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You will find zs on billboards, on government buildings, even on the side of theatres. and here, this is the home of human rights activist 0leg 0rlov. those who criticise russias onslaught in ukraine have become targets of abuse. translation: russia is heading towards, in fact has almost - arrived at, something very similar to what we saw in germany in the 1930s. everything feels very familiar. and thats important. in russia right now, there is no room for alternative views, for public expressio...

Completely, it controls the messaging, and it has been using these images to paint a very different picture to the russian public. for example, iwatched different picture to the russian public. for example, i watched the main political talk show today on russian state television. they broadcast the bucha pictures, but with the word fake in big red letters plastered all over the screen, to make viewers believe the claims of russian war crimes are simply invented. in the same way that the kremlin ...

Scattered along a road, but because the kremlin controls television here completely, it controls the messaging, and its been using these images to paint a very different picture to the russian public. so, for example, i watched the main political talk show today on russian state television. they broadcast the bucha pictures, but with the word "fake" in big red letters plastered all over the screen to make viewers believe that claims of russian war crimes are simply invented. in the same way that...

I am happy that they are... that they are interested, engaged, they want to talk about these ideas. and i am very, very relaxed about them taking alternative views for me. if they want to call in, ill leave my number at the end of the programme. liz truss, thanks forjoining us. what a difference three years can make. not only has liz truss gone to a leading candidate to replace boris johnson, but shes gone from a woman happy to joke about her past, happy to tell anecdotes and wanted to present h...

Bigger, widely discussed. certainly there has been huge progress, in the last few years, the bbc in particular has started to avoid false balance and presenting on the one hand a climate scientist with years of experience and then some guy who writes blogs for the telegraph, presenting them as alternative views, as though they have equal weight. there is much less of that now. coverage is better, more weight on scientific outputs, i would say it is sometimes going to the point where we are overs...

Well, can 40% be that wrong or off base and you also talk about resistance and this is something we all know from debating politics with anybody. you write the act of resistance fortifies our psychological immune system refuting a point, a view produces antibodies against influence attempts, less curious about alternative views. from what i can tell hearing from beat viewers, a lot of them are sharp and knowledgeable about politics so im sure they recognize the dynamic youre describing there. im...

Joining me now is independent journalist glenn greenwald. this isnt just though about silencing vaccine skeptics, is it? >> no, the censorship that is being practiced by these tech monopolies is rapidly increasing across all of these platforms and covers virtually every political topic that we debated. its so ironic, i listen to people celebrating the censorship of alternative views on the grounds of science. science is about debating and questioning all kinds of hypotheses and letting the truth...

>> does that apply to other issues like abortion? joining these independent journalist glenn greenwald. this isnt just about silencing vaccine skeptics, is it? >> know. the censorship being practiced by big tech monopolies is across all these platforms and covers virtually every political topic that we debated and i was listening to those people celebrating the censorship of alternative views on the grounds of science, science is about debating and questioning all kinds of hypotheses and letting...

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Wiring people up to go in and talk to people and make recordings of their conversations is buying. going through peoples emails which they did as a result of the fisa warrants. >> dana: would start with the announcement of the democrats made today, has a hearing yesterday, met last night, and then this morning you have the announcement from the leaders that they are going to introduce two articles of impeachment against the president. >> i have those right here, those are the base articles they ...