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Familiar western propaganda machine in full swing

We find it gobsmacking Putin would claim he is taking military action in Ukraine to protect Russia, but when Bush made the same claim about the invasion of Iraq, the vast majority of the U.S. population cheered him on.

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BY SCOTT TAYLOR
March 14, 2022

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 14, 2022

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These online media/advocacy influencers aren’t really like the media because they don’t provide balanced information, nor are they really like advocacy groups because they don’t seek to persuade the public. The upshot of all this is that political polarization increases, as everybody starts to see the other side as the enemy. This is not good for democracy.

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OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

These online media/advocacy influencers aren’t really like the media because they don’t provide balanced information, nor are they really like advocacy groups because they don’t seek to persuade the public. The upshot of all this is that political polarization increases, as everybody starts to see the other side as the enemy. This is not good for democracy.