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by red_trumpet 556 days ago
> Russians living in Empire of Evil can see all internet including US and EU news.

That's just not true, e.g. Russia also blocked the German propaganda channel dw.com (Deutsche Welle).
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ulfw 556 days ago
Ah yes calling DW a propaganda channel.

We found the Russian state actor account here.

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red_trumpet 556 days ago
DW is literally the only German state owned media, financed directly by tax money. And they don't even have a German broadcast anymore.

Compare this to the other German public broadcasting (ARD and ZDF), who are financed by their own (obligatory) dues ("Rundfunkbeitrag"), which is set by politics, but cannot be easily taken away from them.

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immibis 556 days ago
Here's a litmus test for German propaganda channels:

What does it say about Palestine?

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