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I take issue with the standard of repeating Russian funded organizations talking points as being labeled as propaganda. If that's the case, then aren't America
by andrewclunn 10y ago
I take issue with the standard of repeating Russian funded organizations talking points as being labeled as propaganda. If that's the case, then aren't American news outlets that push US government talking points also propaganda? Why only blacklist one?
- skrowl 10y agoBecause this is the "bad" kind of propaganda. CNN telling the public that it's illegal for them to go to wikileaks or that globalism is just a conspiracy theory is the "good" kind. Don't worry if you're confused, your TV will tell you which is which. You know, just like state TV in North Korea or Cuba does. The idea is to be more like them, right? At least that's what I'm seeing here.
- panarky 10y agoBe careful with false equivalence. US media has many serious faults, but it is not state-controlled as it is in Russia, China and North Korea. They are not the same.
- hackuser 10y agoHey, that's an approach right out of the Washington Post article. Thanks for providing an example!: “They don’t try to win the argument,” said [former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael A.] McFaul, now director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. “It’s to make everything seem relative. It’s kind of an appeal to cynicism.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-prop... What you describe isn't something that happens. The U.S. government doesn't control American news outlets. If it did, I imagine that Trump would have received a lot less coverage and Obama quite a bit less criticism!