Posted on 03/16/2022 8:58:56 AM PDT by MercyFlush
On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a request: Use more Tucker Carlson.
“It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States [and] NATO, their negative role in unleashing the conflict in Ukraine, [and] the defiantly provocative behavior from the leadership of the Western countries and NATO towards the Russian Federation and towards President Putin, personally,” advises the 12-page document written in Russian. It sums up Carlson’s position: “Russia is only protecting its interests and security.” The memo includes a quote from Carlson: “And how would the US behave if such a situation developed in neighboring Mexico or Canada?”
The document—titled “For Media and Commentators (recommendations for coverage of events as of 03.03)”—was produced, according to its metadata, at a Russian government agency called the Department of Information and Telecommunications Support, which is part of the Russian security apparatus. It was provided to Mother Jones by a contributor to a national Russian media outlet who asked not to be identified. The source said memos like this one have been regularly sent by Putin’s administration to media organizations during the war. Independent media outlets in Russia have been forced to shut down since the start of the conflict.
The March 3 document opens with top-line themes the Kremlin wanted Russian media to spread: The Russian invasion is “preventing the possibility of nuclear strikes on its territory”; Ukraine has a history of nationalism (that presumably threatens Russia); the Russian military operation is proceeding as planned; Putin is protecting all Russians; the “losing” Ukrainian army is shelling residential areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia; foreign mercenaries are arriving in Ukraine; Europe “is facing more and more problems” because of its own sanctions; and there will be “danger and possible legal consequences” for those in Russia who protest the war. The document notes that it is “necessary to continue quoting” Putin. It claims that the “hysteria of the West had reached the inexplicable level” of people calling for killing dogs and cats from Russia and asks, “Today they call for the killing of animals from Russia. Tomorrow, will they call for killing people from Russia?”
A section headlined “Victory in Information War” tells Russian journalists to push these specific points: The Ukrainian military is beginning to collapse; the Kyiv government is guilty of “war crimes”; and Moscow is the target of a “massive Western anti-Russian propaganda” operation. It states that Russian media should raise questions about Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s state of mind and suggest he is not truly in charge of Ukraine. And it encourages these outlets to “broadcast messages” highlighting the law recently passed by the Russia Duma that makes it a crime to impede the war effort or disseminate what the government deems “false” information about the war, punishable for up to 15 years in prison. This portion instructs Russian journalists to emphasize that these penalties apply to anyone who promotes news about Ukrainian military victories or Russian attacks on civilian targets.
This is the section of the memo that calls on Russian media to make as much use as possible of Tucker Carlson’s broadcasts. No other Western journalist is referenced in the memo.
Mother Jones is not posting the full document to protect the source of the material. Here are photos of the memo. The first shows the opening page; the next displays the paragraph citing Carlson.
Anyone who reads Mother Jones at face value is a partisan or not very smart.
***A great number of those lefty rags have readers who are just plain incapable of seeing bias, basically are trusting these news sources as “mainstream”. They aren’t very partisan, they’re just undiscerning.
So when they run across people like us who are discerning, who don’t buy into what these partisan outlets are spouting, it shocks these unapprehending souls and they don’t know how to defend their own viewpoints — as it turns out, it wasn’t their viewpoint in the first place, it just became a position by way of osmosis.
Ok Putin Puffer you pick a story...lol. Very easy to drag your ilk out.
Tell me what part of the disclaimer “(UNCONFIRMED)” was too difficult for you to grasp?
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Gosh, such trenchant wit.
You really are ignorant. Get better propaganda. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to maintain my position that the USA has no business getting into a war in Europe. If not wanting WW3 makes me a Putin Puffer than so be it, warhawk. You signed up yet? They’re recruiting in Ukraine right now.
Nice try...sliding away from Putin are you? You make this too easy.
That wasn’t directed toward you, just showing that some are showing themselves :P
Whatever you say Mitt
LOL..exposing Putinistas is an honor..and duty.
Yup.. This is why I started skipping most Ukraine/Russia threads. All it takes is a couple of jerks that will not allow themselves to listen to reason, take a step back, and look at the BIG picture.. and go around trashing and insulting anyone who doesn’t agree 100% with them.
Hmm, where have we seen that before?..
:P
I use an entrenching tool for trenchant wit.
Did you miss our government officials stating their fear of “Russian soldiers” getting access to the contents of these labs? They admitted the existence.
Right now I need proof regardless of who says anything.
Tucker for President!! He’s the only talking head that is worth listening to. He’s actively pointing out the deep state playbook. War with Russia is the next big step in the great reset and world domination by a small weaselly group.
Better yet, what if Iran sets up bases in Syria near Israel? You would undoubtedly support whatever actions Israel took to ensure its security. You know its true, hypocrite.
There is an unprecedented propaganda effort underway, one that dwarfs even global warming and covid. They just keep upping the ante. The proponents of WWIII on this site are either very naïve and believe whatever the TV tells them or they are actively employed in trying to get this next step in the great reset underway.
“Tucker is probably saying the truth about the Labs.”
“I’m not so sure.”
In 2002 in response to 9-11 we organized “The Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction”
Ukraine was one of the 30 member countries. This included sponsoring biolabs to watch for biological attacks. People forget that 9-11 included an anthrax scare/attack that killed several postal workers from anthrax sent through the mail system. Among other things that resulted in anthrax-sniffers being installed in USPS sorting machinery.
These Uke labs received American funding. It wasn’t secret. These are at most BSL-3 labs. The Uke labs that have everyone in an uproar are surely these same labs. In America bioweapons labs and labs dealing with the most dangerous bugs are BSL-4. USAMRIID at Fort Detrick has some of them.
Early on Tucker was conflating bioweapons labs and biolabs as if they are one and the same. His guest Tulsi Gabbard was careful not to do that.
"The proponents of WWIII on this site are either very naïve and believe whatever the TV tells them or they are actively employed in trying to get this next step in the great reset underway."
Shifty Schiff has time on his hands...
Pro-West actually. Couldn’t care less about Putin or Russia except to avoid a war with a nuclear giant. Tucker is dead right. There is no need for war not to support Ukraine. That doesn’t equate to being pro-Russia. Uou realy need to read a basic primer on logic.
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