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I think you are considering RT journalism, it's not. It is not free to report fact. If it were free to do so I'd agree with you that it is valuable for unders

I think you are considering RT journalism, it's not. It is not free to report fact. If it were free to do so I'd agree with you that it is valuable for understanding and for having dialog with Russia. We know RT is not free because of the crackdown of real Russian independent media. The way RT is now just reflects the desires of an autocracy whose stated goals are in opposition to the world order and whose tools are misinformation, violence and terror. Giving them a platform is not helpful.

DocTomoe 5y ago
Given the crackdown on Russian 'independent' (meaning: western) media came after the RT ban, it is reasonable to expect it happened in retaliation to the RT ban.
Ourgon 5y ago
> I think you are considering RT journalism, it's not. It is not free to report fact. They are probably as free as Pravda and Izvestia were, i.e. not at all. Life as a journalist worthy of that claim in the new Russian Empire seems to be short and brutal. But... I think you are considering CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and Fox, New York Times and Washington Post (etc.) journalism, they're not. They're not free to report facts. The censor doesn't live in the White House but in the editor's office, the board room and all too often on Twitter. Step outside of the lines and you'll find yourself ousted. At least you get to keep your life so the comparison is not wholly accurate but that there's something rotten in the state of the media is clear.