But I don't trust the media either. And I don't trust the media manipulators. Paddington Bear (ZelenskiYYYY). Trump. Boris. The new generation who understand that it's the media that matters and all they care for is a good story and a nice photo opportunity.

Satellite imagery, drone footage and fighter/bomber aircraft photography make manipulation difficult.

Together with the on-site presence of established and experienced war correspondents, who're hard to dupe.

That's why they have done it so well; it is difficult but not when you're good at it.

If you don't think Zelenskyyyyy got his civilians to strip Russian soldier corpses, dress them in Ukrainian clothes, burned their bodies and then discovered the "mass graves", you have less cynicism about the media than I have.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1068087...-Ukrainian-buns.html

By the way I don't for a second think all those bodies were disguised Russian soldiers. Many will be genuine victims of Russian atrocity. But many will also be victims of media manipulation. A mass grave of 300 is far more media friendly than a mass grave of 50.

Horatio wrote:
Satellite imagery, drone footage and fighter/bomber aircraft photography make manipulation difficult.

Together with the on-site presence of established and experienced war correspondents, who're hard to dupe.#

And yet they seem to be managing just fine.

I see Russian media has picked up on this story of mine and pushed it to the extreme - media, of course, sneers and calls the Russian angle totally false. But, as usual, I think the truth is in the middle. Yes there are atrocities by Russia but yes, Paddington knows how important it is to get media support and I'm sure the Ukrainians are ALSO using fake set-ups (just a few) to give Western media good photo opportunities.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-soldi...explosives-9f6d5d0cz

So does our Western media REALLY believe every body placed strategically apart on roads are all victims of Russia? Don't any correspondents want to investigate whether some may be Russian soldiers dressed in Ukrainian civilian clothes? Could any be Ukrainians killed by bombing, shot in the back of the head AFTER death, placed conveniently for media snaps? Nobody would think there were NO Russian atrocities but can't somebody suggest some may be Ukrainian hype?