DISINFO: Sputnik tells the truth unlike Western media
SUMMARY
Western media tell what they want and do not really tell the truth, while Sputnik and other Russian media tell it like it is.
Sputnik is amazing. They see things as they are. One cannot compare Sputnik or Russian media to Western and mainstream media because they tell the truth. They tell it as it is. They don't sugarcoat it. They don't lie.
RESPONSE
This pro-Kremlin narrative suggests that Sputnik tells the untold truth, while Western media repeats lies or distorts reality
RT, Sputnik, and a myriad other Russian state-owned or -aligned outlets have been exposed over the last decade as instruments of spreading disinformation and pro-Kremlin propaganda. For an extensive list of a wide range of studies, articles and reports relating to the spread of pro-Kremlin disinformation, see Studies and Reports section on EUvsDisinfo.
Margarita Simonyan also regularly proudly confesses that RT and Sputnik are waging hybrid war and act openly or even secretly using the partisan disinformation guerrilla strategy when needed.
Russia is not a leading country for Freedom of Press: in 2023 and 2024 it was ranked at 162 and 164 out of 180.
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