Cranking Up Putin’s Privatized Propaganda Machine
Never heard of the “Crimean Spring?” That’s probably because you haven’t been watching Russian television lately. As troops have occupied Crimea in recent weeks, Russian television has depicted President Vladimir Putin’s annexation as an awakening that saved the region from being overrun by fascists - part of a propaganda effort rivaling the machine that shaped public opinion a generation ago.
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