I read some time ago that Angela Merkel was worried about anti-EU Russian propaganda. She blamed this propaganda for the rise of AfD in Germany. (1)
I think this tells us a lot about Merkel's perception of reality.
(We talked some time ago about the stupidity of blaming Russian propaganda for the critical opinion of Western country citizens.)
The article said that Merkel wanted to counterbalance this propaganda.
"East StratCom Task Force" must be this answer. The official website defines it as "The task force has been set up following the European Council in March 2015, which tasked the High Representative to submit, in cooperation with EU institutions and Member States, an action plan on strategic communication in order to address Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns".
But of course, for all these mediocre politicians and bureaucrats that fill the EU it is easier to blame Russian propaganda than to analyze what it is really going on in the EU.
So they thought that they would create a Twitter account and make their own propaganda to show us how Russian propaganda is the source of all negative news about the EU.
I will not spend time analyzing each tweet this account had published, but I will need just one to show the level of stupidity involved here:
Let me just drop some ideas about this tweet:
- First the geographical factor. The author of the tweet maybe is not aware that Russia has borders with the EU. China doesn't. And guess what? There's an ocean between the US and the EU!
- It would be really interesting to see how often the EU is in the US news. I bet it is much more often than the opposite (US in the EU). I bet the proportion is quite outstanding. So according to the author of this tweet, this would mean that in the EU there must be a propaganda campaign against the US.
- So Rusians have a negative point of view of the EU because of, again according to the tweet, propaganda. Then, what do we have in the EU about Russia? Has any of you head anything positive about Russia in the news in the, let's say, last 10 years? Again, according to the tweet's reasoning, we must be victims of fierce anti-Russian propaganda. Well, this is the only thing the tweet got right, in fact.
(1) About Merkel's obsessions on this subject, one tweet says: "Chancellor #Merkel recognises the presence of disinformation from Russia in Germany." Well, it would be funny if Merkel didn't "recognize the presence" of what she blames the source of her problems:
PS: Here, the Stratcom twitter account recommending an article from a pro-NATO organization...
I loved the comment by one user:
I think this tells us a lot about Merkel's perception of reality.
(We talked some time ago about the stupidity of blaming Russian propaganda for the critical opinion of Western country citizens.)
The article said that Merkel wanted to counterbalance this propaganda.
"East StratCom Task Force" must be this answer. The official website defines it as "The task force has been set up following the European Council in March 2015, which tasked the High Representative to submit, in cooperation with EU institutions and Member States, an action plan on strategic communication in order to address Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns".
But of course, for all these mediocre politicians and bureaucrats that fill the EU it is easier to blame Russian propaganda than to analyze what it is really going on in the EU.
So they thought that they would create a Twitter account and make their own propaganda to show us how Russian propaganda is the source of all negative news about the EU.
I will not spend time analyzing each tweet this account had published, but I will need just one to show the level of stupidity involved here:
Figures leave no doubt that pro-Kremlin disinformation gives EU a bad name in Russia pic.twitter.com/ba0oTXnD6C— EU Mythbusters (@EUvsDisinfo) October 30, 2016
Let me just drop some ideas about this tweet:
- First the geographical factor. The author of the tweet maybe is not aware that Russia has borders with the EU. China doesn't. And guess what? There's an ocean between the US and the EU!
- It would be really interesting to see how often the EU is in the US news. I bet it is much more often than the opposite (US in the EU). I bet the proportion is quite outstanding. So according to the author of this tweet, this would mean that in the EU there must be a propaganda campaign against the US.
- So Rusians have a negative point of view of the EU because of, again according to the tweet, propaganda. Then, what do we have in the EU about Russia? Has any of you head anything positive about Russia in the news in the, let's say, last 10 years? Again, according to the tweet's reasoning, we must be victims of fierce anti-Russian propaganda. Well, this is the only thing the tweet got right, in fact.
(1) About Merkel's obsessions on this subject, one tweet says: "Chancellor #Merkel recognises the presence of disinformation from Russia in Germany." Well, it would be funny if Merkel didn't "recognize the presence" of what she blames the source of her problems:
PS: Here, the Stratcom twitter account recommending an article from a pro-NATO organization...
Recommended #longread by @AtlanticCouncil on Kremlin's influence in Europe (focus on France, Germany & the UK): https://t.co/FoChiDCmVi pic.twitter.com/z16zbDEnkZ— EU Mythbusters (@EUvsDisinfo) 20 de novembre de 2016
I loved the comment by one user:
@EUvsDisinfo @AtlanticCouncil basically... @LBaggiani @Hayektheripper @powisle16 #StabiloGruppe pic.twitter.com/4RO3KS911M— Evidenziatore Oscuro (@TheExtremista) 20 de novembre de 2016
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