• AmberPrince@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You are still drawing an equivalence between availability of information in America compared to Russia, implying they are equal. They are not and what you are doing is disingenuous.

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      1 year ago

      How many Western journalists are on the ground in Ukraine right now?

      Ukraine has a very strong incentive to distribute misinformation… War morale and public support is essential to Ukraine’s defence.

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        1 year ago

        You think there aren’t journalists in Ukraine? Nolan Peterson, Sarah Rainsford, Lynsey Addario. I can go on

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          1 year ago

          How many haven’t been told by their respective government office to keep morale high in their reporting?