I accidentally swipe left on the Android home screen, and there is Google’s news feed. A sensation catches my eye: “A court has awarded 200 billion euros to the Russian Central Bank against the Euroclear depository.” I happen to know that Euroclear controls most of the frozen Russian assets, so if this news is true, it means a catastrophe: 200 billion euros is an enormous amount of money, and if the warring Russian state gets it, it can buy a great deal of death and suffering with it. I cannot believe it is true, but I want to get to the bottom of it. Meanwhile, I notice the Hír TV logo, which further reduces the credibility of the matter, but I am still curious what the author had in mind. I start the minute-and-a-half news video, and the creativity of the deception is astonishing: every word of the news report is true, except that in half a sentence they mention that the court that issued the ruling is headquartered in Moscow. This, however, means that the whole thing is worthless; it has no significance whatsoever.
But they did not lie; nor did they say that this ruling had any significance. They merely reported facts. Almost genius.
But they did not lie; nor did they say that this ruling had any significance. They merely reported facts. Almost genius.