Pravda
Kremlin's official paper
Pravda is Russian for "truth," known primarily as the name of the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party from 1918 to 1991.
The paper served as the voice of state ideology, making *Pravda* synonymous with propaganda disguised as journalism.
The name carries heavy irony given the paper's role in Soviet censorship: Reading Pravda for the truth was like reading tea leaves.
The paper still exists in various forms, though without its former influence.
Biased information for influence
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- state mediaGovernment-run news organizations
- ideologyStructured belief framework
agitprop · Lenin · Stalin · Kremlin · Bolshevik · USSR · glasnost · perestroika
Eastern Slavic language
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
Printed periodical of current events
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
headline · circulation · press · masthead · readership · bureau · archives · dispatch
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- state mediaGovernment-run news organizations
ideology · agitprop · Lenin · Stalin · Kremlin · Bolshevik · USSR · glasnost · perestroika · samizdat
Russian
Eastern Slavic language
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
newspaper
Printed periodical of current events
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
correspondent · headline · circulation · press · masthead · readership · bureau · archives · dispatch · reportage
Pravdaindependent journalism
Reporting without external control
free press · The New York Times · Reuters · BBC · The Washington Post
Pravdatruth
Accordance with reality
honesty · reality · accuracy · candor · transparency
PravdaWall Street Journal
Leading U.S. financial newspaper
The Economist · National Review · capitalism · Voice of America · Newsweek