@Darth_Algar: “Unfortunately there are millions out there who will take it as gospel.”
I mean – who cares that it’s “Russia”? And why is it so “delicious”?
Our corporate media is the very definition of propaganda. The fact that OANN aired propaganda that was produced or written by Russian propagandists rather than corporate propagandists does not affect the result.
But the whole Russiagate nonsense does produce an additional layer of bs that we all have to deal with. It was propagated to give cover to corporate media. It has also been effective at creating an “other” in a way that allows complete dismissal of any critique of media.
As I’m typing this, we’re getting a taste (“Make America Russian Again”). Not only is this explicitly reactionary – it keeps people from realizing that the call is coming from inside the house.
OANN and Fox, and CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, etc. are corporations that produce completely vile propaganda. We don’t need to stoke nationalism and a new McCarthyism to fight this shit. We don’t fight the right by becoming the right.
And regarding how this can be interpreted as fun or “delicious” – there isn’t a single OANN viewer that would find this information disconcerting or change their mind about anything. The tasty feeling one might get in celebrating this nonsense is the feeling of self-righteousness that one gets when laughing at the hypocrisy of conservatives while having brunch with friends on a Wednesday. And it sucks.
And christ – more “Trump”? He’s gone. Calling him orange over and over isn’t doing shit.