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To: Quila
I used to listen to Radio Moscow on shortwave in the mid-80s, and it's hilarious how much it is really self-serving propaganda with almost no truth content.

And the contrast with NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, AOLTIMEWARNER is ... ???

171 posted on 02/17/2002 6:10:52 AM PST by bimbo
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To: bimbo
And the contrast with NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, AOLTIMEWARNER is ... ???

You've seen nothing. Constant "record wheat harvest" reports when we know we're shipping massive amounts to keep them from starving and other stuff like that. The negative comments about the West and our societies were funny. Perhaps the best was during the '84 election where Radio Moscow was almost one huge Mondale commercial -- the last thing they wanted was Reagan to stay in office.

You just don't know how far totalitarian countries go to keep their people misinformed, the "slanted news" we have is a poor attempt at best. I have a friend who has an East German map of East Berlin and the surrounding area from the Cold War era. West Berlin is on the map as one big green park. You could see West Berlin over the wall, but the map says it's not there -- and you'd better not say otherwise.

172 posted on 02/17/2002 12:54:29 PM PST by Quila
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