Russia's Neighbor Blocked Its Propaganda. Now People are Buying Antennas
Estonia, which shares a border with Russia, is working to combat the hold Russian state media holds over some of its population -- even after blocking many Russian media sources. CNN's Scott McLean reports.
Propaganda works coz many people WANT to believe it. Kind of dependent to get superpower feeling, like in USSR times. Understandable, but the amount of hate towards Ukraine and Ukrainians its terrible. Check also russian speaking FB groups around EU, so much propaganda supporters. Its real weapon, we should take it seriously.
People forget the Baltics were the first to break off from the Soviets, and they are EU. Just because people speak Russian, doesn't mean they are loyal to Russia, any more than Irish people are loyal to England.
It's hard for Estonians to open the eyes of older Russians living in that country. Indoctrinated people simply reject any truth, even if seeing it with their own eyes. They would always struggle to find reasons for evil committed by their 'guru'', desperately looking for excuses. They are even willingly dragging to disaster their own families. Such a sad show!
I bought a new log house in Estonia to be taken apart and shipped to France. My contact there, in his 50's, said (in English) they were not allowed to learn any language but Russian during the occupation times. The 'Good Old Days' of Russian's rule did not exist.
Stop saying that countries used to be a "part" of Soviet Union, they were invaded and kept captive of the Soviet Empire. They did not ask for it.
Excellent piece. Shows a previously unknown (to the US) side of Russia's media reach. It shows the power of language. A person who communicates to another in his mother tongue is FAR more likely to be believed. Good journalism here.
It is unbelievable to see the intelligence of most Russian people. I was working there in Moscow for the last 6 years and I thought the nice people I worked with are all sensible and quite intelligent, but boy was I wrong. Since the invasion started I have lost more than half of my Russian students due to disagreements about what is REALLY happening in Ukraine. It is unbelievable how many of them firmly believe everything Putin is telling them. It was the same all over the world with the pandemic....even if you show the hard proof and evidence from scientific testing....people still refuses to believe other than they want to.
I can only imagine what it must be like for the channels in Estonia, especially this one launched in 2015 to actually gain the trust of the Estonian people who are so hooked on Russian propaganda channels. It must be an incredibly hard balancing act, almost like the leader of a country that always has to watch what they say and always make sure they get things right as best they can otherwise they quickly lose the trust of the people. This war right now has probably the hardest information war there has ever been.
I actually did not know Estonia had that low of a population. Its one of the few times I as a Norwegian can feel like I live in a large country. But only by comparison. Considering we have issues with specialist education demands with ten times the population Estonia must really struggle with it, unless they have some kind of deal with their neighbors?
The words "truth" and "Russia", two words that do not fit together in any possible way. Unless of course we are talking about untruth and Russia, now those two words fit together like Peanut Butter and Jelly.
