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It is all a ruse!
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This is what happens, when you change your mind, halfway through.
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Putin has a whole bag of rhetorical tricks to evade and deflect critical inquiries, using loyalist media asking softball questions to appear an omniscient and wise ruler.
Putin’s office has become expert at manipulating the agenda. Bits of trivial information are spoonfed to reporters through “informed sources familiar with the matter” – and even critical outlets end up promoting the Kremlin’s line by reporting what is essentially non-news.
There are, of course, many lessons to be learned and many parallels to draw with the current fraught relationship between Donald Trump and the US media.
But it’s important to keep in mind that Putin has amassed far more power than Trump can possibly hope to during his time in power. However, one thing is clear: both in the US and in Russia, the media are often distracted with outrage over absurd behaviour and nonsensical public statements while ignoring what those in power want to be ignored.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/putin-russia-media-state-government-control
Putin’s office has become expert at manipulating the agenda. Bits of trivial information are spoonfed to reporters through “informed sources familiar with the matter” – and even critical outlets end up promoting the Kremlin’s line by reporting what is essentially non-news.
There are, of course, many lessons to be learned and many parallels to draw with the current fraught relationship between Donald Trump and the US media.
But it’s important to keep in mind that Putin has amassed far more power than Trump can possibly hope to during his time in power. However, one thing is clear: both in the US and in Russia, the media are often distracted with outrage over absurd behaviour and nonsensical public statements while ignoring what those in power want to be ignored.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/putin-russia-media-state-government-control
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