
Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson, Jade McGlynn and Nick Newman
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The Russian State and Its Mediator
The Russian state and its medio puppets have been luring audiences down a path of radicalization for years with increasingly extreme tales. State television has flaunted the latest russian opinion research centre surveys showing that more than three quarters of russians approve of putin's actions. In this at phere, it is frightening and illegal to tell the truth. Propaganda works because of general context and individual choices, not genetic predisposition. Even with the recent censorship of social media, most russians have internet coverage and a to v pens. They could choose to believe and to spread on line the unpalatable truth about ukraine.
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