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It's a reasonable criticism of RT, but it's amusing how thoroughly it cuts both ways: we now know what the Russian government wants us to think about NewsGuard,
by Bartweiss 8y ago
It's a reasonable criticism of RT, but it's amusing how thoroughly it cuts both ways: we now know what the Russian government wants us to think about NewsGuard, and also what a team of former US government officials want us to think about RT.
That's not to say RT is a usable source, I'm not particularly interested in their coverage here. But I'm also not very interested in hearing what news Michael Hayden wants me to listen to.
- tptacek 8y agoI don't as much need to care what the US government thinks, because the US government doesn't fund any of its best known media companies. As you can pretty clearly see, most of the US news media market works in opposition to the current US administration.
- dingaling 8y agoIt doesn't matter if us.gov funds media or not if third-parties are nudging people to only trust sources acting in the US interest. Sure they might oppose the sitting President but would they publish something which would undermine stated US diplomatic policy?