I know that most of us don't consider CNN a reliable news source but keep in mind that most airports, hotels, etc., where hundreds of thousands of people pass through usually plays CNN and those same people hear and see that network. or another liberal station in passing. How do you then convince others who may be too busy to actually 'tune in' and do some research of the misinformation and blatant kangaroo court procedures?
@libertybele Even worse,CNN is considered by many foreigners to be an accurate source for news from the US because it is the ONLY US media source they ever see.
I was in Moscow during Yeltsin's first election,and the Communist Party and the Russian Orthodox Church held a big election rally for the communist candidate in the square right outside the hotel I was staying in. The Russian businessmen and women in the lobby were actually laughing at what the CNN talking head was saying on the television in the lobby. Don't forget,they could hear what the talking head said,and then observer and hear what was going in in real time.
When I asked them what was going on,a couple were more than happy to tell me while laughing about it,and when I responded with "No problem. Give me a good belt-fed and a couple of ammo bearers,and I can clear this little problem up for you!". The response was cheers,slaps on my back,and the offer to buy me drinks.
BUT.....consider that these were Russian businessmen and women that have contacts outside of Russia,and that traveled outside of Russia on a regular basis to conduct business. They had seen with their own eyes what life was like in the west,so they didn't swallow the lies believed by the typical Russian citizen that had mostly never left the area where they were born,AND it was being broadcast in Russian as well as English.