the establishment media is an enabler of endless wars and illegitimate oligarchic power
Vladimir Golstein
Kamila Valieva: Representing who?
Am I in Russia, or Something?
So I woke up this morning, and as I try to find my way between the snow and the only clean coffee cup, I turn on the radio, which, for lack of other stations, is turned on NPR.
What do I hear? All Russia, all of the time. At the top of the hour, the announcer declares their top stories: Russia, Putin, Ukraine, Russian Invasion, Russian figure skater and Olympics, Russian doping scandals and it goes on and on. Are there any other news in this world? When fifteen year old Russian figure skater steals the thunder from LA Rams winning the Super Bowl, and the Great Half Time Rap Show that the Organizers have put on, that tells you something. Valieva crushes Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, while Leaving Eminem in the Shadow. That would be a better announcement.
Then we go to the details, and now Russia quickly turns into a very sloppy version of Soviet Union, and its bombastic and clumsy propaganda.
Starts with Russian Invasion and endless interviews with all sort of Military Industrial Complex Shills, like the former US Ambassador, John Herbst, who as the top brass of Atlantic Council, explains all the evil moves of Putin, semi-evil acts of Germany, and the ever so wise actions of Biden cohort. He goes on explaining that the "megaphone diplomacy" of the US is the great American invention, unprecedented as it is, it pulls the rug from under Putin, but then he can pull the rug by not invading, but then when in six months he does invade, we'll pull the rug from under him and so on. In the meantime, invest money in Lockheed Martin.
And then, to Valieva and Russian doping scandals, which are as endemic and systematic as everything else that Russia does nowadays, and the reason they are doing it, is because they are not punished enough. To perform under a ridiculous title and equally silly flag for several Olympics already, while the only thing that the US athletes and their parents in sweatpants are capable of doing is wrapping themselves in US flags, is only a slap on the wrist, according to another talking head, that NPR has obviously in endless supply, courtesy of Atlantic Council, no doubt.
And that type of nonsense goes day in day out. Non stop. As are the stupid interviews with some brave Ukrainian women who are ready to take Russian army any day.
Honestly, I have a feeling that even Goebbels had more class. But that's the subject for research for which one will never get an academic grant. Of course, to study Goebbelsian methods of Russian media, is a different matter altogether. Just write to John Herbst at Atlantic Council, and their coffers will open to you faster than an average Ukrainian rapper can sing, "Russian Invasion Is Eminem, sorry, Imminent."
And all this, by the way, is before the BBC hits the fan, which comes at 10 am.
Vladimir Golstein grew up in Moscow during the Soviet Union. Before emigrating to the United States in 1979, he earned an M.S. in Computers from Moscow Institute of Management. He continued his studies in the United States where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Yale University. Golstein has additionally been widely published by popular news sites such as Al Jazeera, The Nation, Forbes, Alternet, and Antiwar on issues of Russian and American foreign policy.
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