Lies

Many wonder why the Russian people are unaware of what is going on next door in Ukraine. The government controls the media and the people only see one side of the story. Here is a quote from the NY Times. Russian authorities and multinational companies have erected a digital barricade between the country and the West, erasing the last remnants of independent information online. This is going on here in the US on a smaller scale when social media decides for us what we should know. There have been instances where these media giants worked with our government to make these decisions. This is unacceptable for those who feel they have the intellectual ability to decide for themselves what is true. When a country controls the news to protect people from lies they run the risk of getting more lies.