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How Russia is spreading false narratives about the war

How Russia is spreading blatantly false information about the war in Ukraine

03/10/2022

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How Russia is spreading false narratives about the war

Clip: 3/10/2022 | 9m 31sVideo has Closed Captions

How Russia is spreading blatantly false information about the war in Ukraine

CIA director William Burns told the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday that he believes Vladimir Putin is losing the "information war" over Ukraine, and this may chip away at his domestic support for the invasion. But what are Russian citizens hearing about the war? Anton Shirikov, who researches misinformation at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, joins William Brangham to discuss.

03/10/2022

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