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> It is a form of ideological cope to pretend that RT or CGTN has significantly more misinformation/propaganda than NYT or BBC Really? There's a lot of reasons

by dash2 3y ago

> It is a form of ideological cope to pretend that RT or CGTN has significantly more misinformation/propaganda than NYT or BBC Really? There's a lot of reasons to expect it to be true. The NYT and BBC, while imperfect, have guard rails like independent trustees and a commitment to impartiality. RT is a dictator's tool, populated by his flunkies. Most people would think RT's news quality is significantly worse.

mopsi 3y ago
This is what you are led to believe if you consume RT. One of the cornerstones of RT's propaganda is cynicism paired with moral relativism; the idea that everyone is the same, that all governments and peoples of the world are the same dirty pigs as Russians, which in turn means that Russians do nothing wrong when they invade a foreign country to torture children, rape women, murder innocents. But that's not true. Despite all of their faults, NYT and Fox News are not under direct editorial control of the White House, whereas the RT (and all other media in Russia) is directly run from the Kremlin. Every morning starts with a meeting where the editorial boards receive latest talking points from the Kremlin, and their freedom is only to choose how they phrase them, if even that. RT is a government-run project to warp perceptions; NYT and Fox aren't. And public broadcasters like PBS or DR in Europe aren't even affected by ownership and financial factors, like one could blame the corporate media.
- LargoLasskhyfv 3y ago
  > or DW in Europe aren't even affected by ownership and financial factors Wrong. Sometimes so biased that they are fully flat. Got caught over and over again. Including things comparable to > Every morning starts with a meeting where the editorial boards receive latest talking points from the Kremlin, and their freedom is only to choose how they phrase them, if even that. Though more indidrectly and subtle, but at the end of the day it amounts to the same shit, just (implemented) different.
- pphysch 3y ago
  > One of the cornerstones of RT's propaganda is cynicism paired with moral relativism; the idea that everyone is the same, that all governments and peoples of the world are the same dirty pigs as Russians Wow. Western Liberalism & IR Realism are now Russian conspiracies. I don't know what to say except this is essentially NSDAP rhetoric.

by dash2 3y ago

mopsi 3y ago

This is what you are led to believe if you consume RT. One of the cornerstones of RT's propaganda is cynicism paired with moral relativism; the idea that everyone is the same, that all governments and peoples of the world are the same dirty pigs as Russians, which in turn means that Russians do nothing wrong when they invade a foreign country to torture children, rape women, murder innocents. But that's not true. Despite all of their faults, NYT and Fox News are not under direct editorial control of the White House, whereas the RT (and all other media in Russia) is directly run from the Kremlin. Every morning starts with a meeting where the editorial boards receive latest talking points from the Kremlin, and their freedom is only to choose how they phrase them, if even that. RT is a government-run project to warp perceptions; NYT and Fox aren't. And public broadcasters like PBS or DR in Europe aren't even affected by ownership and financial factors, like one could blame the corporate media.

LargoLasskhyfv 3y ago
> or DW in Europe aren't even affected by ownership and financial factors Wrong. Sometimes so biased that they are fully flat. Got caught over and over again. Including things comparable to > Every morning starts with a meeting where the editorial boards receive latest talking points from the Kremlin, and their freedom is only to choose how they phrase them, if even that. Though more indidrectly and subtle, but at the end of the day it amounts to the same shit, just (implemented) different.
pphysch 3y ago
> One of the cornerstones of RT's propaganda is cynicism paired with moral relativism; the idea that everyone is the same, that all governments and peoples of the world are the same dirty pigs as Russians Wow. Western Liberalism & IR Realism are now Russian conspiracies. I don't know what to say except this is essentially NSDAP rhetoric.