Public Initiative: “Army of Liars”
On Saturday, August 16 2008, from 18 till 19 pm dramatized march “Army of Liars” will take place in the center of Kyiv. Participants aim to attract Ukrainian and international public attention to the problem of disinformation in highlighting of the war in Georgia by Russian mass media.
While the military operations on the Georgian territory have been ceased, a large-scale informational war continues on television, in the newspapers and on the Internet. We believe that Russia is using mass media as a strategic weapon for escalating confrontation between the parties of the conflict, ethnical hatred spin and for devastating reputation of all countries whose position differs from what Kremlin promotes.
In informational war Russian media use not validated information, false concepts, severely biased statements, exaggerations, discrimination of facts. This as a result harms first of all nations of the Russian Federation.
March participants want to express their deep concern that consequences of the information war can be as threatening, massive and long-term, as actual armed conflict. The action is organized by the ordinary citizens, not affiliated with any political parties or movements. We are united by one goal – strive for the truth and protest against manipulating public opinion, brainwashing at the state policy level and attempt to hide disastrous consequences of such actions.
Organizers and participants of the action express their condolences to all victims of the military conflict, independently of ethnicity or nationality.
The march starts at the Besarabska square and continues along Khreshchatyk to the Maydan Nezalezhnosti.
Contacts:
Dana Vereshchagina 8 066 147 7368
Andriy Horbal 8097 223 3204
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