OH MY GOD let's get several things straight about Brexit

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228. It comes from the same place that the "Putin said he wants the USSR back" came from

That was all over in hundreds of articles and it was a complete falsehood. Wake up. We live in a very sophisticated narrative / interest based MSM environment. Most every thing you read originates and is copied and wordsmithed with some different language. The production of mass media is highly made of people who are paid by the article and have to propagate masses of works in short time frames. They pick up whatever they get: From the government, industry, and regurgitate it, add an emotional title, make a few accusations or create panic if they can, but rarely actually substantiate the material.

The "Russia" narrative has been so prominent that it has provoked a backlash. Not because people are supporting Putin, but because it represents such powerful evidence of a warped media and it is more recognizable than much of the other pablum we get fed. The more you research it the more awed you become of the ability to be able to present such a uniform narrative. Not just about issues with Russia, but with most war reporting at the least.

This is our future.