No you're absolutely right. Russia's even behind some of that "anti-semitic tensions in Europe" stuff making headlines.
It's an actual influence operation.
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tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I posted this question too and got called a racist. I was just curious where all the Ukraine stuff went. Sounds like a planned distraction to me.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
News tends to be a zero sum game. There are a finite number of reporters that fit into a news budget, and they usually have a fixed number of stories they need to submit. News publications are usually measured in words or minutes, after which the publication stops for the current news cycle.
So yeah, this topic will prevent coverage of other topics.
Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The war in Ukraine was already dropping off the news cycle before the Hamas attack on Israel.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Not from where I sit. 🤷♂️
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 year ago
I feel like that’s a rather typical response when people question the attention level of current events. Things grab attention for a bit before something else comes along and takes a chunk of the spotlight.
donuts@kbin.social 1 year ago
There's no doubt that Russia are backing Hamas and doing so mainly to divert resources and attention away from Ukraine.
At the same time, the war in Ukraine is slowing down while the situation in Israel/Palestine has rapidly escalated.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Nothing is slowing down. But yes, it’s ramping up elsewhere as a distraction