Questions about rt news.

[HarmanKardon]

What do you think about this news channel? Do you think that rt news is globally successful in the shaping of public opinion?

Is my assumption correct, that they broadcast nothing else than anti American BS?

[Dondilion]

Today RT news. https://www.rt.com

[HarmanKardon]

Okay, "nothing else" is a bit exaggerating. But the primitive agitation (therefore pretty clever) against (towards?) the USA makes me angry.

[finnbow]

It's kinda like Fox News for Comrades.

[icenine]

I would watch and listen to the BBC instead.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

I would watch and listen to the BBC instead.

The BBC, France 24 and Yahoo are awful when it comes to Russia. The exile Russians oligarchs have bought the British government.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The BBC, France 24 and Yahoo are awful when it comes to Russia. The exile Russians oligarchs have bought the British government.

Your Putin fetish is making you less objective when discussing the qualities of various news organizations.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

Your Putin fetish is making you less objective when discussing the qualities of various news organizations.

London is called Londongrad.

[Boreas]

I watch RT America a good bit but far less than I used to. The America-bashing began to get to me but, despite that, it offers a glimpse into the "Russian mind" if you will. It offers a perspective that we don't get from our domestic sources.

Also, to pick a particular issue, we know that their coverage of Ukraine is one-sided and dishonest but we also know the same to be true of American coverage. It's good to be in a position to "compare and contrast."

Now, there are some shows and people on RT that I really like. Max Keiser's finance show is entertaining and occasionally informative. Sophie Shevardnadze does a good interview show. Maria Finoshina's reporting from the Middle East was really good and incredibly brave but I haven't seen her for a while.

There are some low spots. Oksana Boyko's interview show is hopelessly jingoistic. Peter Lavelle's "Crosstalk" is pathetic anti-West bleating. Worst of all are the Ventura family's idiotic shows. There's Jesse's "Off The Grid" and his kid Tyrell's "Watching The Hawks."

I watch a good bit of France 24 too as well as the BBC and Al Jazeera English (not America). Some DW too. Honestly, I see less bias on any one of these than I do in US sources, including NPR (which, in my view, is completely bought and paid for by its "corporate underwriters").

In sum, all news is propaganda and all good propaganda is truth, or a portion of the truth. It's good to be able to balance one brand of propaganda with others, as many others as possible.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Boreas

In sum, all news is propaganda and all good propaganda is truth, or a portion of the truth. It's good to be able to balance one brand of propaganda with others, as many others as possible.

Well put!