One of the accusations made to me in Twitter that I find more surprising and ridiculous is that of being victim of "Russian propaganda" or "Putin's propaganda". This accusation is a big insult to anyone's intelligence.
I live in Spain. When I turn on the TV there is not even one channel that broadcasts anything similar to "Russian propaganda"; quite the opposite, the only version given is that of the the EU, the US and NATO. When I turn on the radio, there is no "Russian propaganda" to be found anywhere; as in the tv, everywhere there is only the Western version. Exactly the same can be said about printed newspapers and magazines. But not only that, whenever you enter the internet, the headlines that services like Twitter, Google, Microsoft, etc. suggest me are those from big Spanish and International news corporations. Everything a Spanish citizen receives is EU/US/NATO propaganda. And I am quite sure that exactly the same happens in every Western country.
To receive "Russian propaganda" you have to look for it. A Spanish citizen will never come in contact with RT (Russia Today - the most popular "Russian propaganda" news service), or any other pro-Russian site, if they do not actively look for it (or a contact in a social media actively looks for it). So you simply can not be a victim of "Russian propaganda" if you live in a Western country: you can only be a victim of Western propaganda or a "rebel".
PS1: One of the recurrent moments when I get the accusation of being victim of "Russian propaganda" is when I oppose the affirmations "Russia invaded Ukraine" or "Russia occupied Crimea". But there is no influence of the "Russian propaganda" in my opinion; in fact it is the influence of Western propaganda. The Western propaganda that recurringly showed maps of the Ukrainian election results to show "how unfair was for half of the Ukrainians that Yakunovych was president". And I thought, why is this unfair, and not the opposite situation? And when Yanukovych was removed from the Presidency, I thought how can this be fair for the half of the Ukrainians that voted for him? And I foud it logical that the regions of Ukraine that had majorily voted for him, wanted to leave a country where their democratic vote could be washed away by a revolution by the other half who have voted for the other option. More essentially, my option is based on the maps of the elections that the Western media published over the years, until Yanukovych was removed.
PS2: If you want to know my theory about why people look for it, for "Russian propaganda", as well as for any alternative source of information (zerohedge, infowars, etc.), is that people do not trust anymore Western media, because you feel they are not telling the truth, or not telling the entire truth, and they want to see another point of view.
I live in Spain. When I turn on the TV there is not even one channel that broadcasts anything similar to "Russian propaganda"; quite the opposite, the only version given is that of the the EU, the US and NATO. When I turn on the radio, there is no "Russian propaganda" to be found anywhere; as in the tv, everywhere there is only the Western version. Exactly the same can be said about printed newspapers and magazines. But not only that, whenever you enter the internet, the headlines that services like Twitter, Google, Microsoft, etc. suggest me are those from big Spanish and International news corporations. Everything a Spanish citizen receives is EU/US/NATO propaganda. And I am quite sure that exactly the same happens in every Western country.
To receive "Russian propaganda" you have to look for it. A Spanish citizen will never come in contact with RT (Russia Today - the most popular "Russian propaganda" news service), or any other pro-Russian site, if they do not actively look for it (or a contact in a social media actively looks for it). So you simply can not be a victim of "Russian propaganda" if you live in a Western country: you can only be a victim of Western propaganda or a "rebel".
PS1: One of the recurrent moments when I get the accusation of being victim of "Russian propaganda" is when I oppose the affirmations "Russia invaded Ukraine" or "Russia occupied Crimea". But there is no influence of the "Russian propaganda" in my opinion; in fact it is the influence of Western propaganda. The Western propaganda that recurringly showed maps of the Ukrainian election results to show "how unfair was for half of the Ukrainians that Yakunovych was president". And I thought, why is this unfair, and not the opposite situation? And when Yanukovych was removed from the Presidency, I thought how can this be fair for the half of the Ukrainians that voted for him? And I foud it logical that the regions of Ukraine that had majorily voted for him, wanted to leave a country where their democratic vote could be washed away by a revolution by the other half who have voted for the other option. More essentially, my option is based on the maps of the elections that the Western media published over the years, until Yanukovych was removed.
PS2: If you want to know my theory about why people look for it, for "Russian propaganda", as well as for any alternative source of information (zerohedge, infowars, etc.), is that people do not trust anymore Western media, because you feel they are not telling the truth, or not telling the entire truth, and they want to see another point of view.
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