Putin put children and teenagers from Mariupol on TV so they could thank a Putin forces soldier for "rescuing them" … from the devastating shelling by the Putin forces.

They didn't put 2 and 2 together in the TV presentation, and didn't mention the relatives that were killed by the Putin forces in Mariupol.

It is possible that they were speaking honesty when on TV — that they had been taught to forget how their "saviors" intentionally caused the danger they were "saved" from.

Putin's disinformationists persistently misrepresent the situation. I expect that some will refer to the "gratitude" of Ukrainians "saved" from Mariupol, citing this TV program as "proof".

The New York Times published an "opinion" article that attacks masks by misrepresenting the conclusions of a medical study. Apparently the Times skipped the fact-checking on that article.

National Public Radio runs mostly on funds from corporations rather than public funds. Lately corporations have preferred to put their money into stock buybacks, so they are donating less and buying less advertising, which is causing big cutbacks at NPR.

Roald Dahl threatened those who would "correct" his writing after his death with attack by the "Enormous Crocodile".

*Covid disinformation prompts Royal Society to consider ways of countering forgeries and falsehoods [in science].*