Journalism courses to include spin, manipulation and boilerplate?

From within the bunker of the Ministry of Information, on 2nd November an announcement was made regarding the decision to include “Communication Science” within the specialisms available for those studying journalism in Ukraine.

The cynical reader will perhaps consider this a specialism relating to media spin, manipulation and boilerplate statements – regardless of whether they are to be employed by those in government or by entities owned by the oligarchy, or representing the oligarchy directly, or other (in) famous personalities.