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No, it just covers issues that are unflattering to powerful US officials and to the US in general. The regular US press has somehow been conditioned to write l

No, it just covers issues that are unflattering to powerful US officials and to the US in general. The regular US press has somehow been conditioned to write lots of stories that are critical of other governments, other countries' infrastructure, etc., but always to carry the torch of American exceptionalism. Once we realize that American Exceptionalism is among the most evil ideologies of the modern era, it makes sense that other nations would want to offer a competing voice. RT has not been criticized for the quality of its journalism, only for its source of funding.

aalleavitch 9y ago
Also the fact that identified Russian propaganda bots and troll armies have been sighted on numerous occasions disseminating RT articles. You'd be blind not to realize that RT is an important part of their machine.
- grandalf 9y ago
  Propaganda bots and troll armies? None have been linked to the Russian government. Surely someone wishing to spend time making bots and hiring trolls would promote certain articles, but if the American papers did an acceptable job writing about facts, those bots/armies would obviously prefer to link American articles if trying to persuade the American people. So it's not sufficient to cite the means of distribution/virality, one must actually dig in and find factual problems with the content. Motive is even more difficult, as the motive of discrediting American leaders for lies or misdeeds is arguably in the public's best interest, so it's hard to persuade me that doing that is somehow harmful to America, even if it was done by an adversary.
  - aalleavitch 9y ago
    You can't be real here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-notorious-kremlin-linked-troll-farm-and-the-russians-trying-to-take-it-down/2017/10/06/c8c4b160-a919-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-notori... You're pushing their agenda to a T.
meowface 9y ago
RT regularly puts out propaganda pieces when it comes to matters of contention between Russia and other countries. For example: https://www.rt.com/usa/384800-syria-gas-professor-addendum/ https://www.rt.com/usa/384800-syria-gas-professor-addendum/ For general reporting, their journalism is probably fine (or at least no worse than most other outlets), but when the state's interests are at stake they will always toe the party line even in the face of facts. Not saying many US outlets don't do the same, but this is Russian state media we're talking about.
throwaway5752 9y ago
RT has been widely criticized for the quality of its journalism.

aalleavitch 9y ago

Also the fact that identified Russian propaganda bots and troll armies have been sighted on numerous occasions disseminating RT articles. You'd be blind not to realize that RT is an important part of their machine.

grandalf 9y ago
Propaganda bots and troll armies? None have been linked to the Russian government. Surely someone wishing to spend time making bots and hiring trolls would promote certain articles, but if the American papers did an acceptable job writing about facts, those bots/armies would obviously prefer to link American articles if trying to persuade the American people. So it's not sufficient to cite the means of distribution/virality, one must actually dig in and find factual problems with the content. Motive is even more difficult, as the motive of discrediting American leaders for lies or misdeeds is arguably in the public's best interest, so it's hard to persuade me that doing that is somehow harmful to America, even if it was done by an adversary.
- aalleavitch 9y ago
  You can't be real here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-notorious-kremlin-linked-troll-farm-and-the-russians-trying-to-take-it-down/2017/10/06/c8c4b160-a919-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-notori... You're pushing their agenda to a T.

meowface 9y ago

RT regularly puts out propaganda pieces when it comes to matters of contention between Russia and other countries. For example: https://www.rt.com/usa/384800-syria-gas-professor-addendum/ https://www.rt.com/usa/384800-syria-gas-professor-addendum/ For general reporting, their journalism is probably fine (or at least no worse than most other outlets), but when the state's interests are at stake they will always toe the party line even in the face of facts. Not saying many US outlets don't do the same, but this is Russian state media we're talking about.

throwaway5752 9y ago

RT has been widely criticized for the quality of its journalism.