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I’m sorry but people in general aren’t critical thinkers — broadcasting false and misleading communication should be avoided since it’s extremely dangerous. See

by ptr 4y ago

I’m sorry but people in general aren’t critical thinkers — broadcasting false and misleading communication should be avoided since it’s extremely dangerous. See the storming of the Capitol Building. It’s especially dangerous when that communication is meant to undermine your country and what your country stands for.

ajsnigrutin 4y ago
- ptr 4y ago
  Relevance? Why do you feel a need to pull out such arguments when we have a complete war criminal over in the kremlin?
  - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    It's relevant, because we didn't ban western media (well, our own) back then, for spreading false propaganda (ending in many many deaths), and we're banning RT now, because it's "them" and not "us". If we hate false news/propaganda/... then ban cnn (and many other media), but we clearly want (and allow) "that kind" of propaganda, just not the russian one.
    - josephcsible 4y ago
      There's a big difference between intentionally lying and saying things that you honestly believed but turned out to be false.
      - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
        I mean honestly.... I know it's not bbc, but still: https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/may/17/evacuation-of-azovstal-plant-in-mariupol-in-pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/may/17/evacua... Look at the headline image, the title ("evacuated"), and the "feels" that they're trying to produce. And the reality? They surrendered and were taken as prisoners of war to siberia. If someone has surrendered, i want our media to report "surrendered" and if they were taken as prisoners, I want to see "prisoners" mentioned somewhere... I have no idea what they were trying to achieve with an article like this, but it sure as hell wasn't truthful reporting.
  - CamperBob2 4y ago
    Whataboutism is a longstanding Russian doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes
throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
so then why do we have this conversation at all? Russia has done nothing wrong, it's just protecting its own dumb proles from false and misleading information meant to undermine their country and what it stands for. I delight in the irony
- ptr 4y ago
  Maybe that’s what it all comes down to if you can’t reference “truth”. People can pick the side that appears to be the lesser evil.

by ptr 4y ago

ajsnigrutin 4y ago

ptr 4y ago
Relevance? Why do you feel a need to pull out such arguments when we have a complete war criminal over in the kremlin?
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  It's relevant, because we didn't ban western media (well, our own) back then, for spreading false propaganda (ending in many many deaths), and we're banning RT now, because it's "them" and not "us". If we hate false news/propaganda/... then ban cnn (and many other media), but we clearly want (and allow) "that kind" of propaganda, just not the russian one.
  - josephcsible 4y ago
    There's a big difference between intentionally lying and saying things that you honestly believed but turned out to be false.
    - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
      I mean honestly.... I know it's not bbc, but still: https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/may/17/evacuation-of-azovstal-plant-in-mariupol-in-pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/may/17/evacua... Look at the headline image, the title ("evacuated"), and the "feels" that they're trying to produce. And the reality? They surrendered and were taken as prisoners of war to siberia. If someone has surrendered, i want our media to report "surrendered" and if they were taken as prisoners, I want to see "prisoners" mentioned somewhere... I have no idea what they were trying to achieve with an article like this, but it sure as hell wasn't truthful reporting.
- CamperBob2 4y ago
  Whataboutism is a longstanding Russian doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

throwaway0x7E6 4y ago

so then why do we have this conversation at all? Russia has done nothing wrong, it's just protecting its own dumb proles from false and misleading information meant to undermine their country and what it stands for. I delight in the irony

ptr 4y ago
Maybe that’s what it all comes down to if you can’t reference “truth”. People can pick the side that appears to be the lesser evil.