AI summary:
A Chilean journalist, Gonzalo Lira, who had been living in Ukraine, was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine on suspicion of pro-Russian sympathies and criticizing the government. He had been detained before in April, released, and then rearrested for voicing views critical of the West and Ukraine’s government. He faced torture while imprisoned, then managed to post bail but decided to flee to Hungary for political asylum. He believed the Ukrainian government was setting him up to be arrested again. He went missing after attempting to cross the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. The situation highlighted concerns about free speech and the treatment of dissenters in Ukraine.
You’re probably being called a tankie because you’re posing Russian propaganda and acting like daddy vladdy’s media is somehow better than western media. It’s hilarious that you think you’re more informed when your video is using media from unapologetic liars (and that’s also a good description of Dore himself).
You can call Western media liars and propagandists, but if you’re posing Russian media unironically while doing so, no one is going to pay attention to your opinion because it’s clearly uninformed and entirely pants on head.
I’ve mentioned in a previous comment that both Russian and US media can be seen as propaganda. I value them equally and believe they hold similar importance. It’s essential for people to consider various perspectives before forming conclusions. I label US media as propaganda because it’s predominantly consumed, but the same applies to media from any other country.