{"id":90521,"date":"2024-06-13T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/90521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"information-ministry-tv-appointments-to-bolster-propaganda-analyst","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/90521\/","title":{"rendered":"Information ministry, TV appointments to bolster propaganda \u2013 analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 13, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Today\u2019s appointment of Marat Marka\u016d as information minister and Ihar \u0141ucki as <em>ONT<\/em> board chairman is aimed at strengthening the propaganda apparatus, media analyst Pauluk Byko\u016dski has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marka\u016d, a graduate of the Minsk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School, may use the information ministry as an &#8220;anti-aircraft system for Belarusian propaganda,&#8221; Byko\u016dski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both officials have experience working for the state news agency, BelTA (Bie\u0142TA). In additon, they had similar careers at the Presidential Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marka\u016d has his own <em>ONT<\/em> show, &#8220;Marka\u016d. Nothing Personal,&#8221; Byko\u016dski continued. He also leads a radio broadcasting association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141ucki, for his part, &#8220;took the blow&#8221; in 2020, when it was difficult for the information minister to convey the official worldview amid mass protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Before the presidential election, Minsk and Moscow had information disputes, but afterward our propaganda apparatuses were synchronized. It was happening under his watch,&#8221; the analyst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now \u0141ucki is at the helm of a channel with millions of viewers, spreading propaganda among ordinary people, Byko\u016dski said, noting that <em>ONT<\/em> is not as aggressive as other networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information minister\u2019s position had been vacant since April 8, when \u0141uka\u0161enka appointed Information Minister U\u0142adzimir Piarco\u016d as deputy head of his administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 13, Pozirk. Today\u2019s appointment of Marat Marka\u016d as information minister and Ihar \u0141ucki as ONT board chairman is aimed at strengthening the propaganda apparatus, media analyst Pauluk Byko\u016dski has told Pozirk. Marka\u016d, a graduate of the Minsk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School, may use the information ministry as an &#8220;anti-aircraft system for Belarusian propaganda,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-90521","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Information ministry, TV appointments to bolster propaganda \u2013 analyst | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 13, Pozirk. 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