Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy on Ending the Syrian Conflict

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy on Ending the Syrian Conflict
07.11.2019

Gregory Simons: ‘News Must Be Informative, Not Manipulative’

Gregory Simons: ‘News Must Be Informative, Not Manipulative’
15.11.2019

‘Asia Under Fire of US Sanctions.’ Presentation of a Valdai Club Report

‘Asia Under Fire of US Sanctions.’ Presentation of a Valdai Club Report
18.11.2019

Gregory Simons: ‘News Must Be Informative, Not Manipulative’

Gregory Simons, Associate Professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Uppsala University, Sweden, lists his top-3 media-related issues of today’s world: that is inconsistency of the notion of “fake news”, so now it mostly means something that does not adhere to one’s worldview, journalism becoming another branch of liberal government, and manipulations in media. “When you got emotions being used to drive things – this is usually a good sign of manipulation”, he says.