Thread: US Congressional Hearing Looks at Countering Russian Propaganda

Participants in a Congressional hearing Wednesday argued that Russia is waging sophisticated propaganda campaign that threatens American allies and interests - and that U.S. government-funded news media haven’t adequately countered that disinformation.

“Russia’s propaganda machine is in overdrive, working to subvert democratic stability and foment violence,” the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce of California, said in opening the hearing.

"Russian propaganda has the potential to destabilize NATO members, impacting our security commitments,” he added. “ This Russian campaign - what one witness describes as the ‘weaponization of information’ - seriously threatens U.S. security.”

The committee’s ranking Democrat, Congressman Eliot L. Engel of New York, described propaganda as “a critical element of Russia’s so-called hybrid warfare strategy - a strategy on devastating display in occupied Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine.

"Coupled with cyberattacks and other covert operations, these new capabilities and [Russian President] Vladimir Putin’s belligerence pose a direct threat to our allies and our interests," Engel said. “These measures are well financed. These measures are working. And these measures demand a robust response from us.”

As an antidote, Royce called for “righting [U.S.] international broadcasting” and “clarifying” the mission of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the independent federal agency that oversees government-supported, civilian international media. Its networks include Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).

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Official US line - Only US propaganda is allowed around the world and everyone must submit to these chickenhawk blood thirsty satinist scum bags that have taken over the US.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Official US line - Only US propaganda is allowed around the world and everyone must submit to these chickenhawk blood thirsty satinist scum bags that have taken over the US.

pseudolus, I for one greatly respected your writing style that usually remained plainly above the gutter. Your arguments were always articulated with enthusiasm and rationale.

Why now has your flair for words approached such a low point ?

Propaganda is basically advertising.

Get the market to buy your goods , your story, you.

Note: Coca-Cola and Pepsi spend more than Russia and America on propaganda.

Originally Posted by misskit

“Russia’s propaganda machine is in overdrive, working to subvert democratic stability and foment violence,” the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce of California, said in opening the hearing.

How mental is he?
Russian Propaganda?? - where??

FOX News - now that's some serious bullshit redneck propaganda - and the fckers beam it into every nook and cranny of the planet.

Utter tosser.

Someone show me where there is Russian propaganda, and what are the specifics. What I have thus far seen is President Putin speaking on matters concerning all (ALL) issues and confronting them head on, and the lingering news stories merely highlighting his busy schedule and the things he said.

Obama...? ... you decide and then tell me about propaganda?

For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is possible.

US getting more desperate as their influence around the world continues to dwindle.

^Spot on BB