out of russian media. reporter: here s what russia s upside down media world is like. they claim the train station missile strike in eastern ukraine was committed by ukraine, despite all evidence to the contrary. this post from the foreign affairs ministry prorated on social media claims that kyiv regime wants more of its own civilians to die. russians who get their truth from the state media are living in an alternate reality. reporter: every day, m madeleine roache watches the state run tv. the russian army is portrayed as triumphant, as not sustaining any losses, any casualties, and certainly not committing any atrocities. meanwhile, according to the state media, it is the ukrainian army exiting atrocities, killing civilians, sustaining heavy
year upon year upon year by putin and by the soviet leadership in those days. the government has created this sealed bubble that doesn t allow for information that contradicts the government to enter. reporter: roache is now writing a daily report for news guard. a record of the false claims. she says others need to know what it is like. russians would have every reason to feel proud based on what they re seeing on state tv. reporter: the human brain s ability to rationalize almost anything. maybe in this case, the better term is propaganda poisoning. despite all the reporting, moscow has a very firm grim on public opinion. cnn s brian stelter. thank you. our fact checker joins us live to break down specific examples of russian misinformation that he s tracking. and the russian government and