Stratford57
Diamond Member
The Times, Nov 15:
A programme about a mischievous girl and a bear watched by millions of British children is accused of being a âsoft propagandaâ tool for the Kremlin. The English-languageMasha and the Bear has more than 4.18 million subscribers on YouTube and, in various languages, the animated series has gained 40 billion views across 13 channels.
Children enjoy watching the feisty little girl and her gentle giant protector. However, critics in Russiaâs neighbouring states have claimed the series, from a Moscow studio, is part of the countryâs propaganda machine. Professor Anthony Glees, of the University of Buckingham, an intelligence expert, said: âMasha is feisty, even rather nasty, but also plucky. She punches above her slight weight. Itâs not far-fetched to see her as Putinesque.
Childrenâs show is propaganda for Putin, say critics
UK journalists have dug up a report from Finlandâs Helsingin Sanomat paper, which was based on an interview with an Estonian professor who claimed that âMasha and the Bearâ was intended to create a positive image of Russia in childrenâs minds and was a danger to Estonian national security.
âAll out of anti-Russian stories?â Times gets grilled for calling âMasha and the Bearâ propaganda
Meanwhile the original story seemed to be written not even by Russians.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Wikipedia
The story was first recorded in narrative form by British writer and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously as "The Story of the Three Bears" in 1837
------
The Soviet cartoon about Masha and the bears was created last century before or just after Putin was born. All Soviet kids (having NO idea who the heck Putin was) loved it and never could have even thought that in 60+ years Russia haters would find any kind of political propaganda in it. The only propaganda of this cartoon was how to behave and to be nice.
Meanwhile, âBritish criticsâ do NOT seem to be concerned about poor American (and British) kids who have to learn about 72 idiotic genders and are encouraged to have transgenders surgeries when their immature minds are even unable to evaluate the consequences of such kind of âeducationâ.
40 schools in England ban girls from wearing skirts to accommodate transgender students
Whistleblower teacher says 17 students in British school are changing genders, some were âtrickedâ
Votto has just posted a thread about that, I hope he doesn't mind me to use his link.
A programme about a mischievous girl and a bear watched by millions of British children is accused of being a âsoft propagandaâ tool for the Kremlin. The English-languageMasha and the Bear has more than 4.18 million subscribers on YouTube and, in various languages, the animated series has gained 40 billion views across 13 channels.
Children enjoy watching the feisty little girl and her gentle giant protector. However, critics in Russiaâs neighbouring states have claimed the series, from a Moscow studio, is part of the countryâs propaganda machine. Professor Anthony Glees, of the University of Buckingham, an intelligence expert, said: âMasha is feisty, even rather nasty, but also plucky. She punches above her slight weight. Itâs not far-fetched to see her as Putinesque.
Childrenâs show is propaganda for Putin, say critics
UK journalists have dug up a report from Finlandâs Helsingin Sanomat paper, which was based on an interview with an Estonian professor who claimed that âMasha and the Bearâ was intended to create a positive image of Russia in childrenâs minds and was a danger to Estonian national security.
âAll out of anti-Russian stories?â Times gets grilled for calling âMasha and the Bearâ propaganda
Meanwhile the original story seemed to be written not even by Russians.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Wikipedia
The story was first recorded in narrative form by British writer and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously as "The Story of the Three Bears" in 1837
------
The Soviet cartoon about Masha and the bears was created last century before or just after Putin was born. All Soviet kids (having NO idea who the heck Putin was) loved it and never could have even thought that in 60+ years Russia haters would find any kind of political propaganda in it. The only propaganda of this cartoon was how to behave and to be nice.
Meanwhile, âBritish criticsâ do NOT seem to be concerned about poor American (and British) kids who have to learn about 72 idiotic genders and are encouraged to have transgenders surgeries when their immature minds are even unable to evaluate the consequences of such kind of âeducationâ.
40 schools in England ban girls from wearing skirts to accommodate transgender students
Whistleblower teacher says 17 students in British school are changing genders, some were âtrickedâ
Votto has just posted a thread about that, I hope he doesn't mind me to use his link.
Last edited: