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1 | One Man's Revenge Against Russian Propaganda | Valifatin'ny Olona Iray Manohitra Ny Fampielezankevitra Rosiana |
2 | “Noodleremover” on the boob tube. | “Noodleremover” (Mpanongotra paty) amin'ny rakitry boob. |
3 | Photo of Soviet television from Flickr. | Sarinà fahitalavitra Sovietika avy tamin'nyFlickr. |
4 | CC 2.0. | CC 2.0. |
5 | Edited by Kevin Rothrock. | Nalefan'i Kevin Rothrock. |
6 | He used to work for the Russian state media, heading RIA Novosti's inoSMI.ru project, which translates the foreign-language media into Russian. | Niasa tamin'ny media an'ny fanjakana Rosiana izy, nitantana ny tetikasa inoSMI.ru izay RIA Novosti teo aloha efa maty, izay mamadika ny media amin'ny teny vahiny ho amin'ny teny Rosiana. |
7 | Today, Alexey Kovalev is taking revenge on the people he says destroyed his country's state media. | Ankehitriny, mamaly faty an'ireo olona lazainy fa namotika ny mediam-panjakàna an'ny firenena i Alexey Kovalev. |
8 | His weapon is a new website called Noodleremover.news, a play on the Russian phrase “noodles on your ears,” which translates loosely to “a cock-and-bull story.” | Ny vohikala vaovao antsoina hoe Noodleremover.news no fitaovam-piadiany, kilalaon-teny amin'ny fehezanteny Rosiana hoe “paty eo an-tsofinareo,” izay midika tsotra hoe “tantara sarotra inoana.” |
9 | The project (which Kovalev says began as Facebook posts and graduated to Medium.com, before he bought his own domain) takes aim at false and misleading reports in the Russian media-particularly stories about popular and expert opinion in the West about Russia. | Mikendry ireo tatitra diso sy mamitaka ao amin'ireo media Rosiana, indrindra ireo tantara momba ireo hevi-bahoaka sy an'ny manampahaizana any Andrefana momba an'i Rosia, ilay tetikasa (izay lazain'i Kovalev fa niantomboka tamin'ireo lahatsoratra ao amin'ny Facebook ary nitombo tamin'ny Medium.com, nialoha ny nividianany ny sehatra ho azy manokana). |
10 | One of Kovalev's recent texts addressed how the Russian Defense Ministry's TV network invented a fake interview with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, where Arseniy Yatsenyuk supposedly accused former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of sexual harassment. | Ireo lahatsoratra vao haingana an'i Kovalev izao nilaza ny fomba namoronan'ny tambajotranà fahitalavitry ny Minisiteran'ny Fiarovana Rosiana tafatafa tsy marina niaraka tamin'ny Praiminisitra Okraniana, izay nolazaina fa niampangan'i Arseniy Yatsenyuk ny Praiminisitra teo aloha Yulia Tymoshenko ho nanao filàm-baniny ara-nofo. |
11 | Another post looked at how American evangelicals have helped shape Russia's crackdown on gay rights, while praising Vladimir Putin along the way. | Nisy lahatsoratra hafa nijery ny fomba nanampian'ireo Amerikana evanjelista tamin'ny fanamboarana ny famoretan'i Rosia ny zon'ireo sarimbavy, sady midera an'i Vladimir Putin ihany. |
12 | “In order to gain access to new markets and sponsors,” Kovalev writes, “[homophobic evangelicals] need to rave about whatever local tsar there is, whose people go hungry, while they blather on TV about spiritual values and 90-percent approval ratings.” | “Mba ho afaka mahazo tsenam-barotra vaovao sy mpanohana,” manoratra izao i Kovalev, “mila manindrahindra ny mpanjaka eo an-toerana [ireo evanjelista tsy tia ny olona mitia ny mitovy fananahana aminy], izay noana ireo vahoakany, sady milazalaza ao amin'ny fahitalavitra mikasika ny lanjan'ny fivavahana sy ny taham-panekena 90 isan-jato.” |
