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Released but not before iran got plenty of propaganda value out of parading these u.s. sailors before the cameras. and those were just the major incidents. in all, the u.s. navy says it counts 23 provocative incidents by iran in 2015 and 35 last year. and one reason iran is able to do this kind of stuff is simply geographic opportunity. the u.s. has lots of military personnel on irans doorstep in every direction. we have major american deployments in afghanistan which borders iran and also iraq ...

Escorting an aircraft carrier out of the persian gulf when the navy had what was described as an unsafe and unprofessional encounter with an iranian patrol boat. were told that iranian patrol boat trained a weapon on the u.s. helicopter. a few months before that, iranian patrol boats raced full speed right at an american navy vessel. they got so close the american ship fired three warning shots at thereian boats. and, of course, 2016 started off with these harrowing images of 10 american sailors...

Encounter with an iranian patrol boat. were told that iranian patrol boat trained a weapon on the u.s. helicopter. a few months before that, iranian patrol boats raced full speed right at an american navy vessel. they got so close the american ship fired three warning shots at thereian boats. and, of course, 2016 started off with these harrowing images of 10 american sailors being taken into iranian custody. they were held in iran for 15 hours before finally being released but not before iran go...

About semantics and whether at this point we can believe anything that comes out of sean spicers mouth anymore lets talk about this 46% of people of keeping america safe then it wouldnt be repudiated by the community, the military brass, the ambassadorial services anybody who has studied this has said instead of keeping america safe it is increasing the threat because of the propaganda value that it gives to our adversaries particularly what it gives to isis. >> right. which i was talking before...

Short-term propaganda value clearly outweighed by the risk to his life. >> jury selection, the timeline here when you consider the number of people who know about this case who probably have strong feelings about this case. the individual going to the jury pool. >> i think you put your finger on it. as much as any viewer remembers this heinous crime, he did it. a mass murder, racism, but in our system, they have to find jurors who take seriously their obligation to approach this with an open min...

This international consulting firm. he took the speaking engagement, including several on a kremlin run propaganda tv channel r.t. or russia television right and then afterwards he attended this gala and he dined with vladimir putin pictures were taken, photos that were later used by putin as a propaganda tool. so a lot of people are worried about this, general. your thoughts? >> well, i think mike was asked to be an analyst for r.t. just like you all asked me to be an analyst for cnn. the diffe...

More negative elements of this campaign. largely because of the propaganda value. now, is this resonating with ordinary russians? our team hit the streets of moscow today. take a look at what they had to say. >> im not sure it will be good for the united states. any of them. >> i think this is a big game, you know. i think everybody knows how to finish this game. i think with hillary clinton. >> that is largely the exception

Shes made all those anti-russian statements, hacking, putin, russia, just read her statements. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: president putin dismissed allegations that russia is playing favorites in this race, but as the polls tightened, russia media is now suggesting that the election is rigged and that the establishment wont let trump win. one channel has predicted bloody unsocial unrest if clinton becomes president followed by the overthrow of the corrupt regime. >> its a very...

Value it can get. some russian media channels even suggested that american authorities might try to assassinate donald trump to prevent him from becoming president. this gives you a sense of just how ugly the russian coverage of the u.s. election is. as i said before, theyre capitalizing on the propaganda value on it, really tries to cast america as a country that is dysfunctional, dangerous and divided but also this provides a very welcomed distraction from russias own problems here at home. >>...

Trump win. one channel has predicted bloody social unrest if clinton becomes president followed by the overthrow of the corrupt regime. >> it is a very effective message for the russian aud wrens because russian audience is very suspicious of american, is very suspicious of westernand american democracy and someone who rebels against the system definitely looks very good with in the eyes of russia. >> can which is why media here is happily milking this election for all the propaganda value it ca...