The TASS building in Moscow (1979)
An internet rabbit hole found me investigating the website of The Russian News Agency - TASS. Repeatedly, in recent reports concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, TASS has bolted on this particular paragraph:-
"When clarifying the developments unfolding, the Russian Defence Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population."
The following quotation was not created by TASS: “In war, truth is the first casualty.” It is attributed to Aeschylus, a Greek dramatist (525 BC – 456 BC) and as events unfold in Ukraine we can see how valid that observation is. "No threats whatsoever"? Yesterday, Ukraine's health minister said that 198 Ukrainians had been killed, including three children but the picture remains far from clear. Thousands of Ukrainians continue to head west to escape the war (Russian: a special military operation in order to protect people, denazification).
In terms of news chatter, imagery and social media input, no war in human history will be as well-covered as this one. Wars of the past often suffered from news blackouts, secrecy and rumour but as it begins, news from this war is inescapable. It's in our faces. Everybody apart from me has an expensive smartphone in their pocket - even in the underground stations of Kyiv.
Of course, TASS shows no pictures from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the war that Putin has ignited. Perhaps they are wary of the impact that truth might have upon the Russian people. Best to treat them like mushrooms. Keep them in the dark and feed them with horse shit.
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