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Canada's public broadcast service, TVO funded a Russian propaganda movie that blamed Ukraine for the invasion.
TVO is Ontario's, not national. CBC is the federally funded broadcaster.
I haven't yet had the chance to see the movie, but based on what many reviewers have said I think there's a pretty good chance it isn't the pernicious Russian propaganda it's been made out to be. The synopsis from wikipedia seems representative of what is said to be its approach:
It's easy to imagine some viewers missing the point and mistaking things the Russian soldiers in the film say for things the film is saying. Of course it's also easy to imagine that it really does align with Russian government propaganda. I feel like it's necessary to actually see it to find out which is the case.
It's a movie that garners sympathy for the Russian soldiers. You hear Russian soldiers say various propaganda talking points.
Imagine it's 1942 and a Canadian public funded movie was released showing how hard life was for average Nazis killing Slavs in Ukraine. In the 1942 movie it shows Nazis talking about how Ukrainians forced Germany to invade and the movie doesn't provide a rebuttal.
Edit: redacted: ~~I haven't seen the doc, but I feel like you're conflating frontline soldiers and political leadership, and are very quick to use the term "propaganda"~~
~~Showing that Russian soldiers are suffering too in Putin's war does not sound like (encouraging) sympathizing with Putin to me or undermining Ukraine's resistance. That take seems simplistic to the point of us collectively having to water down every political doc in existence.~~
Edit: new: While I didn't find your points compelling, the TVO documentary is the most/only cited and described example of supposed propaganda in the article. Based on these descriptions, I'd agree it's propaganda. Not correcting falsehoods in a documentary meets criteria for me
Things like "it doesn't provide a rebuttal" are often said, and I don't find it convincing. There are ways to show the lies for what they are without directly arguing about it. Is the movie effective in doing that? It seems to depend on the viewer.
Got any more info on that?
I was doing a tldr of the article for everyone.