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There’s a radio station in Missouri broadcasting Russian government “Radio Sputnik” < programming/propaganda. > Yes, Missouri. The guy running the station receives $5,000 month for doing so. He claims that freedom of speech allows him to do so. He is registered as a foreign agent. You can read all about him in the link provided.
When I first read some of this stuff I think that surely someone is just making this up but then I investigate and sure enough it turns out to be true. It’s like learning about Trump trying to stage a coup and overthrow our government. In as little as 6 years ago that wouldn’t have been believable yet here we are.
Back to Russian Radio Sputnik
The man running the station has his conservative defenders and followers. No doubt these same conservatives are among those who vilified Jane Fonda back in the day, and now they support this fellow broadcasting Russian propaganda. All in the name of free speech. The laws concerning freedom of the press haven’t changed all that much since WWII. It would have been unthinkable then to have anyone defend Hitler and the right for Nazi propaganda to be disseminated to the American public over the radio or any means.
Since that time and subsequent conflicts freedom of speech grew in terms of what our population and culture would accept. Nazis, racists, white nationalists, communists, confederates et al have availed themselves of our freedom of the press, association, and speech. (We have an extreme minority of Nazis just like Ukraine.) Fox Pravda continues to operate with impunity as they not only disseminate Russian propaganda but generate programming that the Russian government can use as propaganda. Memo from Putin:
Good work, Comrades!
Twisted
Just to add insult to injury Putin’s supporters in this country get to portray themselves as victims because people are picking on them for exercising their right to freedom of speech. They have the right to defend the man threatening nuclear war against the world.
The real legitimate press of our nation is referred to as being the “enemy of the people” by the Trump Party. They would rather believe every bad thing about our government and all the cockamamie conspiracy theories made up about our free and fair elections so that Trump can be made < President for life. > Trump said he was joking. Then along with his Party he tried to overturn the election results of November 2020.
He obviously wasn’t joking.
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