How Stalin tried to ‘muzzle’ reporters into ‘parroting Kremlin propaganda’ | Alan Philips

“Stalin was dead set on keeping reporters away from the battle front, trying to muzzle them, or if they wouldnt be muzzled to manipulate them into parroting Kremlin propaganda.”

Foreign correspondent Alan Philips draws parallels between Stalin and Putin’s gag laws on #TimesRadio.

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