Putin blocks access to BBC and VOA

[Joinfortmill]

"The BBC said on Wednesday it would start broadcasting four hours of news a day in English on shortwave radio in Ukraine and parts of Russia, reviving a antiquated technology used in the Cold War to circumvent state censorship.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-restricts-access-bbc-russian-service-radio-liberty-ria-2022-03-04/

[madaboutharry]

1. It's "Back to the USSR" in Russia.

Actually, It will soon be more like the days before the Bolsheviks.

Tsar Vladimir doing what despots do.

[Joinfortmill]

3. Sadly, true

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. I highly recommend this book...Romanovs 1613-1918...

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

It is an in depth history of Russia from the first Tsar to the last. The last several pages lays the groundwork for Vladimir Putin's rise to power and where Russia may be headed.

[Sherman A1]

2. Yeah, that will really have an affect.

Putin, seems to be getting a little bit nervous and more isolated in my opinion. He certainly isn’t much of a student of history.

[mitch96]

6. Radio worked in WW2 and the cold war. Changed some hearts and minds..

[uponit7771]

7. This doesn't stop Russians from getting information. Russia exploits ***ANCHOR BIAS*** a ...

... human cognitive bias to the nth degree.

Just think of how FAUX News gets its lies out so quickly, its they exploit ***ANCHOR BIAS*** by telling the lie first then repeating the lie as much as possible

[roamer65]

8. "The chair is against the wall".

“John has a long mustache.”