The Kyiv Independent
Disinformation is an instrument for deliberately propagating false information with the intent to mislead. Therefore, disinformation and its sources should not be treated in the same way as fact-based news reporting. Disinformation is not one of the sides of a story. It is a falsehood that must not be accorded equal standing in a news narrative based on widely accepted standards of journalism, namely: truth, accuracy, and objectivity.
On Dec. 13, 2016, Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion and well-known Russian political activist, tweeted the following: “The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”