DNYUZ/New York Times: ‘It’s State Propaganda’: Ukrainians Shun TV News as War Drags on
Since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the people of Ukraine have had access to a single source of television news — an all-day broadcast packed with footage of Ukrainian tanks blasting Russian positions, medics operating near the frontline and political leaders rallying support abroad.
The show, Telemarathon United News, has been a major tool of Ukraine’s information war, praised by the government officials who regularly appear on it for its role in countering Russian disinformation and maintaining morale.
“It’s a weapon,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said last January of the program, which is jointly produced and broadcast 24/7 by the country’s biggest television channels.
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WNU Editor: Getting unfiltered news on the war from the Ukrainian side is becoming next to impossible now. For example. The penalty to post a Russian drone/missile strike on social media now carries heavy prison terms, and everyone is keeping their opinions to themselves. I am surprised that the New York Times got some people to talk.