13 | Noodleremover made its biggest splash yet with a text published on September 18, titled “Russia Today, Information War, and Billions of Views: How They Get Their Stats,” where Kovalev reviewed information published in English by The Daily Beast about how the Russian state network RT intentionally misinterprets data about the size of its audience to inflate claims about its influence. | Nanome ny tefaka goavana indrindra avy aminy indray ny Noodleremover tamin'ilay lahatsoratra navoaka ny 18 Septambra, mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Rosia Ankehitriny, Adin'ny Torohay, ary Fijery an-Davitrisany: Ny Fomba Nahazoan'izy ireo Ny Antontan'isany,” izay namerenan'i Kovalev nijery ny torohay nalefan'ny The Daily Beast tamin'ny teny Anglisy, momba ny fomba feno fanahy iniana ataon'ny tambazotra RT an'ny fanjakana Rosiana handikàna vilana ny angon-drakitra momba ny habetsaky ny mpijery azy mba hiheboheboana amin'ny fahafahany misintona ny sain'ny olona. |
14 | Kovavlev told RuNet Echo that the piece attracted more than 60,000 readers. | Nilaza tao amin'ny RuNet Echo i Kovavlev fa mahasintona mpamaky maherin'ny 60.000 ilay singa. |
15 | That was the moment, he says, when he decided his new website “is really something worth doing.” | Izay fotoana izay, hoy izy, no nanapahany hevitra hoe “tena zavatra tokony atao tokoa” ilay vohikalany vaovao. |
16 | Though he says the website is “worth it,” Kovalev is still somewhat hesitant to describe Noodleremover as an effort to bring media literacy to Russians. | Na milaza aza izy fa “mendrika ny ho atao” ny vohikalany, mbola mihazohazo ny hamaritra ny Noodleremover ho toy ny ezaka hitondra fampianarana mamaky ny media ho an'ireo Rosiana i Kovalev. |
17 | “You can't even translate ‘media literacy' into Russian,” he told RuNet Echo. “‘Media gramotnost'”? | “Tsy afaka na dia mamadika ny ‘fampianarana mamaky ny media' ho amin'ny fiteny Rosiana akory ianao,” hoy izy tao amin'ny RuNet Echo. |
18 | It doesn't make any sense to a Russian speaker. | “‘Media gramotnost'”? tsy misy dikany izany amin'ny mpiteny Rosiana. |
19 | But I think it's important to teach people how to consume news. | Fa mieritreritra aho hoe tena zava-dehibe ny mampianatra ny olona ny fomba handraisana ireo vaovao. |
20 | Every news outlet has an agenda.” | Samy manana fandaharam-potoana ireo mpamoaka vaovao.” |
21 | Kovalev makes no secret of his own agenda, either. | Tsy manafina ny fandaharam-potoanany i Kovalev. |
22 | “I despise [Margarita] Simonyan [chief editor of RT and Rossiya Segodnya] for what she did to RIA,” he says. | “Tsy asiako vidiny i [Margarita] Simonyan [sefon'ny mpamoaka vaovao an'ny RT sy Rossiya Segodnya] noho ny nataony tamin'ny RIA,” hoy izy. |
23 | “After all, my name is on the website, and now it's filled with all kinds of shit. | “Sady eo amin'ny vohikala ihany koa ny anarako, ary ankehitriny feno karazan-javatra maloto maro io. |
24 | And it's really shameful to see my name next to some stupid story about how Obama is a bad dancer. | Ary tena mahamenatra ny mahita ny anarako eo ankilan'ny tantara tsy misy dikany momba ny maha-tsy mahay mandihy an'i Obama. |
25 | If that kind of story appeared on RIA a couple of years ago, the editor would have been fired.” | Raha nipoitra tamin'ny RIA taona maromaro lasa izay ny karazana tantara sahala amin'io, voaroaka ny toniandahatsoratra.” |
26 | Alexey Kovalev (center). | Alexey Kovalev (eo afovoany). |
27 | Photo: Facebook. | Sary: Facebook. |
28 | Noodleremover may have started as an act of revenge, but it's grown into something bigger. | Mety nanomboka sahala amin'ny hetsika valifaty ny Noodleremover, fa mitombo lasa zavatra lehibebe kokoa. |
29 | The project already has more than a thousand followers on Twitter, after launching in October 2015 and tweeting just 19 times. | Efa manana mpanaraka maherin'ny an'arivony ao amin'ny Twitter ilay tetikasa, taorian'ny nivoahany ny volana Oktobra 2015 ary nalefa bitsika in-19. |
30 | Kovalev says the public's reaction has greatly encouraged his work: | Nilaza i Kovalev fa tena mampahery azy amin'ny asany tokoa ny fihetsiky ny vahoaka manoloana io: |
31 | I'm getting all this feedback and people are telling me, “Wow this is so fantastic. | Maharay ireo valin-kafatra rehetra aho ary milaza amiko ny olona hoe “Tena tsara kosa ilay izy kooo. |
