Lavrov gives a Master Class in handling Western Spin Narrative Construction NBC “news”..
One of the anchor points of my personal philosophy of life is to “keep a tidy mind”. That means to keep out as much of the flood of lies, distortions, propaganda, marketing tripe, dis- mis- mal- and just wrong “information”, and to think clearly and in an orderly way about what is known and proven true and correct.
This is something that takes constant vigilance and a wary eye about all the flood of bogus messages floating around in pretty much all media. Up until a couple of decades ago “peer reviewed scientific paper” was a good filter. Since then, not so much. “Science” has been corrupted by “funding agencies” to serve political and mercantile agendas now; so we have a crisis of “inability to replicate”. Meaning that one can no longer trust “science” to police their own “tidy mind” and must DIY (Do It Yourself) on “scientific veracity”. That Vit-I has kept me and mine clear of covid for 5? years now despite lots of public interactions is a good demonstration of that fact.
Why mention all this?
Because one of THE WORST places to get any accurate information is “Main Stream Media / News”. The so called journalists are, now, largely propaganda operatives pushing agendas. It is no longer “just the facts” or “all the news that’s fit to print”. It has become “just the desired narrative” and “all the spin we choose to print”.
A great example of that is the NBC reporter who “interviewed” Trump, when he walked out after it was clear she had no interest in his answers and really just wanted to control the exchange to advance the NBC Narrative. An even better example is the interview below from the APT Channel. In it, she “interviews” Lavrov – Foreign Minister of Russia.
Constantly needling, pitching The Narrative (even when devoid of facts), constantly trying to avoid letting Lavrov actually present the Russian POV Answers to her “questions”, talking over him when she wants to cut off a line of explanation that would damage The Narrative, and all the other “journalistic tricks” of the modern propagandist journalism schools.
Lavrov, in comparison, largely manages to hold to his exposition. He recognizes the game (having been subject to it for many decades). He refuses to be talked over. He refuses to be deflected away from his actual factual answer to the biased and “have you stopped beating your wife” style questions. That he does it all in a 2nd language (English) is even more impressive. (There are a few times he resorts to a circumlocution or ‘odd’ word when clearly he has a better one in mind in Russian – like when he talks about the Ukrainian Government calling ethnic Russians in the Donbass “species” and what was meant is more likely “animals”).
Lavrov gives a master class in “tidy mind”. Recognizing the “spin” in statements and questions. Pointing out the spin and inaccuracy (i.e. mistakes and lies), NOT accepting them; and then calmly stating the Truth, in enough detail to assure accuracy, despite the attempts by the Spin Mistress to cut him off or deflect him away from a complete and accurate reply.
It is exactly this kind of “compare and contrast” between the Western Media and Western Politicians, when compared with interviews of Lavrov & Putin, and even more so compared with the speeches of Lavrov & Putin: that has demonstrated to me that The Western Media is spinning a load of crap propaganda, while the Russian POV (expressed, consistently and verifiably) by Lavrov and Putin is, in fact, the accurate state of affairs.
Both Putin & Lavrov “keep a tidy mind”, have mastery of the (verifiable!) facts, speak in detail and with careful precision (something The West has no tolerance for, treating it like a Russian Novel and wanting the Cliff Notes, but is essential to complete and accurate understanding). While western media is pushing for editable sound bites, not explanations and understanding. Despite the hectoring and badgering of “Grievance Degree” so called journalists spinning a Narrative; Lavrov does a very polite and professional job.
Anyway, it has become a minor pleasure for me to listen to Lavrov & Putin speaking with Media (both western, and in translation the Russian and other Eastern Block journalists). The differential treatment from Western media as compared with other media is remarkable. The ROW (Rest Of World) asks a respectful question and then shuts up and listens to the answer.
The West could learn a lot about actual reporting from the ROW, but instead, asks a slanted loaded “gotcha” question, cuts off the answer if they don’t like it (goes against the Narrative they are building), talks over the “guest”, is generally rude, and usually either un-informed or mis-informed. Also impatient and want’s no answer longer than 2 seconds – often demanding “yes or no” answers to things that can only be answered with a paragraph. “Have you stopped beating your wife? Yes or No!” or “Do you agree Russia bombed churches, schools and civilians when you illegally invaded Ukraine? Yes or No!”…
So here’s the video, 56 minutes of Lavrov being polite and professional in the face of a yapping chihuahua ankle biter being rude, unprofessional, and stupidly politically biased. He’s been patiently explaining the same bit of history (the same provable recorded historical facts of Ukraine, the Maidan, etc.) for a couple of decades now. I’m amazed at his patience and professionalism after all this time, faced with the same stupid spin from the same stupid liars over so long a time. (He was recalled from retirement, and I think you can see a little bit of “I’d rather be fishing” in his face some times…)
Jun 8, 2026 #Lavrov #Russia #Ukraine
In August 2025, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sat down with NBC’s Kristen Welker for a wide-ranging and often tense interview on Meet the Press. Facing tough questions about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, civilian casualties, peace negotiations, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Moscow’s relationship with the West, Lavrov defended Russia’s position while responding to direct challenges from the host.
This full interview has drawn renewed attention following President Donald Trump’s contentious June 2026 interview with the same host and network, leading many viewers to compare how both men handled difficult questioning under pressure.
Watch the complete conversation and decide for yourself.
The APT channel (that I don’t know much about, seems a bit Russia Biased at a first glance, and seems to put up new videos hourly or so):
https://www.youtube.com/@apt_news/videos
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