A while ago, I asked a young activist from Russia what TV channels his family watched.
“I have a grandmother in Yekaterinburg and a grandmother in Houston, Texas. The one in the US supports Putin as she watches nothing but Russian state-owned RTR Planeta. The one in Russia watches independent TV Dozhd, and is very critical of the Kremlin,” he said.
This tale of two women across the planet is a sober reminder how, in the 21st century, television remains such a powerful media, tha...
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