Amid Western
fears of the spread of dangerous "Russian propaganda," the
US State Department is launching a disinformation campaign of its own
in the Baltics. Funneling half a million dollars into “training”
Russian-language journalists, the project is meant to follow the same
schematics as billionaire George Soros’ ProPublica.
Over the
past several months, the United States government – and in turn,
the Western media – has raised alarm over the specter of a
supposedly monstrous Russian propaganda machine. Officials have
fueled conspiracy theories about Kremlin troll factories and sought
to discredit media outlets like RT and Sputnik, organizations which
provide an alternative point of view to the monopoly of Western media
bias.
In its
latest effort to counter what it considers misinformation, the United
States has allocated $500,000 for a propaganda campaign of its own.
Expected to
launch in November 2016, the project will operate out of US Embassies
in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, with the heaviest focus being on
Vilnius. The money will go toward accomplishing the State
Department’s goal of "tailoring training and tools to increase
journalists’ ability to counter Russian media messaging and
misinformation."
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