Foreign Affairs writes about the "hidden history" of diplomacy that could have ended the war.
It was not "hidden"! The media refused to report on verifiable facts & smeared anyone who discussed it as "Putinists" and "propagandists"
Why did the media fail to report on the… pic.twitter.com/UDD9fPYzbM

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) April 17, 2024

Political propaganda is more persuasive if source credibility can be manufactured: creating seemingly altruistic and objective experts
- The main source for the media in the Syrian War has been the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is actually just one guy in the UK who… pic.twitter.com/LG8ljYGO7A

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) April 3, 2024

German officers on tape planning an attack on Russia's Kerch Strait Bridge, immediately after Berlin revealed that Britain is behind attacks on Russia
- Incredible escalation! From Russia's perspective, this will likely make both the German and British military legitimate targets pic.twitter.com/43i81ozQ17

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) March 3, 2024

Why is it important to hear the argument of the other side?
Watch what Putin says in the video (left) and how it is reported in the media (right).
Ask yourself if the purpose is to inform the reader or to build a narrative pic.twitter.com/dSXempAGTc

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) February 9, 2024

Top Ukrainian MP, David Arakhamia, confirms Russia agreed to end the war and pull back its troops in March 2022 if Ukraine would accept neutrality.
- Then, the US/UK sabotaged the peace agreement to fight Russia with Ukrainian soldiers.
- Confirmed by mediators -Turkey & Israel pic.twitter.com/TVENA022Kn

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) November 25, 2023

Everyone must prove their purity and commitment by repeating nonsense. Delusion is patriotic, open debate and honest analysis is treasonous
- Our cult atmosphere may feel good, but is not a recipe for good policies pic.twitter.com/b1ylGtcTON

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) February 4, 2024

Barring an American journalist from returning to the US for the crime of interviewing a state leader?
- Because the role of the media now is to ensure only one perspective is permitted... a cartoonish conflict between good and evil to criminalise diplomacy & make war virtuous https://t.co/0MDdhheh5a

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) February 4, 2024

China's rise is a threat and China's decline is a threat...
- Instead of manipulating public opinion with endless narratives of a threat from China, the media should discuss how we can adjust to the end of Western hegemony.
- We cannot bomb our way out of this reality pic.twitter.com/C59wruGdxb

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) August 17, 2023

War propaganda usually appeals to the best in humanity to do the worst.
- Empathy and compassion is sold as hating the adversary, rejecting diplomacy and negotiations, and supporting war in an oversimplified battle of good vs evil pic.twitter.com/bcrau9Lh6e

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) August 14, 2023