Russian federal media a by far the most propagandistic over the world... Don't watch it. You will be fooled you don't know where and when.
Whatever the Russian media learned of propaganda techniques, they most assuredly learned from the US system of propaganda techniques.
The consistent message is not to put faith in popular media systems. Always look with an eye of distrust regardless of the country one resides. It is the mouthpiece of the ruling class.
Actually, I have a feeling American Media learned how to brainwash the people from the USSR. But I've been living in the USSR, they were trying to brainwash us, but we all knew it and were laughing at it in our kitchens.
What I am watching now in USA is several times worse. Since 2008 when Georgia attacked South Ossetia and American Media started blaming Russia for that (showing
correct pictures of aggression, but of
Georgian aggression in S. Ossetia, not Russian!), then same thing happened (twice) with Ukraine. Lately the anti-Russian propaganda got really wild and now reminds me Hollywood soap opera about "bad Russians", Trump/Russian collusion (=delusion) so on and on. Also nobody cares about presenting a single proof for that but many Americans believe it reagrdless.
To me it looks like somebody has been trying to build up huge hate for Russia using "free" Media constantly and on daily basis. And that's both dangerous and unfair. Actually, constantly lying Media (not Russians, not anybody from outside the country) seems to be American's worst enemy. The most scary thing is that this enemy is
interior.