months, and even more conveniently during this past 2016 US presidential election cycle, before morphing into the dodgy dossier that included unverified Trump-Russia claims. Now after two neocon approved US military missile strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, the heavily propagandized and unproven Trump-Russian narrative vanished from headline news as soon as war theater increased in the Middle East.More on the story from Consortium News below Consortium News Exclusive: For five months, there was a daily drumbeat on Russia-gate, the sprawling conspiracy theory that Russia had somehow put Donald Trump in the White House, but suddenly the  scandal  disappeared, notes Robert Parry.By Robert ParryDemocrats, liberals and some progressives might be feeling a little perplexed over what has happened to Russia-gate, the story that pounded Donald Trump every day since his election last November   until April 4, that is.On April 4, Trump fully capitulated to the neoconservative bash-Russia narrative amid dubious claims about a chemical attack in Syria. On April 6, Trump fired off 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase; he also restored the neocon demand for  regime change  in Syria; and he alleged that Russia was possibly complicit in the supposed chemical attack.Since Trump took those actions   in accordance with the neocon desires for more  regime change  in the Middle East and a costly New Cold War with Russia   Russia-gate has almost vanished from the news.I did find a little story in the lower right-hand corner of page A12 of Saturday s New York Times about a still-eager Democratic congressman, Mike Quigley of Illinois, who spent a couple of days in Cyprus which attracted his interest because it is a known site for Russian money-laundering, but he seemed to leave more baffled than when he arrived. The more I learn, the more complex, layered and textured I see the Russia issue is   and that reinforces the need for professional full-time investigators,  Quigley said, suggesting that the investigation s failure to strike oil is not that the holes are dry but that he needs better drill bits.Yet, given all the hype and hullabaloo over Russia-gate, the folks who were led to believe that the vague and amorphous allegations were  bigger than Watergate  might now be feeling a little used. It appears they may have been sucked into a conspiracy frenzy in which the Establishment exploited their enthusiasm over the  scandal  in a clever maneuver to bludgeon an out-of-step new President back into line.If that s indeed the case, perhaps the most significant success of the Russia-gate ploy was the ouster of Trump s original National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was seen as a key proponent of a New D tente with Russia, and his replacement by General H.R. McMaster, a prot g  of neocon favorite, retired Gen. David Petraeus.Consortium News continues here READ MORE TRUMP NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire Trump FilesSUPPORT OUR WORK BY SUBSCRIBING & BECOMING A MEMBER @21WIRE.TVMiddle-east
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: was all rage across us media where did go why century wire says pushed us media outlets everywhere disappear highly questionable chemical attack dlib province syria the fact media drums story soon fell silent us military strike ordered syrian government bharat air base massive ordnance air blast bomb mob dropped us media floating blame russia meme months even conveniently past us presidential election cycle morphine dodgy dossier included unverified claims now two noon approved us military missile strikes syria afghanistan heavily propagandized unproven narrative vanished headline news soon war theater increased middle story consortium news consortium news exclusive for five months daily drumbeat sprawling conspiracy theory russia somehow put donald trump white house suddenly scandal disappeared notes robert robert parrydemocrats liberals progressive might feeling little perplexed happened story pounded donald trump every day since election last november april april trump fully capitulated neoconservative narrative amid dubious claims chemical attack syria on april trump fired tomahawk missiles syrian airbase also restored noon demand regime change syria alleged russia possibly complicity supposed chemical trump took actions accordance noon desires regime change middle east costly new cold war russia almost vanished find little story lower corner page saturday new york times democratic congressman mike quigley illinois spent couple days cyprus attracted interest known site russian seemed leave baffled arrived the i learn complex layered textured i see russia issue reinforces need professional investigators quigley said suggesting investigation failure strike oil holes dry needs better drill given hype hullabaloo folks led believe vague amorphous allegations bigger watergate might feeling little used it appears may sucked conspiracy frenzy establishment exploited enthusiasm scandal clever maneuver bludgeon new president back indeed case perhaps significant success ploy ouster trump original national security adviser michael flynn seen key proponent new d tenth russia replacement general master prot g noon favorite retired david news continues read more trump news at century wire trump filessupport our work by subscribing becoming a member