All pro-Putin hosted on Italian TV
What emerges from the research by Matteo Pugliese (Ispi) who mapped the presence of Russian "propagandists" on Italian TV
Matteo Pugliese, associate fellow at ISPI and doctoral student at the University of Barcelona, has published, in English, a research ( Mapping the Kremlin's propagandists on Italian TV ) in which the presence of Russian "propagandists" (political , officials, journalists, etc.) on Italian television networks, with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
First of all, the author begins with a ranking of the most '' hospitable '' networks.
In first place is Mediaset's Rete 4 with 12 Russian guests; La 7 follows with 8, then Rai 3 with 1.
Pugliese also made a breakdown according to the roles, professions and titles of the Russian guests, grouping their personalities as follows:
Government, politicians and senior officials
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Sergey Razov, the Russian ambassador to Italy.
Yevgeny Popov, deputy from United Russia and vice-chairman of the information committee of the Duma (as well as conductor on Russia 1 ).
Intellectuals, journalists and ideologues
Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University (Higher School of Economics), who denied that Russia bombed civilian targets and justified the invasion.
Sergej Markov, professor in the Faculty of Political Science of the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MIGMO), which is controlled by the Foreign Ministry. Markov is also a member of the "Presidential Commission to Counter Attempts to Falsify History at the Expense of Russian Interest" – which deals with historical revisionism.
Daria Pushkova, director of the Science and Culture Center of the Russian Embassy in Rome (and daughter of former United Russia deputy Aleksey Pushkov, who chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Duma). He also worked as a journalist at Russia Today (RT).
Maria Dubovikova, journalist. The intelligence commission of the Italian Parliament – Pugliese writes – is investigating its role in coordinating the campaigns on Twitter against the Italian politicians who supported the sending of weapons to Ukraine.
Aleksandr Dugin, who has long been on the Italian media scene and has had links and collaborations with Italian experts dealing with disinformation, pro-Russian propaganda and far-right conspiracy theories.
Yulia Vitazyeva, NewsFront journalist (based in Russian-occupied Crimea and run by the FSB). In a Telegram post, he wanted a missile to hit the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin after Ukraine's victory.
Nadana Fridriksson, a journalist from Zvezda , which is run by the Ministry of Defense and deals with military propaganda, disinformation and historical revisionism. He denied Russian war crimes on Rai 3 .
TV hosts and journalists
Particular attention is paid in research to media personalities or to the hosts of state-owned and operated television channels.
Dmitry Kulikov, host of a talk show on Russia 1 and Member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense.
Olga Belova, also in Zvezda and presenter of the television program "Glavnoe". Free Russia Forum, an NGO, included her among the 1,500 top commentators who supported the invasion.
Olga Kurlaeva, a journalist from Russia 24 , a newspaper who denied the Bucha massacre and engaged in other types of visual disinformation.
Ruslan Ostashko, who graduated from the Moscow Border Institute and ended up working as a journalist at Pervyi Kanal and the Development Institute.
Tatiana Kukhareva, former deputy director of RT France and Sputnik News . Known for claiming that Russia remained within its borders.
Vladimir Solovyev, another member of the Defense Ministry's Public Council hosting the Sunday night talk show on Russia 1 . He discussed the invasion of Poland and the Baltic countries on Italian airwaves.
In the research ( translated here ) by Matteo Pugliese for ISPI the most sensational cases are then recalled: a 40-minute interview with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Rete 4 and an entire episode of talk show broadcast live on La 7 , from Red Square to Moscow, with the participation of important propagandists such as Maria Zakharova and Vladimir Solovyev.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/tutte-le-ospitate-pro-putin-della-tv-italiana/ on Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:23:44 +0000.