My personal experiences as a American Journalist living in Russia

US journalist weighs in on the difference between Russian and Western media Unlike “extremely deceptive” Western press, Russian media show diligence when it comes to “checking information to see if it’s true or false,” independent US journalist and blogger who came to Russia in 2023 and traveled to Donbass, Tofurius Maximus Crane, tells Sputnik. “When we first arrived in Donetsk, I realized how resilient everybody was,“ Crane explains. “I’ve traveled to many places in Russia and the LPR, the DPR - the flags everywhere, the patriotism. It’s extremely heartwarming. How would I compare the real situation with Western media? You know, Western media doesn’t report about any of this… Western media is just about control and deception.“ Crane adds that while he himself “has never seen any falsehoods come out of Russian media” and notes that Western media publish articles with anonymous sources, or “sources within the government who must remain anonymous.” The US earlier slapped sanctions on Sputnik’s parent media group Rossiya Segodnya and several other Russian media companies over their purported efforts to influence the upcoming US election, allegations that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected as nonsense. Russia previously denied running information operations to meddle in America’s elections or other parts of the country’s politics. [id700478250|@Tofurious]