I posted the story viewing it in my mind as “the bad guy won” just as communicating the news, but looking at it now again, the whole story is full of weird propaganda framing which I didn’t even notice the first time.
Ukraine-sceptic
Close ally
pro-Western opposition
ahead of liberal, pro-western opposition candidate
vowed “to ensure that Slovakia remains on the side of peace and not on the side of war”
Korčok conceded the defeat and congratulated the winner
You have to read quite a ways into the article to start to see factual elements which are totally at odds with that presentation early on.
announced she would not run for re-election last June after receiving death threats
The new government immediately halted any arms deliveries to Ukraine
plans to amend the penal code and take control of the public media
Kinda seems like that stuff should be in the lede instead of the “The close ally won against the pro-Western opposition” framing
The Guardian historically was absolutely great but has been running quite a few weird stories recently. I agree, it’s really strange. The one that really stuck out to me was one of those “why people feel Biden is bad without let’s get into any facts, just report that a lot of people feel that way and why it’s a big deal that they feel that way” on par with a standard Lemmy concern-troll.
WTF, you are 100% right
I posted the story viewing it in my mind as “the bad guy won” just as communicating the news, but looking at it now again, the whole story is full of weird propaganda framing which I didn’t even notice the first time.
You have to read quite a ways into the article to start to see factual elements which are totally at odds with that presentation early on.
Kinda seems like that stuff should be in the lede instead of the “The close ally won against the pro-Western opposition” framing
Yep, and it’s even more strange coming from the Guardian, using a whole lot of words where two seem like they’ll do: fascist takeover.
The Guardian historically was absolutely great but has been running quite a few weird stories recently. I agree, it’s really strange. The one that really stuck out to me was one of those “why people feel Biden is bad without let’s get into any facts, just report that a lot of people feel that way and why it’s a big deal that they feel that way” on par with a standard Lemmy concern-troll.