are journalists manipulated? The Franceinfo Talk debate

Since the beginning of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the war has continued and seems to be bogged down. Difficult conditions for the reporters who investigate on the ground because beyond the military confrontation, it is also an information war which opposes Russia to Ukraine. So how do journalists get information and work in the field? How to distinguish between war propaganda and verified information?

Omar Ouahmane and Valérie Crova, major reporters on the international editorial staff of Radio France, went to Ukraine and are today in Le Talk franceinfo to discuss it. Manon Mella also receives Denis Kataev, a Russian journalist in exile in Paris.

It has been more than 200 days since Russia and Ukraine clash. War does not only take place through weapons but also through information. Faced with a well-oiled Russian information war machine, Ukraine is responding in particular through a massive mobilization on social networks.

Thus, whether it is the Russian or Ukrainian authorities, the information coming from the parties involved for 6 months in the war is the most likely to be manipulated or distorted. How do reporters sent to the field work when information becomes an object of censorship and propaganda?

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