The MSM is voluntary and eager to spread propaganda.
Pravda was coerced so they’d have secret codes and grudging fake praise where you could discern the truth if inclined.
I give the nod to 21st century Americans vs Russians under Pravda in terms of gullibility. The race to buy toilet paper, social distance, get in line for inoculations says it all. Not to mention accepting the APs declaration that Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election. They made the phrase, “ the masses are asses,” quite an understatement.