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There is no such thing as 'pure propaganda'. There's only things 'our side do not agree with'. CNN is pure propaganda, too. It is extremely vulnerable to cor
by aa-jv 5y ago
There is no such thing as 'pure propaganda'.
There's only things 'our side do not agree with'.
CNN is pure propaganda, too. It is extremely vulnerable to corruption and agitprop outside the normal scope of journalistic duty. But, I think Russians actually are not afraid of tuning into CNN, like Americans are - deadly afraid, it seems - of watching even a minute of RT.
It really seems like mass hysteria, being exploited to ensure only one sides narrative is understood by the world.
- sega_sai 5y agoThere is such thing as propaganda. It's when somebody explicitly controls what you can and what you can't say (among other things). CNN may be biased, sure and I have no problem with that (as with Foxnews), but with RT I have issues with. But again I'm not sure I support the ban of RT, just on a point of principle and because those bans were already used as rationalizations to close last independent media in Russia.
- mythrwy 5y agoIt's also doesn't come across as a position of strength. More like hysterical reactionary thrashing about.
- kristiandupont 5y ago>There is no such thing as 'pure propaganda'. Why not? I find this "all opinions are equally valid"-style argument quite astonishing. And while pure censorship is bad, surely so too is the indirect style of censorship enforced by flooding the airwaves with false information to the point where people lose their belief in anything.
- aa-jv 5y agoWhat defines 'pure propaganda' - things that are 100% not what "your side" agrees "the other side thinks"? There is only propaganda. There's not such a thing as impure propaganda - unless you think there are 'worthy victims' too, hmm ... ?
- kristiandupont 5y agoAh ok, you were just being pedantic. Fair enough.