>There's something called information warfare, which basically means manipulating public discourse to further one's political goals. Russia is notoriously good at it, for example. West sucks at it
Funnily, both of the above points about Russia and US are basically accepted after manipulation of public discourse to further one's political goals in behalf of the latter. Arrived at through countless articles about "misinformation", "indepedent" think tanks and "fact checking" bodies, the BS stories about the 2016 elections and Steele Dossier, all major media outlets complicit, the "Twitter Files" style cooperation of state agencies with Big Tech, all the client states governments and media playing along, and so on.
Russia is at best mediocre or insignificant in this, China is non-existant, and the US has every major force in this game, selling its own discourse, including on the EU side.
I have never heard of them before, but given this background, his opinions are unsurprising and bound to be in line with the Thierry Bretons of the world.
Funnily, both of the above points about Russia and US are basically accepted after manipulation of public discourse to further one's political goals in behalf of the latter. Arrived at through countless articles about "misinformation", "indepedent" think tanks and "fact checking" bodies, the BS stories about the 2016 elections and Steele Dossier, all major media outlets complicit, the "Twitter Files" style cooperation of state agencies with Big Tech, all the client states governments and media playing along, and so on.
Russia is at best mediocre or insignificant in this, China is non-existant, and the US has every major force in this game, selling its own discourse, including on the EU side.