The whole country approach has been in use in Ukraine since the spring of 2014. If we step back to Maidan on February 8 th 2014 we see the last objective statement about Ukraine. "... Russian websites outright accusing the US of supplying ammunition and other support to the rebels. I asked a friend in a position within the US, that might know more about this, he claims it is a private initiative of US citizens. This I like" "- Harding
I didn't realize private citizens in the US (UCCA, Ukrainian and Eastern European emigres) already delivered bullets to Maidan before February 8 th . I didn't know funding coups in foreign countries was legal under US law. This detracts from the "spontaneous" revolution "our side" reported on considerably. Maidan was "staffed" with nationalists from Lvov.
The next big event that happened after Mr. Hardings involvement was the Odessa Massacre . How far along was "our side" in monolithic media presentation? By then the US was saying all the information they had was directly out of Kiev.
On May 8 th Harding posted " Public relations with Western accent," Who helps Kiev to conduct information war?"- Another important point, which involved Western hired a PR firm -- an interpretation of the genocide in Odessa. " We see a very cunning, well orchestrated interpretation of Ukrainian media. Some say that the proponents of federalization burned themselves and others, that all this is organized and that the FSB Russia burned his supporters specifically to a pretext for the invasion "- says Markov. -- "This is a typical conspiratorial technique, but when it is applied in a monopoly on information, it affects people."
Coincidentally this reprint points to the very tactics IO uses and he made the staple of the Ukrainian information war.
Lastly what about flight MH17?
Mr. Harding is silent once again on his perspective about the only story making news in the time frame. The Ukrainian BUK story was taking off in international media but it took a week for this to happen. What appears to be a vague reference might like Odessa be a statement of satisfaction with the media he was shaping. " The Information War for Ukraine has taken on a whole new look. Russia, you need to go down. You need to choke on your ilk. You need to feel the pain of exceeding the limits of acceptability. You need to pay. " Suffer, Russia.- Harding
If good sources of information are taken away, knowledge fails. It doesn't matter where you are in the world once "our side" has the only information within months you may think its a good idea to attack Texas or Canada, just because.
Email Wikipedia, politicians, and journalists. Ask them to look into these issues. Demand protections returned that are Constitutionally guaranteed. When the trolls do come regardless of whether its Ferguson or Ukraine answer them and use the hashtag #HardingSuperTroll but be judicious.
When knowledge fails, wisdom fails with it. Nationalism in any form does that to a country.
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