U.S. losing 'information war' to Russia, other rivals; EU gears up for propaganda war with Russia

[bananas]

Get ready for an inundation of anti-Russia propaganda...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/us-usa-broadcasting-idUSKBN0ML1MN20150325

U.S. losing 'information war' to Russia, other rivals: study
By Warren Strobel
WASHINGTON Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:23am EDT

(Reuters) - The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for a strengthening in U.S. counter-propaganda efforts and an overhaul of the government's international broadcasting arm.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/us-ukraine-crisis-eu-propaganda-idUSKBN0MF26A20150319

EU gears up for propaganda war with Russia
By Francesco Guarascio
BRUSSELS Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:24pm EDT

(Reuters) - The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit on Thursday.

Officials told Reuters that a dozen public relations and communications experts would start work by the end of March in Brussels with a brief to counter what the EU says is deliberate misinformation coordinated by the Kremlin over Moscow's role and aims in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe.

It is the first stage of a plan that leaders want EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to finalize by June, which may include efforts to produce and share Russian-language broadcast programming, notably for ethnic Russians in ex-Soviet states.

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[newthinking]

1. They are tone deaf. People are waking up to level of propaganda being fed to us due to the internet

and due to some of the crazy foreign war and economic policies especially of the last 10 years.

But hey, instead of listening and changing just ramp up more propaganda under the guise of fighting the "real" propaganda.

[JayhawkSD]

2. Interesting wording.

How do the terms "information war" and "propaganda campaign" belong in the same article?

[Fumesucker]

3. Oh what a tangled web we weave...

[swilton]

4. I vaguley remember

during the Bush II era that Donald Rumsfeld was censored for trying to promote a propaganda arm at the Pentagon. I thought he was denied that opportunity.

Anyone have any insights?

[bemildred]

5. "Let's baffle them with bullshit" in the vernacular. nt

[dougolat]

6. As if all the headlines about Ukraine/Russia weren't already propaganda

Just spreading the reach to a focused audience.