Their words are purely their own and not representative of Russian policy, but that country’s foes and even friends alike have the habit of implying otherwise, with the former doing so maliciously while the latter does so innocently.
Very good piece. Escobar and his ilk cater to constituencies within the West who project their fantasies upon the Kremlin. Ultimately the Alt-Media is just a different brand of psyops marketed for those with a divergent taste in geopolitical narratives.
I fully agree, a lot of Alt-Media nowadays -- not all of it of course! -- is the same thing as Mainstream Media, just with different rhetoric and supporting a different side. Each camp also has their fair share of "false prophets" and plenty of gatekeepers too.
They're equally ridiculous in their own way, but I've always felt that Russia can and should do better than the West instead of stooping down to their cartoonishly ultra-nationalistic level of propaganda.
I cringe whenever I see stuff like this because it risks discrediting me and other normal people by association who support Russia. I'm a strong proponent of "policing" one's own, as in calling out troublesome members of one's group and disavowing what they say and do.
Very good piece. Escobar and his ilk cater to constituencies within the West who project their fantasies upon the Kremlin. Ultimately the Alt-Media is just a different brand of psyops marketed for those with a divergent taste in geopolitical narratives.
I fully agree, a lot of Alt-Media nowadays -- not all of it of course! -- is the same thing as Mainstream Media, just with different rhetoric and supporting a different side. Each camp also has their fair share of "false prophets" and plenty of gatekeepers too.
scaring people into believing propaganda
How it compares by the publication of The Telegraph?
They're equally ridiculous in their own way, but I've always felt that Russia can and should do better than the West instead of stooping down to their cartoonishly ultra-nationalistic level of propaganda.
I cringe whenever I see stuff like this because it risks discrediting me and other normal people by association who support Russia. I'm a strong proponent of "policing" one's own, as in calling out troublesome members of one's group and disavowing what they say and do.