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Russia Today is Putin's weapon of mass deception. Will it work in Britain?

It looks like a news channel. It talks like a news channel. It says whatever Putin wants

6 December 2014

9:00 AM

6 December 2014

9:00 AM

Anyone making the journey to Westminster by public transport will be confronted by a series of posters warning them about the state of British media. The word ‘redacted’ is in large letters, and readers are advised to look up a website for ‘the ad we can’t show you here’. If you do, you see a picture of Tony Blair advocating war.

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John O’Sullivan is Director of the Danube Institute and a Fellow of the National Review Institute.

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