From Russia with lies – How Moscow rewrote the rules of propaganda

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Russian propaganda has evolved since the invasion of Ukraine. Dr. Ian Garner, historian and author of Z Generation: Into the heart of Russia's fascist youth, joins Andrew Harrison in The Bunker to discuss Putin’s propaganda, how it has changed and why it works so well. “They are the pioneers of multiplatform large scale disinformation.” – Ian Garner “That metaphor of ‘firehose of falsehoods’ doesn’t quite explain the scale of what Russia is doing.” – Ian Garner Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producers: Alex Rees and Liam Tait. Production Assistant: Adam Wright. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	welcome to another edition of the bunker. I'm your host for today, Andrew Harrison.
1:07.3	It's a cliche of conflict reporting to say that truth is the first casualty of war
1:12.2	but Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has to say that truth is the first casualty of war.
1:13.0	But Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
1:14.9	has seen something even more disturbing happen.
1:17.2	Untruth, turbocharged by digital and social media
1:20.8	and amplified by a receptive Western audience that's eager to believe anything as long as it contradicts the official narrative has become a weapon of war.
1:28.0	Disinformation has become a key part of Russia's arsenal and since the invasion in February 2022 it has
1:34.3	proliferated often faster than debunkers can keep up. Only three weeks after the
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