In this episode of A View from Afar Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine how a real war of global proportions has been waged to shape opinions. Paul and Selwyn deep dive into the battle to control a narrative, waged by all sides in a polarised combative world, and how modern mainstream media institutions, like Radio New Zealand, fall vulnerable in the absence of robust all-sides-considered analysis and debate. In this episode, Paul and Selwyn analyse how fourth Estate bias, propaganda, and conflict-force fact-vacuums are the challenge of our times in this disinformation age. Upon this context, Paul and Selwyn consider: * Why Is the Radio New Zealand sub-editor pro-RU-content debacle symptomatic of a fact-vacuum environment? * Why is all media vulnerable to disinformation in the absence of robust NATO-Ukraine-Russia analysis? * What are the unspoken of ‘big picture’ shifts in Russian Federation / Global South relations? LINKS and REFERENCES: https://KiwiPolitico.com https://www.dekoder.org/de/person/ekaterina-schulmann-0 https://www.rnz.co.nz/media/180 https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/news-extras/story/2018893905/rnz-editorial-audit https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/491788/nz-entering-ukraine-conflict-at-whim-of-govt-former-labour-general-secretary https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/02/25/russia-ends-nowhere-they-say https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-russian-elites-think-putins-war-is-doomed-to-fail INTERACTION: Paul and Selwyn encourage their live audience to interact while they are live with questions and comments. You can continue to interact with this podcast, simply by going to Youtube.com/c/EveningReport/ Remember to subscribe to the channel. For the on-demand audience, you can also keep the conversation going on this debate by clicking on one of the social media channels below: Youtube.com/c/EveningReport/ Facebook.com/selwyn.manning Twitter.com/Selwyn_Manning RECOGNITION: The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication. Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators. ***