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Kitch and the Carneys: With the propaganda war between Russia and

the West in full swing, Soviet-era posters on the kitchen wall of White

House spokesman Jay Carney's home are suddenly no laughing matter.

 

 

Jay Carney and the Kremlin's Propaganda Victory Over the West (Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland)

 

"For too long, the West has paid little attention to Russian propaganda. The symbol of this could be the home of White House press secretary Jay Carney. ... In his kitchen, professionally framed, hang Soviet propaganda posters from World War II. ... It's time to say enough is enough. In a democratic society, Russia Today cannot be removed from the cable networks, but the lies of Russian journalists should be publicly exposed daily. ... spokesman Carney should immediately deposit those Russian posters into the trash."

 

By Bartosz T. Wieliński

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Translated By Halszka Czarnocka

 

April 19, 2014

 

Poland - Gazeta Wyborcza - Original Article (Polish)

A Soviet-era poster on the kitchen wall of White House Communications Director Jay Carney: Is this a sign that the West doesn't take Kremlin propaganda seriously enough?

 

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On the propaganda front, Russia is beating the West by several lengths. Russia's chief of diplomacy Sergei Lavrov and a host of Kremlin bureaucrats assure with a straight face that Russia isn't meddling in the internal affairs of Ukraine, and moments later, threaten Kiev and Europe. The response of European politicians to this Russian arrogance looks pale by comparison. Adding more names to a black list impresses no one.

 

Meanwhile, the ranks of so called "people who understand Russia" continue to expand. Among them are chancellors and ministers, as well as the CEOs of great European companies. Lately they have been joined by Eva Herman, a journalist fired from German public television for praising the Third Reich's family policies. Now she says that ordinary Germans reject anti-Russian propaganda.

 

In the German blogosphere, an "Open Letter to Vladimir Putin on Anti-Russian Statements by Our Politicians and Media" is circulating.

 

"Ukraine could be the ideal bridge between the European Union and the Eurasian Union you are creating. We are convinced that  powerful pressure exerted by the United States has destroying that possibility as a goal," we read in the document, signed by over 200 local politicians and businesspeople from Western Germany.

 

As a backdrop to all this, we have English-language TV Russia Today, which, acting on orders from the Kremlin, trumpets to the entire world talk of Ukrainian fascism, the persecution of Russians in East Ukraine, and how the West is pushing for war with Russia.

 

For too long, the West has paid little attention to Russian propaganda. The symbol of this could be the home of White House press secretary Jay Carney, who has repeatedly condemned Russia for meddling in the internal affairs of a neighbor, for annexing Crimea, and for sending agents provocateur into Ukraine's east. In Carney's kitchen, professionally framed, hang Soviet propaganda posters from World War II.

 

"Have you enlisted yet?" asks a fierce-looking Red Army soldier in the poster. If the chief PR official at the White House took Kremlin propaganda seriously, he wouldn't let his family to be photographed against such a backdrop.

 

It's time to say enough is enough. In a democratic society, Russia Today cannot be removed from the cable networks, but the lies of Russian journalists should be publicly exposed daily. We all have a right to pen letters to Putin, but open adulation of the Russian dictator should not go unanswered. That is a task for politicians and non-government organizations. Meanwhile, spokesman Carney should immediately deposit those Russian posters into the trash.

 

We must also begin a struggle for the hearts and minds of people living in the so called "post-Soviet space," which is dominated today by Kremlin TV. Both Europe and the United States should create Russian-language media, through which an antidote could be administered to the poison of Russian propaganda, and the myth that Russians are persecuted, and that Russia is a fortress besieged by a blood-thirsty West, could be put to rest.

 

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During the Cold War era, Radio Free Europe very successfully took on this task. The pool of potential recipients of its latest edition would be enormous, ranging from Russians living in the Baltic states, the populations of Belarus and East Ukraine, all the way to the Caucasus and Central Asia. It's quite possible that such media will soon be needed in Russia itself, as the Kremlin destroys all remnants of independent journalism.

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In Belarus over the past few years, this function has been taken up by E.U.-supported Belsat TV. So we have a foundation on which to build a larger structure. The Union should be able to find the money to do so with little difficulty. This is a necessary expense, given the many signs showing that we are entering another period of Cold War that could go one for many years.

 

The Russians will continue to look for new "useful idiots" in the West. They won't accept the presence on their territory of "enemy propaganda." Since the beginning of this conflict, the importance that the Kremlin attaches to the information war has been obvious. We should finally begin to respond to the blows coming from the other side.

 

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Posted By Worldmeets.US Apr. 19, 2014, 1:39pm