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Atlantic Council Explains Why We Need To Be Propagandized For Our Own\u00a0Good<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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I sometimes try to get establishment loyalists to explain to me exactly why we\u2019re all meant to be terrified of this \u201cRussian propaganda\u201d thing they keep carrying on about. What is the threat, specifically? That it makes the public less willing to go to war with Russia and its allies? That it makes us less trusting of lying, torturing, coup-staging intelligence agencies? Does accidentally catching a glimpse of that green RT logo turn you to stone like Medusa, or melt your face like in Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it makes us lose trust in our institutions,\u201d is the most common reply.<\/p>\n

Okay. So? Where\u2019s the threat there? We know for a fact that we\u2019ve been lied to by those institutions. Iraq isn\u2019t just something we imagined. We should be skeptical of claims made by western governments, intelligence agencies and mass media. How specifically<\/em> is that skepticism dangerous?<\/p>\n

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The establishment is weaponizing hysteria over "Russiagate" and "fake news" to attack Black Lives Matter activists, anti-war voices, water protectors & other real progressives… & justifying it with the Orwellian lie they're "fighting propaganda". #WorldPressFreedomDay<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xWi14nmS3a<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dr. Jill Stein\ud83c\udf3b (@DrJillStein) May 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n