OPINION: Huntergate and Putin remind us of the danger of propaganda
It is impossible to rail about Putin’s egregious lies to his countrymen without acknowledging that in our own purportedly free nation, we have witnessed the very same tactic. This is not hyperbole, as Joe Biden might say; this is true.
You can’t blame them. They have been force-fed a bogus narrative that Putin is fending off attacks on Mother Russia from the West and delivering their brothers in Ukraine from an evil Nazi dictator. It’s an odd charge, considering that the president of that country is Jewish; but Russians do not know that.
In addition to its continued local reporting, RFE/RL has also ramped up its efforts to educate audiences about how to circumvent a censorious firewall. They are providing so-called mirror sites that can be accessed through virtual public networks, as well as instructions on how to acquire a VPN.
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