“This is called“ information vaccination ”by political strategists: when someone knows about the appearance of information that cannot be refuted, the object itself, in relation to which there is a negative, should publish this information first. Then the effect of voluntary recognition will arise: they say, we ourselves have told you everything, dear audience, ”Craft said in an interview with RT.
According to him, in this case, the reputational loss from publication may be lower.
On August 21, RT appealed to the CEO of Dozhd, Natalya Sindeeva, with a request to comment on the information that since 2014 the channel has received funding from abroad. A few hours later, a financial report was posted on his website, from which it follows that the funds came as part of advertising contracts with EU structures.
More details in the material RT.