and francis, a us congresswoman by the name of elissa slotkin was lampooned by some last week when she advised ukrainians, if russia does invade, she said, flood the internet with pictures and videos, with all the embarrassing content you can get for the russian people to see that their leader is a fraud and a thug. does putin fear embarrassing posts on social media? well, on the one hand, the kremlin does keep its finger firmly on the pulse of public opinion. and even commissions polls to see how people are viewing sensitive issues. but i personally think she s kind of misread russian society here, because for the last few years, especially on state tv, people have been fed this cocktail of conspiracy theories and sometimes even just outright lies every time russia is accused of doing something maligned by the west. and i personally think it would take something much greater we re talking about the photos and videos of thousands and thousands of body bags coming back from ukrain
especially on state tv, people have been fed this cocktail of conspiracy theories and sometimes even just outright lies every time russia is accused of doing something maligned by the west. and i personally think it would take something much greater we re talking about the photos and videos of thousands and thousands of body bags coming back from ukraine to really cause a shift in russian public opinion. francis carr in moscow, thank you very much. i promised at the start of the programme that we d look at how the digital sleuthing that ben is an expert in has now been adopted by a lot of mainstream news outlets. so let me introduce you to the rest of my panel. alexa koenig is the executive director of the human rights centre at the berkeley school of law. alison killing is the winner of the 2021 pulitzer prize in international reporting. haley willis is visual investigations reporter at the new york times. and, haley, if i can start with you. welcome to the media show. you ve been
might actually reveal that that information is true. and that s how we re able to use those tangible facts to cross reference and prove what s actually there on the ground. and that s how we prove that link and that proof in the pudding there. and francis, a us congresswoman by the name of elissa slotkin was lampooned by some last week when she advised ukrainians, if russia does invade, she said, flood the internet with pictures and videos, with all the embarrassing content you can get for the russian people to see that their leader is a fraud and a thug. does putin fear embarrassing posts on social media? well, on the one hand, the kremlin does keep its finger firmly on the pulse of public opinion. and even commissions polls to see how people are viewing sensitive issues. but i personally think she s kind of misread russian society here, because for the last few years, especially on state tv, people have been fed this cocktail of conspiracy theories and sometimes even just outrigh
embarrassing content you can get for the russian people to see that their leader is a fraud and a thug. does putin fear embarrassing posts on social media? well, on the one hand, the kremlin does keep its fingerfirmly on the pulse of public opinion. and even commissions polls to see how people are viewing sensitive issues. but i personally think she s kind of misread russian society here because, for the last few years, especially on state tv, people have been fed this cocktail of conspiracy theories and sometimes even just outright lies every time russia is accused of doing something maligned by the west. and i personally think it would take something much greater we re talking about the photos and videos of thousands and thousands of body bags coming back from ukraine to really cause a shift in russian public opinion. francis carr in moscow, thank you very much. i promised at the start of the programme that we d look at how the digital sleuthing that ben is an expert in has no