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Russia Today is propaganda. You couldnt find an article from a legitimate news organization?
by reefoctopus 8y ago
Russia Today is propaganda. You couldnt find an article from a legitimate news organization?
- King-Aaron 8y ago"Even a broken clock is right twice a day"
- sschueller 8y agoYou could also say the BBC is British propaganda. Not every article is political.
- reefoctopus 8y agoRussia is hostile to western democracies and is actively attacking them. We should shun them and anything that comes from their country - especially media.
- sschueller 8y agoWith that logic we should also shun the New York Times and the Washington Post. They both have cased huge damage to the United States and other western democracies.
- omgwtfbyobbq 8y agoIf it was for independent media, we might not have democracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Role_of_the_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Role_of_the_...
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- reefoctopus 8y agoPlease list specific examples, and I’ll explain the difference.
- sschueller 8y agoLead up to Iraq war for example. The only difference between media like RT and for example the NYT is that RT is directly controlled by the state while the NYT is played like a puppet. The blatant way RT is influenced is not acceptable in the Unites States however that does not mean the NYT and others are not used for propaganda. Just think about it from the other side. If you were at the white house or working at the CIA and you needed to push your agenda (what ever that might be). How would you influence the media? What would prevent you from having some of your agents actually work a media outlet, or even for you to pay journalists directly? Or leak via trusted sources that the media loves to use? The media has a strong fear of missing out, how can you exploit that?
- reefoctopus 8y agoRussia uses fake American social media profiles to astroturf every website with a comment box with extremist propaganda. See how that’s different than a private news organization being a little too obsequious?
- pretendscholar 8y agoNow read about the cheerleading that CNN and every other major US news outlet did in the run up to the Iraq war.
- supergirl 8y agowhat is a legitimate news organization? one that you approve of?
- reefoctopus 8y agoPretty much any news organization that doesn’t have to register as a foreign agent would be ok.
- supergirl 8y agoI don't know what that means