Posted on May 15, 2021
Russian Show 'Fake News' Wages Lone Battle Against The Kremlin's TV Propaganda
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Russian TV news has come a long way from the awkward, wooden newscasts of the Soviet Union. From their state-of-the-art Moscow studios, Russia's main channels — all government-run — beam out slickly produced news shows that reach tens of millions of people every day.
The overriding message is always the same: President Vladimir Putin is working tirelessly to help ordinary Russians and ward off aggression from the United States and its allies. The Kremlin's media machine tells Russians exactly what to think about everything from imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny's political movement to the latest round of U.S. sanctions.
Although Russians can tune out via dozens of entertainment and sports networks, there is almost no news alternative to government propaganda on Russian television — save for one channel, Dozhd, also known as TV Rain.
The overriding message is always the same: President Vladimir Putin is working tirelessly to help ordinary Russians and ward off aggression from the United States and its allies. The Kremlin's media machine tells Russians exactly what to think about everything from imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny's political movement to the latest round of U.S. sanctions.
Although Russians can tune out via dozens of entertainment and sports networks, there is almost no news alternative to government propaganda on Russian television — save for one channel, Dozhd, also known as TV Rain.
Russian Show 'Fake News' Wages Lone Battle Against The Kremlin's TV Propaganda
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But right now they are busy trying to shut down Radio Free Russia. I wonder what Putin fears; besides everything good???
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Does FOX have a remote station over there?
"Editor's note: The fight against disinformation has become a facet of nearly every story NPR international correspondents cover, from vaccine hesitancy to authoritarian governments spreading lies. This and other stories by correspondents around the globe focus on different tactics to combat disinformation, the impacts they've had and what other countries might learn from them."
"Editor's note: The fight against disinformation has become a facet of nearly every story NPR international correspondents cover, from vaccine hesitancy to authoritarian governments spreading lies. This and other stories by correspondents around the globe focus on different tactics to combat disinformation, the impacts they've had and what other countries might learn from them."
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LTC Eugene Chu
While you joke, here is real life example of what you refer to. OANN unsuccessfully sued MSNBC for defamation after being called "Russian propaganda". The right-wing network had to reimburse MSNBC's legal fees after losing the lawsuit
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oan-parent-herring-rachel-maddow-msnbc_n_60207161c5b6f38d06e4ab60
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oan-parent-herring-rachel-maddow-msnbc_n_60207161c5b6f38d06e4ab60
OAN Parent Co. Ordered To Pay $250,000 To Rachel Maddow, MSNBC For Failed Lawsuit
The far-right company got the bill after Maddow noted that an OAN journalist also worked for Russian state media.
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SFC Randy Hellenbrand
LOL!! I myself don't know, but I'd sure be surprised if they didn't. They are in Estonia however. But they do try to keep pushing their fascist propaganda worldwide. They really are democracy's biggest threat.
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Underneath this is I feel it is wise to understand Russia. Russia it seems to me is an ungovernable state by western standards. I think Americans should look at Putin as a necessary evil, in this land of natural resources wealth, corruption, and chaos. Without Putin things can be a lot worse. What the West needs to do is contain him, not pander to him as Trump seems to have done. I think containing him has to be the United States agenda.
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SFC Randy Hellenbrand
I disagree. I do know that Russians for some reason feel they will be invaded. Probably the amount of people they lost in WWII. However, I say one thing and I know it to be the absolute truth cause the same idiot did it in more than one country. Reagan blew because of his stupid McCarty like hate for Russia. When the USSR fell, Ronne did nothing; just like in Afghanistan. And damm, both of those countries continue to give us trouble just like his mess's in Central America, Iraq, and Iran.
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Cpl Archie H.
SFC Randy Hellenbrand - I think in a developed conversation with you; you would find out I feel much the same. What *most* Americans do not know and many refuse to accept is the USSR mainly the Russians, Ukrainians, and USSR Asian Soldiers lost more KIA in a few weeks (maybe 2 to 3 weeks) before taking Berlin, than the US has in all it wars to this date!: I say this knowing my uncle was killed in France with the 3rd ID in WW2. He is buried in Epinal. With this family loss connection and the sacrifices of many others on Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and the North African campaign it was the Russian dominated Soviet army that bloodied the German army into a sound defeat. To repeat what you said this war unlike WW 2 USA was not over there for the Russians, it was in their destroyed homes!. This is why they are who they are today. For me the problem of corruption in Russia is a residual of a new open reality in rich resource nation. Using a naval term. They are getting their sea legs.
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SFC Randy Hellenbrand
Cpl Archie H. - 101% correct. As for the massive corruption, I think it's absolutely like a iceberg; which you only see 10% of. However, Putin is just a murdering a dictator: who trump loved. My uncle's ship is still at Guadalcanal. As I see it, especially from the things Trump has said and done that CANNOT BE DENIED, the GOP acts the same way as the people who sunk his ship. It sickens me how they forget the sacrifices that have been made to keep America free from dictatorship.
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