In those days, there was a radio station called "Radio Free Europe" that would broadcast "uncensored" news to those countries in the old "Warsaw Pact".
At the time, the two MSM platforms in Russia (USSR at the time) were Pravda and Izvestia. "Pravda" means "Truth" in Russian, and "Izvestia" means "News" in Russian. The joke among the Eastern-block dissidents I met in Germania was "There is no truth in Pravda, and there is no news in Izvestia". Of course, you couldn't find copies of the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NYT, or Daily Mail in Moscow. They were censored.
30 years later, it is USA that censors any "non-conformist" news sources (either by us.gov or by us.gov approved corporate censors), and it is US MSM platforms that are devoid of "Izvestia" or "Pravda".
At least we can still get a some sources owned in Singapore like TDB: https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articl ... all-along/
1. Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was True All Along
2. US Does Have Bio-Weapons Labs in Ukraine, as announced by US Embassy in Ukraine: https://ua.usembassy.gov/u-s-ukraine-pa ... l-threats/In the months before the 2020 presidential election, The New York Post broke a story about a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden containing evidence of corruption.
In response, most media outlets ran headlines like this one from Huffington Post: “More Than 50 Former Intel Officials Say Hunter Biden Smear Smells Like Russia.”
Twitter suspended the New York Post’s account for two weeks for spreading misinformation. It also blocked any user from sharing the Post’s articles about the laptop.
Facebook announced it would use its algorithm to bury the story.
At the time, The New York Times wrote, “The laptop prompted concerns about Russian disinformation because the intelligence community has warned for months about Russian attempts to influence the election, including by spreading disinformation about the Biden family.”
Translated as: Yes, we have a few Bio-Weapons Labs, but those are only for good things that we approve of. Nothing to see here. Move along...Here in Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program works with the Ukrainian Government to consolidate and secure pathogens and toxins of security concern in Ukrainian government facilities, while allowing for peaceful research and vaccine development. We also work with our Ukrainian partners to ensure Ukraine can detect and report outbreaks caused by dangerous pathogens before they pose security or stability threats.
3. The Actual Terrorist Biden Appointed to the Burean of Land Management: https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/07/ne ... terrorism/
Nikita Khrushchev was right after all:As President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tracy Stone-Manning, faced controversy for her involvement with a 1989 Idaho tree spiking case last summer, NBC’s Josh Lederman sought comment from the Interior Department whether the administration stood by its nominee for the preeminent land agency.
"Izvestia" and "Pravda" indeed...We will feed you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism