Posted April 6
On a daily basis, I see posts circulating on Telegram by 'The People's Voice' which is Sean Adl-Tabatabai's latest rebranding of his fake news site. Many seem to have fallen foul of his disinformation not realising the baggage that comes with this man. We cannot expect everyone to be familiar with the back story to this character, so I thought it might be worthwhile having a dedicated thread as a place to refer people to.
The People's Voice has been rebranded from YourNewsWire and NewsPunch and many of the articles are purportedly written by 'Baxter Dmitry'. DI has warned several times of this made up journalist and of the associated sites pushing disinformation.
DI's former webmaster Adl-Tabatabai has a long history of trolling the so-called “truth movement” and his news sites are widely known for proliferating clickbait fake news which undermines independent journalism.
TPV
Those who have followed DI's work for some time should be familiar with the original 'The People's Voice' (TPV) alternative media initiative which unfortunately descended into chaos and imploded. I didn't witness the destruction first hand but have researched the back story and have a good idea of what happened.
TPV was crowd-funded through Indigogo donations and its studio was in Wembley with some representatives also based in the US. DI was originally one of its two directors, alongside Adl-Tabatabai who was also his webmaster at that point, and it was set up as a limited company (rather than as a trust or foundation) to avoid concerns about the expression of what could be considered political opinions. DI stepped down as a director a few months after its inception in order for an Ofcom licence to be granted. Via an open day, volunteers were recruited. Presenters associated with the channel include Sonia Poulton, Richie Allen, Ken O'Keefe, Max Igan, Elissa Hawke and Mark Windows.
MrFurling's YouTube channel still has some of the old TPV videos for anyone interested.
Initially TPV operated without an Ofcom licence. But the drama really started when Sonia Poulton started questioning the finances in January 2014. It is widely reported that she was a diva and a nightmare to work with. She was reportedly due to be fired because of this but walked before she was pushed. It was after Poulton left that she started asking questions about the finances and who was and wasn't being paid. There were a series of videos at the time where she adopted martyr status and was pointing the finger at DI whilst accusing him and other male presenters, such as Richie Allen, as being misogynists and bullying her. DI responded, spats ensued and then DI backed away from TPV entirely. Poulton vowed to make a documentary about the matter - 'Unmasking the Messiah' - but I am not sure it was ever finalised or released.
TPV accounts were released but these never satisfied those with doubts over the finances. There certainly was an issue with donations going directly into Adl-Tabatabai's personal Bitcoin wallet and/or Paypal account. He then emigrated to California after his high profile gay marriage to alleged petty thief Sinclair Treadway. He has been accused of running off with the donations.
'Silva Rizla' made an extremely helpful and detailed timeline of TPV events which can still be viewed. He was one of the members of the Sanctum Zone forum which seems to have been set up by defecting DIF members who had been disappointed by the TPV debacle - in some cases, members had been banned by the DIF moderators at the time and/or by Adl-Tabatabai.
Another one of the volunteers at TPV – Ashley Calland – also commented on the Sanctum Zone forum during the TPV fall out. He claimed that Poulton had been haughty with a fellow volunteer who had PTSD. He also stated “mission accomplished Sonia” implying that he felt Poulton had a deliberate agenda to destroy TPV – by her casting aspersions around, they lost advertising and revenue making opportunities because prospective advertisers got cold feet.
For further reading, Sharon Gifford aka Mother Damnable was a volunteer at TPV and her blog is still online which includes some content about TPV. However, Gifford was pretty unhinged, had a drink problem, allegedly threatened to bottle someone and destroyed a painting of DI so I would say her word should be taken with caution. I suspect she was one of the agents engaged in order to destroy TPV by causing drama, chaos and division. She says she volunteered for TPV in order to work with Poulton before later turning on her and pretty much everyone else.
Mark Windows, who replaced Poulton, sometimes passes comment on what happened at TPV including (well founded) concerns he raised about the possibility of having Tony Farrell and Charles Seven on the channel – actions which seemingly caused Sharon Gifford to attack him due to some apparent association with Farrell and Seven. Windows asserts that TPV was deeply infiltrated with agents and set up to fail.
To round this off, Adl-Tabatabai is undoubtedly an agent in my view and was the primary cause of the destruction of TPV. I am sure others were also engaged to assist with his efforts. He continues to make a mockery of the alternative media to this day and possesses quite an imagination for inventing fake news stories and conspiracy candy sensationalism. And by rebranding this time as 'The People's Voice', he is rubbing salt into the wound. It therefore frustrates me to see his material proliferated so widely including by high profile names such as Andrew Bridgen and Right Said Fred - I suspect it is being done by design to make alternative researchers look silly and to dovetail with online safety crack downs.
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