[Vlad0]

It's a small thing, but so telling and irritating. And it's widespread in the media. (Assuming most of the titles of Ukraine related articles are the originals, as FR rules suggest they should be)

One the one hand we have Ukraine, the nation.

And who are they fighting a war with?

PUTIN! Not another country, not an national Army even, not even really a person with a title: President Vladimir Putin, just PUTIN.

Not so subtle propaganda. Good leaders have three letter abreviations:

• F.D.R
• J.F.K.
• R.F.K
• M.L.K
• A.O.C

Evil German and Russian leaders meanwhile have 5 or 6 letter names with no other honorifics or first names included:

• STALIN
• LENIN
• HITLER
• PUTIN

It's silly and childish, but that's how much of the media rolls now!

Ukraine isn't fighting one man, they are fighting a nation. The nation just re-elected it's President. (Something Ukraine can't say about Zelenskyy.) It's an absurd convention to continute to attribute the actions of one nation to a single person, while portraying the other nation as a collective entity.

[JonPreston]

interesting. Edward Bernays would approve.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Hey…FJB fits right in!