“West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality. “
Baudrillard wrote a series of essays about the first Gulf War, where he argued that the actual events of the military conflict had little to do with what was emphasized in the media presentations.
https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Gulf_War_Did_Not_Take_Place.html?id=IGswfqekMuQC&redir_esc=y
He argued that the presentation in the media of what happened, was much more consequential than the actual military events. And the consequences of the war were entirely based on the media re-interpretation.
It seemed like goofy French Academic post-modernism at the time.
But now we have the ISW openly arguing that if the West can maintain control of the media narrative, Ukraine can “win” !
Btw, For anyone who is interested, this the latest polling in GoogleNews.
https://apnews.com/article/poll-ukraine-aid-congress-b772c9736b92c0fbba477938b047da2f
See the claim in post 62 for the latest MSM talking point on support for the misadventure.