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The kind of state propaganda you are talking about is a completely different thing. Russia is explicitly paying for trolls, hackers, and bot farms to muck arou
by legitster 3y ago
The kind of state propaganda you are talking about is a completely different thing.
Russia is explicitly paying for trolls, hackers, and bot farms to muck around in other countries with the explicit intent of advancing their geopolitical agenda and sowing confusion in countries that could respond.
Their ability is control news narratives is a different topic (although you also seem incredibly naïve as towards Putin's control over media within Russia).
- ebanez 3y ago[flagged]
- legitster 3y ago> OK, so in the US you've got Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch controlling all the media Neither of these people have any stake in AP, Reuters, NYTimes, BBC, NPR, WSJ, or any of the other hundreds of independent news organizations. Furthermore, neither are heads of state. The equivalency you are trying to make is bonkers.