Who are the sponsors of the anti-Russian Ukrainian television? – Sputnik World

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2:40 08/05/2016 (updated at 02:51 05/08/2016) short URL

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donors middle, highlights the embassies of the Netherlands and Germany in Ukraine, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Office of the Delegation of the European Commission in Ukraine and other US, European and Canadian media foundations, reports Forbes columnist newspaper, Kenneth Rapoza.

US is the youngest donor of the Ukrainian chain while backed by European governments and Canadian agencies are the main sponsors, according to the journalist.

“Notably, the increased funding comes from the European Commission. it is a peculiar fact, given the anti-Russian character content Hromadske “says the author.

Founded by Roman Skrypin, a Ukrainian journalist at the beginning of the Revolution Maidan-which culminated in the coup in 2014, the chain became a platform news presented from the point of view of several analysts, most of whom proccidentales express opinions.

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the columnist noted that most of the content of the medium pursues in order to impose an anti-Russian rhetoric that often “match” with the favorite themes of media and Western politicians.

The chain specializes in articles on “the plans of the Russian president Vladimir Putin in Ukraine”, “the Russian threat to the Baltic countries”, one of the favorite themes Hillary Clinton and NATO and the alleged “oppression of Crimean Tatars by the Russian authorities, “lists the journalist.

Although the West always shows apprehensions by” the impact of Russian television on public opinion in Ukraine and abroad, “sources TV revenues Hromadske show that the US and its allies do not fall behind in investing in propaganda for his own agenda.

The financial support does not always mean that one or other blindly follow an editorial line imposed admits Rapoza. However, considering the continuing need for financial resources, it is possible that the media is “self-censorship” and not dare to “bite the hand that feeds them”. Hromadske TV seems a good example of this type of behavior, writes columnist.

Attack Russia proved a good strategy to launch a profitable media project in Ukraine. “I know a total anti-Russian, and American and European governments will give money,” quips Rapoza.