Voice of Russia keep receiving comments from our readers and listeners regarding their views not only on the current events, but also on how these events are reported around the globe. In this edition of Voice of Russia's 'VR Connect' hosted by Peter Lekarev, we'll talk about role of western media in selling of Global wars and conflicts.
Elijah Traven, from the U.K. Recently emailed us, regarding the recent conflict between the United States and China:
“The comments or accusations made against China have no basis in reality. China is not threatening anyone. It is them who are being threatened and intimidated by America. They said China was destabilizing the region but it is America which is doing this in a series of blatant open moves. First they set up destabilization procedures quite openly and in the face of the nation being targeted then they open up the orchestra which is their mogul press and other media and accuse the nation they are targeting of being behind all the unrest."
Rich Zachora from Spain wrote:
“Thanks for offering a more balanced, truthful and alternative view of reality. It's a long time since I don't watch the news from 'Corporate American Networks' (those who hardly pay any taxes). They have the 'moral legitimacy and monopoly' to decide what's a 'popular-democratic uprising' (those who let US military bases and buy US weapons-ammunitions) & and what's an 'ugly coup by dark forces from the axis of evil'! European mainstream media are mostly satellites of Big Brother. People want peace, jobs, business and love! They also want cheap energy to warm their houses or for their businesses, not wars to impose dangerous fracking or hide Fukushima's ongoing disaster!"
Meanwhile, we have an exclusive interview with Eric Draitser, an independent geopolitical analyst based in New York City.Is there any way to censor media without a single censor at hand? Yet, the famously free Western media is tightly controlled. How is that possible? The expert believes that "almost every single major media outlet in the US is owned by six major corporations, many of which have the same political agenda and maintain the same political posture as the establishment does. That’s why in many ways you see a confluence between what the media is saying and what the talking points are from the State Department, Pentagon, etc. The people of the US remember very clearly the role of the media in selling a war in Iraq or Libya which was built upon a foundation of lies. We remember very clearly the role that the media played in shaping the public opinion. And the sort of socialization process of making people accustomed to these ideas is a fundamental part of being able to sell perpetual war. And that is really what the US is engaged in – endless war." Listen to the Radio VR's Burning Point to learn what other experts think on the issue.
