Information warfare waged by the Ukrainian media, presenting only one side of the conflict, gave the opposite result - the citizens of Ukraine are less trusted national media. About it wrote to the leader of the party " Ukrainian choice " Viktor Medvedchuk in private.

in his vision, the data of the Institute of sociology of NAS of Ukraine about a sharp drop in confidence of Ukrainians to the media reflect " a completely natural phenomenon ".

" Every day the media spread dozens of fake news that a couple of hours refuted. On the talk show, " expert " discussions, conversation and articles politicians and officials often say fried facts, trying to manipulate public opinion, " says the leader of the " Ukrainian choice ".

The Medvedchuk believes that the least trusted of the Ukrainian mass media are those who have the ability to compare reality with what is broadcast by state media, the residents of Donbas. So, according to the Institute of sociology of the NAS, if the West Ukrainian mass media do not trust only 27% of respondents, the Donbass this mark reached 68%. However, when correspondents " talk about decency and crystal honesty fighters in any other volunteer battalion, and then Amnesty International publishes a report about their crimes, to believe in the rightness of the " independent " media refuse to even remote from the zone ATO areas "writes Medvedchuk. In addition, the results of social research has shown that among the population of Ukraine the percentage of public trust in government institutions is also extremely low. Thus, 65, 3% of Ukrainians do not trust the Parliament, 34, 8% - the head of the country, 53, 3% government, 49, 4% to local governments.

" against this background, the loss of confidence in the media is a very alarming signal. He testifies about the fact that freedom of speech and democratic standards in Ukraine, of which we are often reported as the achievements of Euromayday and the new government, and remained

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