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Chris
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Russian manipulation of western media dates back DECADES!
Dictum from the Stasi: "more competitive and polarized media outlets presented a major opportunity. 'For the man on the street it is getting harder to assess and to judge the written word. [He] is ever more helpless in the face of the monsters that are opinion factories. This is where we come in as an intelligence agency" (pg 196).
— Jun 19, 2025 04:38AM
Dictum from the Stasi: "more competitive and polarized media outlets presented a major opportunity. 'For the man on the street it is getting harder to assess and to judge the written word. [He] is ever more helpless in the face of the monsters that are opinion factories. This is where we come in as an intelligence agency" (pg 196).
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Chris
is on page 337 of 528
From the very dawn of the internet age, and even before Google and facebook etc, the Russians recognized the possibilities of the internet:
"our goal was to cause dissension and unrest inside the U.S. and anti-American feelings abroad," Tretyakov recalled. (page 333).
Well... mission accomplished (?)
— Jun 19, 2025 01:05PM
"our goal was to cause dissension and unrest inside the U.S. and anti-American feelings abroad," Tretyakov recalled. (page 333).
Well... mission accomplished (?)
Chris
is on page 120 of 528
Having an official government body to spread disinformation (fake news etc) goes back to 1923 in Russia.
"On Jan 11, 1923, a remarkable institutional innovation saw the light of day: Artuzov created an office for dezinformatsiya, or disinformation." (page 25).
— Jun 17, 2025 02:15AM
"On Jan 11, 1923, a remarkable institutional innovation saw the light of day: Artuzov created an office for dezinformatsiya, or disinformation." (page 25).
