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News & Current Events May 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM

Nato meetings with TV and film-makers prompt claims it is seeking ‘propaganda’

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Nato meetings with TV and film-makers prompt claims it is seeking ‘propaganda’
the Guardian
Nato meetings with TV and film-makers prompt claims it is seeking ‘propaganda’
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Kaiisim May 4, 2026 +133
We have realised huge numbers of people *only* react to and value propaganda.
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Loud-Commercial9756 May 4, 2026 +12
Leaders have always known this.
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EmergencyCucumber905 May 4, 2026 +183
That's just hilarious. How many times a year do we get Hollywood movies about how badass and morally superior the marines and SEALs are?
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FlirtyFluffyFox May 4, 2026 +36
I was taken by a daily member to see the movie Stealth and it's such ridiculous propaganda I'm stunned he had to pay for us to see it. A single pilot in a jet literally attacks North Korea because 30 minutes prior his girlfriend, also a fighter pilot, crashed landed in their soil and was being held by the government. Like, yeah. That's what a country does when an enemy soldier parachutes onto their land. They get questioned and you free them with diplomacy.  Nope. The hero killed hundreds of Koreans in his science fiction super jet 
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Lord0fHats May 4, 2026
I'm always torn between these movies because on the one hand you get ones that glorify shit like dying for nebulous and unclear reasons just because the other guy is the wrong skin tone, and other times they're just so f****** funny. And it's not just the American ones either! I saw a China one a few years ago that had the cheesiest most nationalist ending of any movie I've seen since the Red Dawn remake. It's like some movie about China's version of the Navy Seals and ends on a monologue about 'we will stand strong against anyone' with an image of a US aircraft carrier just sailing along. This movie had, ostensibly, nothing to do with the US in terms of its plot (it was humorously a movie about fighting brown people in the middle east go figure) and it ends on the most blatant nationalism shot you can imagine. And of course I still laugh at the stupidity of how the Red Dawn remake ended because I can't hear that speech at the end of that movie and not think 'somewhere in Afghanistan, there's someone giving this exact same speech right now.'
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UpperRearer May 4, 2026 +2
Are you talking about Wolf Warrior?
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Lord0fHats May 4, 2026 +2
Don't think I've seen that one yet. I'll add it to the list the next time I want to watch a bunch gratuitous war movies.
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Fun-Badger3724 May 4, 2026 -6
Yeah... That's kind of the point. Nobody wants to emulate America.
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Sorry-Bumblebee-2415 May 3, 2026 +201
After reading this article, I can see that Trump's constant lies about NATO are taking hold. I bet Putin is dancing a jig, his puppet is serving him well.
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Ok_Mathematician938 May 4, 2026 +12
Puppets plural - so many others out there.. and the string pullers are hedging their bets on whether Trump is done or not.
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Bunch_of_Shit 6 days ago +7
Vlad Vexler was right about the downfall of NATO. Putin didn’t have to confront it directly, because he can’t. He just had to discredit it, via trump and right wing European parties russia funds.
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ovirt001 May 3, 2026 +194
Well, absolutely nothing has been done about the Russian/Chinese/Iranian propaganda spammed all over social media and western news sites.
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[deleted] May 4, 2026 -221
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GoblinWoblin May 4, 2026 +89
What empire are you referring to?
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glaba3141 May 4, 2026 -123
US empire. Was that not obvious? We have so many countries that may as well be colonies due to their near complete dependence on us (manufactured dependence). South Korea, Taiwan, much of Europe, goes on and on Some of these countries literally would cease to exist if the US stopped supporting them
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bappestinian May 4, 2026 +53
And when those countries do something to lessen their dependence on US, you people also throw a fit regardless.
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glaba3141 May 4, 2026 -1
What? Of course not. I would love for them to do so. I'm literally a socialist, I would like nothing more than for these countries to have a revolution and seize control of their own resources
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nando_calrissian1 5 days ago +4
You're wasting your breath explaining it to right wing leaning people on this sub.
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derzt1 May 4, 2026
There is no “US empire”
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glaba3141 May 4, 2026 +2
Haha ok buddy
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TinyTC1992 May 4, 2026 +3
You are an imperialist soft power country. You can debate an empire quite easily, as the current incarnation of the US doesnt match what we'd historically call an empire. Not to mention within the last 60 days the US have been proven to be a paper tiger, so you can even look to military power these days and declare "empire".
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derzt1 May 4, 2026 +2
What countries are in the “US empire”?
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TheActualDonKnotts May 4, 2026 +41
>openly imperialist Someone get this poor bot a better dictionary. Hidden profile as always of course.
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IslandBoy1337 May 4, 2026 +18
And the American propaganda?
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xeico May 4, 2026 +14
All militaries generate propaganda as recruiting tools. Top gun being one famous example. Finnish military was extremely involved in the confict mini series and I am sure all national militaries are involved in something similar. 
