Disinfo: Deutsche Welle is the source of NATO propaganda

Summary

The fact that the US State Department supports Deutsche Welle shows that this media is a part of NATO propaganda.

Disproof

The disinformation narrative is linked to the decision of the Russian authorities to ban a public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle and close its office in Moscow.

Deutsche Welle is based in Germany and is, since many years, an internationally respectable global media outlet, providing journalistic content in 32 languages, including Russian.

According to the EU, the decision of the Russian authorities was unacceptable, and lacking any justification.

The spokesperson of the US State Department also expressed solidarity with Deutsche Welle.

The decision of the Russian authorities came after the German regulator banned the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT DE from operating in Germany due to the absence of a valid licence. In contrast, Deutsche Welle has been operating in Russia with all the necessary licences and credentials.

That is why rather than being a retaliatory move, the ban imposed on Deutsche Welle illustrates continuous violations of media freedom and disregard for independence of the media by the Russian authorities.

See similar disinformation cases: Messages about Russian aggression against Ukraine are propagandaPolish Defence minister tries to exert psychological and propaganda influence on the PolesThe Western media is afraid of losing its monopoly of Brainwashing.

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  • Reported in: Issue 271
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 06/02/2022
  • Article language(s) Lithuanian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Germany
  • Keywords: NATO, Propaganda, Media, West
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