{"id":319197,"date":"2017-07-28T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/pbs-anti-russia-propaganda-series\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T03:22:09","slug":"pbs-anti-russia-propaganda-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/pbs-anti-russia-propaganda-series\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS\u2019 Anti-Russia Propaganda Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PBS has joined the anti-Russia propaganda stampede with a five-part documentary series that recycles the false and deceptive claims that have become Official Washington\u2019s dangerous new groupthink, reports Rick Sterling.<\/p>\n<p>By Rick Sterling<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-government-supported Public Broadcasting System (PBS) recently ran a five-part series dubbed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/tag\/inside-putins-russia\/\">\u201cInside Putin\u2019s Russia\u201d<\/a>. With a different theme each night, it purports to give a realistic look at Russia today. The image conveyed is of a Russia that is undemocratic with widespread state repression, violence and propaganda. Following are significant distortions and falsehoods in the five-part documentary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19396\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-300x169.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19396\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19396\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/immortal-regiment-ww2-worldwide.si_.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the estimated 12 million Russians who took part in Immortal Regiment parades across the country over three days in May 2016. (RT photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Episode 1: \u201cHow Putin Redefined what it means to be Russian\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, the documentary:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013Claims that Russian identity is based on \u201cprojection of power.\u201d<\/strong> In reality, \u201cprojection of power\u201d characterizes the U.S. much more than Russia. For the past two centuries the United States has expanded across the continent and globe. The last century is documented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Overthrow_(book)\">book<\/a> <em>Overthrow: American\u2019s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq<\/em>. The U.S. currently has nearly 800 foreign military bases in over 70 countries. In contrast, Russia has military bases in only two countries beyond the former Soviet Union: Syria and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013Ignores crucial information about events in Ukraine.<\/strong> Russian involvement in eastern Ukraine and Crimea are presented as examples of \u201cprojection of power.\u201d But basic facts are omitted from the documentary. There is no mention of the violent February 2014 coup in Kiev nor the involvement of neoconservatives such as Sen. John McCain and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in supporting and encouraging the overthrow of Ukraine\u2019s elected government. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY#t=504\">December 2013 speech<\/a>, Nuland outlined her intense involvement in Ukraine including U.S. insistence that Ukraine choose a \u201cEuropean future\u201d since the U.S. had \u201cinvested $5 billion to assist.\u201d Days before the coup in February 2014, Nuland was captured on&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2017\/07\/27\/pbs-anti-russia-propaganda-series\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS has joined the anti-Russia propaganda stampede with a five-part documentary series that recycles the false and deceptive claims that have become Official Washington\u2019s dangerous new groupthink, reports Rick Sterling. By Rick Sterling The U.S.-government-supported Public Broadcasting System (PBS) recently ran a five-part series dubbed \u201cInside Putin\u2019s Russia\u201d. 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