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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOlga Lautman: Note to media. There was never a civil war in Syria just a butcher sociopathic regime
Olga Lautman
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Note to media. There was never a civil war in Syria just a butcher sociopathic regime propped up by Russia and Iran that massacred hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
Just like there were never separatists in temp Russian occupied Crimea and Donbas just Russian mercenaries, intel, and military units
Olga Lautman
@olgalautman.bsky.social
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Russia disseminates mass disinfo to confuse people so they lose interest. This is what happened in Syria & Russias 2014 invasion in Ukraine. Its maddening hearing this baselessly repeated. Until last year U.S. media was using maps of occupied territories in Ukraine with the imaginary separatists 🤦🏼♀️
Olga Lautman
@olgalautman.bsky.social
Russia also disseminates propaganda and disinformation on imaginary separatists and civil wars because if the international community is convinced its an internal conflict they are hesitant to get involved. Media must do better not to continually launder this propaganda
December 8, 2024 at 6:55 PM
@olgalautman.bsky.social
19m
Note to media. There was never a civil war in Syria just a butcher sociopathic regime propped up by Russia and Iran that massacred hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
Just like there were never separatists in temp Russian occupied Crimea and Donbas just Russian mercenaries, intel, and military units
Olga Lautman
@olgalautman.bsky.social
18m
Russia disseminates mass disinfo to confuse people so they lose interest. This is what happened in Syria & Russias 2014 invasion in Ukraine. Its maddening hearing this baselessly repeated. Until last year U.S. media was using maps of occupied territories in Ukraine with the imaginary separatists 🤦🏼♀️
Olga Lautman
@olgalautman.bsky.social
Russia also disseminates propaganda and disinformation on imaginary separatists and civil wars because if the international community is convinced its an internal conflict they are hesitant to get involved. Media must do better not to continually launder this propaganda
December 8, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Olga Lautman: Note to media. There was never a civil war in Syria just a butcher sociopathic regime (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Dec 2024
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Tweedy
(1,277 posts)1. I think this disinformation is ongoing
Reports are there are traffic jams of joyful Syrians headed home after years in exile.
Simultaneously, there are reports that perhaps the free Syrian army is actually jihadist Sunni murdering thugs waiting to impose a new kaliphate.
These two reports do not square with each other.
Irish_Dem
(65,595 posts)2. Same kind of disinformation and propaganda to throw US elections.
And turn the US into a fascist country.
JI7
(91,508 posts)3. I agree there is disinformation but how about ISIS ?
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)4. She is of course correct...
Nigrum Cattus
(432 posts)5. Well put -
And we are about to be BS tested by our own Republican regime.
Remember they also want to go after certain government offices
because they keep statistics on everything. If there are no stats
then you can't know whats going on or how bad it really is.