Much of Russian media and Putin's advisers are fully aware of Washington's media campaign to defame President Vladimir Putin. The internet site Russia Insider today asked the pertinent question: "Is the CIA Running a Defamation Campaign Against Putin?" As Russia Insider makes clear, the answer is most certainly.
Click the URL above and view the front pages of the UK Sun, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express. I would bet that these are front pages designed in Washington or Langley, and are in fact paid ads by the CIA or National Endowment for Democracy or by one of the Republican or Democrat organizations that sponsor Washington's overseas propaganda.
Of course, these UK rags can be dismissed as sensational junk comparable to the US versions that are for sale at grocery store checkout counters -- "movie star abducted by aliens in UFO." So scroll down the page of the above URL and look at the covers of Newsweek and The Economist. Once these were respected publications. Today I would bet that no one reads them and that they are dependent on CIA subsidies for their existance. Nevertheless, they impact the European, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese media and no doubt the media of other countries on the borders of the US empire. A number of gullible fools still think that America has a free press.
Be sure to notice this section of the report from Russia Insider:
"The issue of manipulation of news by intelligence services has been in the news recently with revelations that the CIA and German Secret Service (GSS) have long-running programs to influence how media executives and top journalists convey and interpret the news, including direct cash payments.
"Here are some examples they point to:
"...Portraying him [Putin] as a scheming dictator trying to rebuild a repressive empire.
"...Claiming he personally ordered the murder of a number of journalists, and personally ordered a KGB defector to be murdered with radiation poisoning.
"...Frequently citing unsubstantiated rumors he is having an affair with a famous gymnast.
"...Allegations that he has stashed away billions for his personal benefit, without providing evidence.
"...Recent article in newsweek claiming he leads a luxurious and lazy lifestyle, sleeping late.
"...Recent article in NYT focusing on a supposed personal arrogance.
"...Hillary Clinton mentioning in speech after speech that he is a bad guy, a bully, that one must confront him forcefully.
"...Frequently using pejoratives to describe his person -- 'a jerk and a thug' (Thomas Friedman this week in the NYT)
"...Mis-quoting him on his regret about the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"...Articles about a supposed super-luxury villa built for him in southern Russia.
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