DISINFO: Western media suppresses all facts and opinions that differ from official narratives
SUMMARY
Western media are controlled by a Ministry of Propaganda and suppress all facts and opinions that differ from official narratives. There are no honest media in the Western world. Western journalists are prostitutes (“presstitutes”) who tell stories that serve the interests of the establishment. Western peoples are trapped inside The Matrix.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about censorship and control of the media in the West. By claiming that there is no freedom of the press and no freedom of expression in the West, this narrative seeks to discredit Western mainstream media and more importantly: Western liberal democracies.
It is not true, as the article’s claims, that in the West a kind of “Ministry of Propaganda” censors news and opinion that is unwelcome to the establishment or differs from “official narratives”. This claim does not reflect the reality of Western media, where a wide range of political opinion is represented. Media in pluralist democracies are not controlled and censored by the state, as happens in authoritarian regimes.
According to Reporters Without Borders, the nations with the most press freedom and freedom of speech are Western countries, with European nations predominating, as well as Canada and the United States.
In contrast, Russia, with authoritarian trends increasing, ranks 150th out of 180 in the press freedom rankings, where researchers say the Kremlin is determined to control the Internet and the media.
For an in-depth look at the situation of Russian state-controlled mass media, the Kremlin's policy towards independent media, censorship and Russian journalists killed in the course of their work, read here.
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