32 | Nobody has ever done anything like this.” | Tsy mbola nisy olona nanao zavatra tahàka izao.” |
33 | And I realize that it's true. | Ary tsapako fa tena marina izany. |
34 | Nobody in Russia has ever even thought about how we approach a piece of news. | Tsy mbola nisy olona tao Rosia nieritreritra ny fomba fandraisantsika ampahanà vaovao iray. |
35 | Why did a particular story appear? | Nahoana no mivoaka ny tantara iray miavaka? |
36 | Why is it being aired? | Nahoana io no alefa? |
37 | What agenda does the outlet saying this have? | Fandaharam-potoana inona no ananan'ny media milaza io? |
38 | What kind of agenda might an anonymous source have? | Karazana fandaharam-potoana toy inona no mety ananan'ny loharano iray tsy mitonona anarana? |
39 | Where does it come from? | Avy aiza zao io? |
40 | Why is it even out there? | Nahoana io no mbola ao? |
41 | When the first news of Russian troops in Syria broke out, I started noticing these weird little websites with next-to-zero readership (sites with maybe 100 visitors a day), but they end up being quoted by Sputnik or RT, and then they're requoted somewhere else, and this becomes a kind of chain of legitimation. | Fony nipoaka ny vaovao voalohany momba ireo andiana Rosiana any Syria, nanomboka voamariko ireny vohikala kely hafahafa ireny, miaraka amin'ny mpamaky manakaiky ny aotra (vohikala izay manana mpitsidika mety ho 100 isan'andro), fa notanisain'ny Spoutnik na RT ihany izy ireo nony farany, ary naverina notanisaina indray izy ireo tany an-kafa tany, ary lasa nanomboka ho karazana làlana mankany amin'ny faneken'ny olona azy ireo io. |
42 | You throw something out there through an obscure website, and it's requoted so many times that everyone forgets what the original news was. | Mandefa zavatra aminà vohikala tsy mazavazava fotsiny ianao, ary averimberina imbetsaka io ka lasa adinon'ny olona rehetra hoe inona tokoa moa ilay vaovao tamin'ny voalohany. |
43 | And it's just out there. | Dia mbola eo fotsiny izy. |
44 | And there is this network of weird little obscure websites that just throws stuff out there. | Ary nisy ity tambajotranà vohikala kely hafahafa tsy mazava ity izay manipy zavatra eny ho eny fotsiny. |
45 | And it's being quoted and requoted hundreds of times. | Avy eo nanomboka notanisaina ary naverimberina in-jato ilay izy. |
46 | Not everyone thinks Kovalev's project is “fantastic,” of course. | Tsy ny rehetra no mieritreritra hoe “tena tsara” ny tetikasan'i Kovalev, mazava ho azy. |
47 | Most Russians will never hear about Noodleremover, but it's a fair guess that they'd be disinclined to embrace it, given prevailing attitudes in Russia about information. | Tsy haheno ny momba ny Noodleremover ny ankamaroan'ireo Rosiana, fa ara-drariny ny hieritreretana hoe mety hanakaikikaiky azy io ry zareo, raha jerena ireo fitondrantena ao Rosia momba ny fampahalalambaovao. |
48 | According to a national survey conducted last month by the independent polling agency the Levada Center, not only do radically more Russians trust television over the Internet (59 percent versus 37 percent), but faith in information disseminated on TV, the radio, and in newspapers is rising. | Araka ny fanadihadiana nasiônaly , ny volana lasa teo, nataon'ny masoivoho tsy miankina amin'ny fanjakana mpitsapa hevitra, Levada Center, tsy hoe maro fotsiny ireo Rosiana mahatoky ny fahitalavitra noho ny Aterineto (59 isan-jato raha 37 isan-jato ny iray), fa tena mitombo mihitsy ihany koa ny finoana ny lvaovao alefa amin'ny fahitalavitra sy ny onjam-peo ary amin'ireo gazety an-tsoratra. |
49 | Over the past three years, significantly fewer Russians have come to believe that these mass media are deceiving them. | Tany amin'ny telo taona lasa tany, tena vitsy ireo Rosiana nino hoe tsy mandsio fanantenana azy ireo media ireo. |
