>>50072975>Russia is constantly used as a "big bad"The equivalent tone used is less active, more passive, and, unless you're looking at the Right, carries an air of misfortune and worry, rather than animosity. "Gosh, that's kinda bad, what's going to happen?" That's of course, whenever forpol comes up, which isn't all that often and comprises a wide array of subjects which have little to do with Russia generally.
We have no parallel of mass-media demonization of the USA. A glance at the front pages of NPR and TASS pretty much sets the mood. Notice also: TASS talks quite a bit about foreign policy, or military-related news. In fact, that's most of what they produce. A common theme across most Russian media platforms. 1984-esque. The need for a foreign rivals, challenging Russia's rightful pace in the world, a powerful military complex to safeguard the dignity of our citizens from greedy foreign powers, etc. Not even Fox has that same emphasis, and that's far from center.
>in pop media Russians are basically always shown as evilA consequence of the Cold War. German accents will always be evil for a similar reason.
More importantly, nobody obsesses over Russia in pop-culture. If any group gets unfair focus and treatment there, it's likely Muslims.
