I see a handful of news stories about the war in Ukraine every day. Several of them are completely made up propaganda stories. For some reason media in the USA lies about what's going on there. I think the government pays media outlets to run pre-fab stories. For example, a few weeks ago media were publishing made up stories about a Ukrainian ace fighter pilot who shot down Russian planes by the dozen--the story was totally fake. I think the majority of "news" about that war is similarly fake.
What's the point? It really doesn't matter what the US public thinks about the war in Ukraine. That won't change the outcome there at all. It only serves to undermine the US government and media for anyone that's actually paying attention.
There are two completely contrary narratives about Russia: one is it's totally weak and falling apart and being defeated single handedly by plucky Ukrainians and their actor and show biz led government. The other is Russia threatens everyone in the world with destruction because they're a giant, ruthless superpower. Well. Which one is it? If Russia "wins", what will all the media people say? Oops! We were "wrong" the whole time.
People in the US would be much better served by the actual truth, of course. It would help them make plans in their own life if they are somehow involved in eastern European affairs. Instead, ironically we have a soviet style government and media and a bunch of expensive lies. I assume the feds are spending millions of dollars on the propaganda.
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