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Seeker-N7 May 4, 2026 +6
Official NATOWave! Let's f****** go!
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Bunch_of_Shit May 4, 2026 +16
I’ve noticed people who say this also hold Putin beyond reprieve
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asmj May 4, 2026 -10
The Guardian?
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Bunch_of_Shit May 4, 2026 +22
People who go on about “nato propaganda”
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22stanmanplanjam11 6 days ago +3
The Irish.
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UpperRearer May 4, 2026 +6
Translation: Russia is butthurt that European NATO countries are making it known to the wider population how useful being in an alliance is to deter Russia, and their allies.
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Seiontsuki May 4, 2026 +7
And Russia and China aren't?
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hawkseye17 6 days ago +2
The claims are probably being made by Iran and Russia because they don't want to lose their propaganda monopoly
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LongjumpingBase9094 May 4, 2026 +3
Ah yes, like all those American military games
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whelmed-and-gruntled May 4, 2026 -3
America invented modern army propaganda films. Disney used to make animated and live action reels for them. Not even addressing Bay and Bruckheimer, their work speaks for itself. Kinda shoddy to point fingers when anyone else does it. Updated to make it clear I was talking about narrative film. Because that’s what the article is about. But go on with how Bronze Age carvings are comparable to internationally released films. It’s sorta interesting.
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FlirtyFluffyFox May 4, 2026 +9
To be fair, army propaganda literally predates the bronze age collapse. 
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Lord0fHats May 4, 2026 +6
Nothing hits like bronze age propaganda! >I am Shutruk-Nahhunte, son of Hallutush-Inshushinak, beloved servant of the god [Inshushinak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inshushinak), king of Anshan and Susa, who has enlarged the kingdom, who takes care of the lands of Elam, the lord of the land of Elam. When the god Inshusinak gave me the order, I defeated [Sippar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippar). I took the stele of Naram-Sin and carried it off, bringing it to the land of Elam. For Inshushinak, my god, I set it as an offering. Sure it's propaganda, but it's classy!
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UpperRearer May 4, 2026 +2
Wait until you find out about the catholic army. Or the janissaries. Or the varangian guard recruitment. Or-
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Loud-Commercial9756 May 4, 2026 +1
If we get a new Final Countdown movie, I'll be okay with this.
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ieatthosedownvotes 6 days ago +1
So what? It's not like everyone doesn't engage in propaganda like that stupid commercial that what's her face got fired over.
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Clem_de_Menthe 6 days ago +1
It’s a secret plot to revive Battle of the Network Stars
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TacWizzzer May 4, 2026 +1
NATO propaganda is based and valid.
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furrysalesman69 May 4, 2026 +1
Duh, they’re the ones trying to keep us alive, duoy!
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Muronelkaz May 4, 2026 +1
All they need to do is find a dozen AMV creators and shove them in a room with licenced usage of all the military footage from all the members. Embrace NATO WAVE.
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Tom_Alpha May 4, 2026 +1
They probably aren't looking at having some fiction film made. More likely some manner of documentary style film in order to tell the story of NATO and promote what it is doing
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cap10JTKirk May 4, 2026
The American forces also spends millions annually investing in shooting games and esports sponsors. Because it's been shown that if a person's been shooting humans digitally it's easier for them to shoot a real human. Propoganda where you have to fight Russians or Chinese or some evil axis including the two.
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UpperRearer May 4, 2026 +2
That would be a lot less effective if Russia didn't consistently act out evil.
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Upbeat_Job4191 May 3, 2026 -140
Well NATO has a psyops operation in every member country to dissuade us from thinking negatively about it. The UK section provides a report on the exact tacticts they use to brainwash us :)
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yhwhx May 4, 2026 +73
Is it NATO propaganda that Putin would love to see NATO ended?
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Dillweed999 May 4, 2026 +54
I hope you're one the 60% of Russians that have access to flush toilets :)
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doneandtired2014 May 4, 2026 +7
With any luck, he'll be sent off to participate in Operation Speedy Meatgrinder soon.
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RottenPingu1 May 4, 2026 +18
Omg...is that what water fluoridation is about????!!!
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LieverRoodDanRechts May 4, 2026 +11
If you need to be brainwashed into defending yourself, the brainwashing is not the problem.
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UpperRearer May 4, 2026 +2
So how did they psyop Finland and Sweden into joining, before they even were members to be psyoped? lmao his entire post history is dickriding dictators in the middle east, and seething about the west. Coincidentally all the ones Russia backs. Pure chance, I'm sure.
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Upbeat_Job4191 6 days ago
dickriding? the only dickriding is choking on the nato-propaganda di\*k and accept their idiocy as a truth, you think Rutte cares about you? learn to think for yourself, use reason
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Benedictus84 May 4, 2026 -2
It needs a qualified leader.
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