Russian invasion of Ukraine

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greentricky

Propaganda is strong

And Russia’s state-run news channel on Saturday showed footage of a peaceful day in Kyiv to try to counter the videos of violence spreading on the social network Telegram.
“As you can see, the situation in the cities is calm,” the anchor said. “No explosions, no bombings, unlike what some of the Telegram channels are writing.”

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“The propaganda is working very well,” said Anastasia Nikolskaya, a Moscow sociologist. “It’s not that anyone is welcoming the war, but it is being seen as a last-ditch measure that is necessary.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/world/europe/russian-economy-ukraine-war.html

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dau in reply to @greentricky

Propaganda is strong

I was thinking about the delusion of Putin - maybe all the news he consumes also come from their own outlets? Just like with this chief guy that was trembling while talking to him and saying what Putin wanted to hear.

I always imagined even the most ruthless dictators would be quite educated and aware of how the world actually looks outside their fenced kingdom but maybe it's not the case here?

I saw RT showing a "live" video of Kiev where nothing happened and life went on as usual. I wonder what goes in their head when they see this on official outlets and all those videos of explosions and dead soldiers in all other outlets.

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lynx in reply to @dau

Feels like we are blind to propaganda. Examples of Italian Press and Berlusconi and news international.

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