American journalist, author, and former lawyer.
For understanding how propaganda works in the US - the absolutely vital role played by US academics at elite schools and especially the largest media corporations - I can't recommend highly enough this 1989 Noam Chomsky lecture at the Univ. of Wisconsin:
After YouTube notified the producers of Oliver Stone's Ukraine film that it was removing it from their channel, @rumblevideo uploaded the film. In less than a day, it's been viewed more than 150k times. Watch with a critical eye, but highly recommended:
Also worth watching, at this important moment, this video from @JeremyScahill where he explains how the "whataboutism" cliché suppresses, by design, a vital examination of our own country's behavior to claim we support standards we refuse to abide by.