A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 2: Whataboutism
Channel: Euromaidan Press
Date: 05/09/2016

Video designer: Ganna Naronina; video script and idea: Alex Leonor, Alya Shandra

Whataboutism is alive and strong today in Russian propaganda. The basic mechanism is an attempt to use either the emotions of shame or anger to derail an argument. By accusing their opponents or even just their interlocutors of hypocrisy, propagandists hope to trigger the emotion of shame to blunt accusations or divert the conversation into a discussion about hypocrisy. If the counter-accusation the propagandist uses is absolutely ridiculous, as is often the case,  then the propagandist is probably not trying to use shame, but rather use one’s anger to divert the conversation away from an important matter at hand and into a constant back-and-forth about some irrelevant piece of history. 

Read more: http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/08/31/a-guide-to-russian-propaganda-part-2-whataboutism/

See Part 1: propaganda prepares Russia for war
http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/05/05/a-guide-to-russian-propaganda-part-1-propaganda-prepares-russia-for-war/

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