Trump’s Rhetoric Intensifies, and Russia’s Fake Journalists

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🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump said if he isn’t elected there will be a bloodbath. Or did he? On this week’s On the Media, how to understand the GOP nominee’s double speak, eight years into his political career. Plus, a deep dive into Russia’s latest disinformation invention– journalists that don’t really exist. And, life in Russia-occupied Ukraine.

1. Jennifer Mercieca [@jenmercieca], professor at Texas A&M University, on how Trump's rhetoric has intensified. Listen.

2. Steven Lee Myers [@stevenleemyers], disinformation reporter at The New York Times, explains how Russia is creating fake journalists and fake stories to sow animus against Ukraine. Listen.

3. Shaun Walker [@shaunwalker7], central and eastern Europe correspondent at The Guardian, on Russian propaganda and re-education in occupied regions of Ukraine. Listen.

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0:00.0	Now if I don't get elected it's going to be a bloodbath.
0:03.5	Trump's comments at an Ohio rally set the stage for a did he or didn't he debate in the press?
0:10.5	He is often giving the wink wink
0:12.9	nod that denies the thing that he says that he's saying.
0:16.2	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:19.2	I'm Brooke Lachstone.
0:20.6	And I'm Michael Loneser.
0:22.0	Also on the show, The Kremlin is likely cooking up fake journalists
0:26.1	to spread fake stories about corruption in Ukraine.
0:29.5	The Russians have this idea that if you just flood the zone with this stuff it doesn't matter if it's
0:33.8	true it's just to create noise that can drown out the truth.
0:38.0	Plus a glimpse into an occupied region of Ukraine where voting in Russia's so-called presidential election
0:46.2	often involved.
0:48.0	Election officials coming into people's home with a ballot box and accompanied by a soldier carrying a machine gun.
0:55.0	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.0	So before we get to the podcast, I need to say, on the media has been around for a long time.
1:07.2	We have a loyal and pretty sizable audience, but only 2% of our listeners donate, 2%.
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1:25.6	We Proud, we Few, we Happy Few.
1:28.5	If you've been waiting for the right moment
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