The search is distinct as opposed to largely relying on Bing, and I find the fact that DDG decided to start 'down-ranking Russian disinformation' troubling. If Iraq had had a comparable Western facing media machine as Russia, their claims, that they had no WMD and the war was being waged on false premises, would have undoubtedly also been labeled as disinformation and ultimately widely censored as well. It's quite dystopic.
Don’t worry, The top DDG hit for “neo-Nazis had taken over Ukraine's Rada” has been spreading Russian propaganda since at least 2018 (according to Wikipedia).
DDG’s “downranking” of such things just means they’re not exclusively showing Russian sockpuppet propaganda sites now.
(The Rada thing was the top result of my search for examples of Russian propaganda in the US. If there’s some other Russian propaganda you’re worried might be censored, feel free to check DDG then post an example.)
Edit: Also, I distinctly remember CBS and NPR both pointing out that the Iraqi WMD lab was actually just a dairy delivery train car, as did a sizable minority of the senate. The main issue was that we had a propagandist in the White House, and the outlets that Russia currently is supporting helped push the WMD agenda.
You have probably read it, but if not, you might like to read "Manufacturing Consent", which discusses much the same behaviour in various previous western wars. The whole Iraq thing played out just like Chomsky and Herman wrote: leadership wanted a war and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
If you follow the ISW Ukraine updates¹ then you will see them calling this "setting conditions" when Russia does it.
Also, neither were as reputable as CBS or NPR at the time. (And as for suggestions I misremembered it; I certainly did not. NPR covered it for at least a week on my way into work, and I distinctly remember where I was when I watched the TV reports with the photos.)
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The search is distinct as opposed to largely relying on Bing, and I find the fact that DDG decided to start 'down-ranking Russian disinformation' troubling. If Iraq had had a comparable Western facing media machine as Russia, their claims, that they had no WMD and the war was being waged on false premises, would have undoubtedly also been labeled as disinformation and ultimately widely censored as well. It's quite dystopic.
[1] https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318