50 | In September 2012, for instance, 55 percent of the country said it thought the media deliberately reported half truths. | Ny volana Septambra 2012, ohatra, 55 isan-jaton'ny firenena nilaza fa nieritreritra hoe tena manao fanahy iniana mitatitra ny antsasaky ny tena marina amin'ny vaovao ny media. |
51 | Three years later, that number is down to 42 percent. | Telo taona taty aoriana, nidiny ho 42 isan-jato io salan'isa io. |
52 | Kovalev told RuNet Echo that he thinks Russians might be responding to an overload of information in the world, and turning to the outlets that offer the most comfort. | Nilaza tamin'ny RuNet Echo i Kovaleva hoe mety famaliana ataon'ny Rosiana ny fitobahana vaovao be loatra manerana ny tany io, ary fitodihany amin'ireo mpamoaka vaovao izay manome zavatra tsara indrindra. |
53 | The need to stay sane, he says, allows people to accept ideas and information that often amount to nonsense: | Ilain-dry zareo ny mitoetra ho milamin-tsaina tsara mba hahafahan'ny olona manaiky ireo hevitra sy vaovao izay matetika no tsy misy dikany : |
54 | When confronted with a deluge of information, people instinctively cling to just one source (however biased it may be) just because it's “ours.” | Rehefa miatrika loharanom-baovao betsaka loatra, tonga dia mifikitra ho azy amin'ny loharano iray ihany ny olona (na diso io na marina) satria hoe “io ny anay”. |
55 | There is a certain degree of doublethink in Russia. | Misy karazana lentanà fieritreretana in-droa ao Rosia. |
56 | How much contradiction can Russians absorb without going crazy? | Hatraiza ny zavatra mifanipaka afaka eken'ny Rosiana kanefa mahalasa adala? |
57 | At any point in time, they believe two opposite things. | Amin'ny fotoana rehetra, mino zavatra roa mifanipaka izy ireo. |
58 | For instance, there are no Russian troops in Ukraine, but we are winning the war. | Ohatra, tsy misy ireo andianà tafika Rosiana any Okraina, nefa mandresy an'ady isika. |
59 | Because we cannot lose. | Satria tsy mety resy isika. |
60 | Because Russians can never lose. | Satria tsy mety resy izany mihitsy ny Rosiana. |
61 | But there are no Russian troops in Ukraine. | Fa tsy misy andianà tafika any Okraina. |
62 | So whatever is broadcast, they will believe, because it's instinctive. | Noho izany, na inona na inona alefa, hino foana izy ireo, satria mandeha ho azy izany. |
63 | Even if it's lies, we'll believe them because it's our guys who are telling the lies. | Na lainga aza io, hino azy ireo isika satria olontsika no milaza ireo lainga. |
64 | Because everyone is lying, and we're going to stick to our lies. | Satria samy mandainga daholo ny rehetra, ka hifikitra amin'ny laingantsika isika. |
65 | What can we expect with Russians' loyalty to home-brewed “lies”? | Inona no zavatra andrasantsika amin'ny tsy fivadihan'ireo Rosiana amin'ireo “lainga” vokarina ao an-tranony? |
66 | It's probably here to stay. | Mety hoe efa eo ka hijanona eo io. |
67 | Eastern Ukraine's war has cooled, but Moscow now finds itself in a far messier conflict in Syria, where the government's need to control information (and the public's “instinct” to let it) is as strong as ever. | Nihanangatsiaka ny adin'ny Okraina Atsinanana, fa tafiditra ao anatin'ny fifandirana lavitra any Syria i Maosko ankehitriny, izay ilain'ny governemanta ny mifehy ny vaovao , (ary ny “fihetsika mandeha ho azy” eny amin'ny vahoaka mba hampandeha io) dia mafy noho ny hatrizay. |
68 | Noodleremover is a one-man campaign against this trend. | Hetsiky ny lehilahy iray manohitra io fomban-javatra malaza io ny Noodleremover . |
69 | Can it succeed? | Mety hahomby ve io? |
70 | Kovalev says he's not under any illusions, and acknowledges the enormous clout of the people running the Kremlin's media empire. | Milaza i Kovalev fa tsy manana fanantenàna be fahatany izy, ary manaiky ny fahefan'ireo olona izay mitarika ny fanjakan'ny media ao Kremlin. |
71 | Still, though, here goes nothing. | Na izany aza, fa tsy misy zavatra mandeha amin'ny laoniny ny eto. |