VOA: Russian Propaganda: 'The Weaponization of Information'
When a Russian news outlet edited the U.S. ambassador into a picture of an opposition rally, the U.S. Embassy countered by editing the ambassador into a series of improbable photos — for instance, on the moon and at an ice hockey rink.
The idea was to show that the original photo was propaganda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin Ziff told a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday.
The ploy worked. “This tweet was retweeted extensively within Russia,” he said.
But Ziff went on to tell senators that responding in a similar manner to every lie or phony situation "is counterproductive, because it is reactive and you are always behind the curve.”
Update: U.S. Official: Countering Kremlin Propaganda Is Long-Term Effort (RFE)
WNU Editor: I can turn this question around and ask the same thing .... How effective is U.S. "propaganda", and how is the U.S. weaponizing information. The answer is obvious .... both the U.S. and Russia are very good at massaging their messages to their targeted audiences .... doubly so on foreign policy issues. But we are also living in a different age right now .... news and information is everywhere, and while a great deal of disinformation is being produced, the truth is out there if you have an open mind and are willing to check out other points of view. That is why in this blog I am always using multiple sources from different countries .... and my bonus is when I am reading and posting articles and news stories that are completely contradictory to each other .... especially on the many wars and conflicts that we are now engaged in.
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More and more people I know are checking RT out as opposed to the MSM.
Russian news media is lousy when covering stories on Russia .... but they are great at reporting news stories on the West. I can say the same about the West .... good at covering Russia, but lousy at covering their own country.
This blog is the go to site for information that is difficult or near impossible for me to find on my own. We owe you a debt of gratitude.
I used to listen to Soviet shortwave when I was young. It was fascinating. During the Vietnam War one thought they were listening to a another world.
I will never forget the time Radio Moscow highlighted the fact that Moscow would soon have private bathrooms for a good part of the population! Never found out if it happened.
A recent analysis of RT showed how the network is using much more sophisticated propaganda techniques than the old Soviet approach. By urging the people watching to question more, they insert a degree of uncertainty into the news reports from MSM. Since there are always disagreeing points of view and suspect information, then the reports from RT are just another point of view with equal validity. Subtle but very effective.
Propaganda is a real problem, everyone is doing it, I avoid MSM no TV no Radio, on line one has to be careful the big sites all have an agenda left or right, pro this anti that. What I find the slant of a site will usually begin to emerge no matter how stealthy over time. Some sites like Yahoo CA right now is promoting Trudeau like hes the second coming it's very in you face and laughable but works at some level.
For me the best way to beat the propaganda is to read as many sites as possible from all over the world and you get an some idea what is going on but never the whole.
Well here's one side of the discussion:
http://20committee.com/2015/11/05/obama-fails-to-fight-putins-propaganda-machine/
thankyou for the link James. I will be using it this weekend.
I love rt and fort russ
A friend of mine who worked in the Caribbean many years ago told me that if you want to know what is going on in any Caribbean country read the newspapers from the other Caribbean countries. The countries down there never print bad news about themselves or they might harm their tourist business.
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