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2016-08-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories

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Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 So the NYT just figured out the Russians are good at agitprop, eh? Must have slept through the last half of the 20th century.

Posted by SteveS 2016-08-30 00:12|| 2016-08-30 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The NYT bent over for Stalin in the 1930's - Walter Duranty, anyone? The Russians have this shit down cold, and the NYT have always been willing dupes, then and now.

Posted by Raj 2016-08-30 00:25|| 2016-08-30 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, the same as the U.S. and the MSM?

Posted by JohnQC 2016-08-30 07:33|| 2016-08-30 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 What would Sun Tzu say?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-08-30 09:11|| 2016-08-30 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 So what? Is the Time jealous that someone else is using their approach to disseminating propaganda? At least the Russians don't engage in burying bad news about certain prominent Americans.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-08-30 09:15|| 2016-08-30 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The NYT just realized that the Russians have been buying off someone besides themselves.
Basically jealousy.

Posted by ed in texas 2016-08-30 20:26|| 2016-08-30 20:26|| Front Page Top

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