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Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Russians are not the only people

subjected to propaganda about the crisis in Ukraine. In the mainstream US press, the bias

is more subtle and perhaps largely unintentional. Many American reporters covering the crisis

reflexively take on the viewpoint of American empire. Not because anyone orders them to do so,

but rather because deeply rooted ideology makes such a viewpoint appear to be normal and objective,

even to the very people who are actively constructing it. The American press should cover Russia

and Putin skeptically. There is obviously quite a lot to be skeptical about, but good journalism

would apply that very same skeptical frame to the US and to NATO and to their motivations.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be really bad for the world and for Ukraine in particular,

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