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Russians See Ukrainian Progress Where Others Don’t (newlinesmag.com)
submitted 2 years ago by canadaduane to c/[email protected]
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Kyiv’s long-awaited counteroffensive is portrayed as more successful by enemy soldiers and their cheerleaders than by Western analysts.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Honestly, I don’t think that’s what’s happening.

Western media is overwhelmingly profit-driven, which implies that it has a selection bias for flashy, attention-getting stories and headlines. Grinding, grappling, (relatively) slow-paced maneuver-based warfare across a front many hundreds of kilometers long is neither of those things.

The vast majority of modern western media simply no longer has the organizational structure or journalistic tone to cover sweeping, years-long strategic military struggles - which is precisely what the Ukrainian War is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Holding their tongues.

Western media is overwhelmingly profit-driven, which implies that it has a selection bias for flashy,

Both things could be happening simultaneously, and are probably true;

  • Western media is making headlines for profit and Ukraine needs continued Western support so it needs to remain on the agenda;

  • And also, there is currently a Operational Silence, I believe.