RUSSIA. Boo! Georgia. Hurrah!
In the great tradition of spinning the truth in military campaigns, Georgia may have been comprehensively defeated militarily, but it is seen as having won the propaganda war. Little, brave Georgia has taken on the nasty Russian Republic.
When the journalist Peter Whilby examined press releases issued by Georgia’s PR consultants, he noted that they used deliberate “terms that trigger western media interest” in describing the Russian actions, such as “civilian victims”, “nuclear”, “humanitarian”, “occupation” and “ethnic cleansing.”
Words are like weapons etc…
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September 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
……and the rest of him is not much better…
September 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
…but the Georgian president is still a complete dickhead…..
September 8th, 2008 at 7:56 am
That’s what we like to hear! West is Best!