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When Media Dictates World Events - Russian Media Prepared Ground For Georgia Hostilities Weeks Ago

Russia expanded its bombing Sunday against neighboring Georgia, targeting the country's capital for the first time. bombing Tbilisi's international airport. On Sunday morning, Georgia announced it had pulled its troops out of South Ossetia under heavy Russian shelling, however Russian military commanders on the ground denied the reports. There are those who question Russia's powerful media and its ability to dictate the news it seeks to portray to the world, allowing it to build up the current conflict, days before battles erupted on the ground. 08/10/08