A Russian TV Insider Describes a Modern Propaganda Machine
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#2> “What they are basically trying to undermine is the idea of a reality-based conversation,” Mr. Pomerantsev said, “and to use the idea of a plurality of truths to feed disinformation, which in the end looks to trash the information space.”
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#3> “What they are basically trying to undermine is the idea of a reality-based conversation,” Mr. Pomerantsev said, “and to use the idea of a plurality of truths to feed disinformation, which in the end looks to trash the information space.”
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
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#4Gee willickers, I sure am glad nothing like that happens here in the good old US of A.
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#5Gee willickers, I sure am glad nothing like that happens here in the good old US of A.
> During Mr. Putin’s first stint in the presidency, slick techniques imported from the West helped engineer a spectacular rise in his approval ratings
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#6Gee willickers, I sure am glad nothing like that happens here in the good old US of A.
Well, with Russia's already severe lack of independent media or freedom of speech and the active repression of both, things are certainly looking a lot bleaker than anywhere in the west, including the US.
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#7Strongly related:
Adam Curtis' short documentary shown during Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe program – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcy8uLjRHPM
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#8Gee willickers, I sure am glad nothing like that happens here in the good old US of A.
Let's never forget the aggressive narrative-peddling by New York Times that brought us into war in Iraq.
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#9Funny story: In Germany there is currently a "movement" of people calling for stricter immigration control (to abbreviate an endless discussion about what they actually want), called Pegida.
During one of their demonstrations a comedy/satire show dressed up an actor as a "Russian" journalist from "Russia Today", a news caster/online magazine financed by the Russian state.
The Pegida participants were very willing to talk to him. They said that western media is all corrupt and unfree, and that Russia Today is a "welcome" and more honest alternative.
Which is so far from the truth it isn't even funny.
Re: A Russian TV Insider Describes a Modern Propaganda Machine
#10Gee willickers, I sure am glad nothing like that happens here in the good old US of A.
Well, with Russia's already severe lack of independent media or freedom of speech and the active repression of both, things are certainly looking a lot bleaker than anywhere in the west, including the US.
The problem with US propaganda (like New York Times) is the US is the far more powerful mafia boss than say Russia. (Just look at militant attacks which reach across the world, not to mention incarceration.) Furthermore, people should be concerned with their own country's criminality, not hypocritically pointing the finger at official enemies like Russia. (As this is a US-dominated forum.)