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Doesn't the fact that it's reported in state-owned media suggest, although not prove, that it's not state driven? Why would they invite extra scrutiny to their

• z3c0 4y ago
  Not really. It's a common strategy called "controlling the narrative" and it has been in play since the early days of public relations and propaganda, largely considered to be pioneered by Ivy Lee[1]. Regardless, I only posed it being state-driven as a hypothetical anyways. But state media reporting on the matter does little-to-nothing towards disproving that hypothesis. [1]: https://pracademy.co.uk/insights/ivy-lee-and-the-origins-of-the-press-release/ https://pracademy.co.uk/insights/ivy-lee-and-the-origins-of-...