Over the past six weeks, NewsGuard has been monitoring and summarizing daily news broadcasts on one of Russia’s leading government television channels, Channel One. In addition to the usual bravado in recounting the alleged heroism of the Russian army and the accusations of crimes committed by the Ukrainian “neo-Nazis”, another theme has emerged: how much the West’s support for Ukraine is harming its own citizens.
For example, during a service dealing withincrease in poverty in Great Britain broadcast in May 2022, the channel claimed that “ordinary people are paying for the effects of anti-Russian policy”. Turning to the Germaniathe channel reported that retirees “have nothing to live on” due to inflation.
In another service broadcast in late April, Channel One reported that the Germans were advised to close the refrigerator faster and to dry clothes using a drying rack rather than an electric dryer. “And it gets even worse,” the channel said, “to people you are asked to wash less frequentlypossibly without soap and not completely. “The European authorities have decided that they are” ready to ruin “the lives of citizens” in the name of the so-called fight against Russia, “Channel One said.
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Turning to the topic of the increase of gas costs in the United States, Channel One claimed that “in the new reality of American life, owning a car is a luxury“, adding that” one gets the impression that America is more interested in a possible economic attack on Russia than in the welfare of its own citizens. ” The channel also reported that “a is occurring catastrophic situation with baby food“in the United States, where“ billions of dollars in arms supplies continue to be sent to Ukraine. ”The report included a clip from Next News, a conservative American YouTube channel, in which the presenter’s words were reported: “Biden has done nothing to address this issue for a long time. He has sent billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, but he is not working to help what we have most precious: our children. ”
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The services broadcast by Channel One also have conveyed the idea that the West is exacerbating its economic and security problems due to the aid sent to Ukraine. For example, in a report involving the May 11 approval of a $ 40 billion aid package for Ukraine by the United States House of Representatives, the channel reported that “the endless spending for Ukraine in the US it is only further fueling inflation and irritating Americans with rising crime and economic woes. ”The report contained a clip showing Fox News host Tucker Carlson and reporting his remarks on the $ 40 billion package: “That’s double what the administration spends on protecting our borders. And that’s just a portion of the aid … The saddest thing is that all of this didn’t help. to force Russia to leave Ukraine “.
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Channel One also reported that the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, he urged Europe to allocate more funds to its defense budgets and to take more responsibility for its own security. According to the report, Borrell “acknowledged that submerging Ukraine in arms has exhausted the EU’s military supply”. The segment broadcast by Channel One did not specify the fact that, in his remarks, Borrell had referred to the “ruthless assault of Russia on Ukraine”.
The channel also exaggerated the level of opposition in the United States to the country’s aid to Ukraine. In a report covering US Senator Rand Paul’s attempt to block swift approval of Ukraine’s $ 40 billion aid package on May 12, Channel One said: “In Washington, politicians are starting to speak up. and to understand the possible consequences of the uncontrolled supply of weapons to the Kiev regime. “Paul’s main concern, Channel One explained, was not” the difficult situation in Ukraine “and” the fate of the Ukrainians “.” Among his arguments main is the situation in America itself “.
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The service did not mention that Paul was thethe only senator to oppose the swift approval of the bill, which received overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate.