News consumers are supposed to trust these censorious, politically motivated propaganda
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merchants. They’re deciding what people see about the Russia–Ukraine war. The mainstream media, social tech giants, and politicos on the left and right colluded to spike a legitimate story because they sought a specific political outcome. Remember that as they serve up convenient narratives about the economy, about war, about anything.